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m , U. Of 0. Library -4 Eugene, Oregon Comp. i n V i 1 1 m D0K WHAT J Mill MIII1II I . n ' - J - , 1 i 5 JACK FULLER, rider and member of the Riddle Roping Club, coming out of a chute at the Riddle Rodeo grounds, practicing, on a roping mare owned by Ike Orr, president of the club. Both men are exceedingly busy helping prepare for the forth coming Rodeo, which will be the premier event of a big cele bration to be staged at Riddle over the Fourth of July holidays. When Jack isn't riding a bronc he's riding a tractor in the woods, as a logging contractor. Having clung desperately to everything in sight on one of those things in a wild descent of a mountain many years ago, I sometimes wonder if riding a bucking horse wouldn't be a lot easier and safer; but maybe not. Honolulu Stevedores Spurn Plan ToTnd Crippling Strike; Harry Bridges To Head Fight HONOLULU, July 1. UP) Honolulu stevedores overwhelmingly turned down a plan for ending Hawaii's crippling waterfront strike yesterday. Their comrades elsewhere in the Islands are expected to follow suit today. ' ". The peace plan, advanced hopefully by a fact-finding board and accepted reluctantly by employers, was batted down 826 to 59. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS ' THIS column yesterday dealt with the results of the general election in Canada, where the people went to the polls and re fused DECISIVELY to change horses In the middle of a stream 4J)M is still running almost bank full with postwar prosperity. Let us turn today to England, s where a quite different situation Is beginning to shape up. A LONDON dispatch says: "Britain has called the Com monwealth's highest financial and economic planners to gather in ' London for EMERGENCY talks t on the DEEPENING BRITISH ECONOMIC CRISIS." ' What is this crisis? In simple, non-technical lan guage, the British Isles are not self-sustaining. That is to say, they do not possess within their borders the raw materials with which to support their economy. In order to live, they have to im- (Continued on Page Four) Pasadena, Glendale Bus Drivers Out On Strike LOS ANGELES, July 1 (P) Union bus drivers in two nearby cities, Pasadena and Glendale, went on strike today, stopping service for an estimated 100,000 daily riders. The 126 drivers, members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, walked out after last minute efforts by a federal con ciliator to avert the ticup failed. The main Issue is wages. The drivers are asking $1.47 an hour for a 40-hour week. They are now. paid $1.35 an hour for a 48 hour week. EAGLE TO SCREAM JULY 4 Riddle, Glendale. Yoncalla, Sutherlin Will Present Rousing Celebrations Full round of 4th of July entertainment will top the weekend in four Douglas County communities two days of Rodeo at Riddle, another Rodeo at Yoncalla; parade, contests and fireworks at Glen dale, and the second annual Timber Days Celebration at Sutherlin. There will be many extra at- . i I 1 I DUJI. D i J t sand Roping Clubs show Sunday f and Monday. A free harbeque v after the Rodeo is scheduled Sun ; day. Monday will see a large fire i works display in the arena, lo- cated Just south and east of the i ll dl'tltHIS lUr IHf IIUUie lulllK!mnnu vMor. ; Riddle School. be the primary feature of Sun- The whole town of Riddle has ! da ' program at the Douglas gone "all out" for the Rodeo, County Timber Days celebration, making It two full days and nights R- J- (Red Baldwin, general of entertainment, said Ike Orr, : chairman, announced that B. E. president of the Riding and 'Kelly) Owens, department corn Roping Club , mander of the American Legion, Queen of the Riddle Rodeo will j wi'' rp,l;"enn,11!rrl 'LXL be selected from several beautiful ! Jl'i' q"?"' rZ entrants at 10 o'clock Sunday-: s P In P? J0: morning. A panel of three Judges' ?"!?' '5? ''ghJ. f,1 ,,i h. ,. ir,- 3 dance In the new Legion Hal I. hil '..rTi r.nih?r.ES;SI Protty Bobbie Lamar of hZJZ? ' pctlonaMy' and YoncallH whose court will include norsemansmp. SllMn Motschenbacher. Koseburg; Monday morning at 10 o clock Mary Lo Downy, Drain; Jose .will be the parade through Rid-!pmne AnPn Oakland, and Jean die s downtown streets. The pa-1 . rade will feature several floats, ! (Continued on Page Two) "1 J ...(" 'n rm "il HMI i - - The board proposed a raise of 14 cents an hour. The workers in striking 62 days ago demanded 32 cents on top of their current nouriy wage oi 51.40. Wearily, acting Gov. Oren E. Long said he would ask the two sides to resume collective bar gaining. "Surely, there must be some way this strike can be ended," he added. The CIO International Long shoremen's and Warehousemen's union, however, indicated it was preparing for a long struggle. Harry Bridges, union president, is ilyine from San Francisco Tuesday or Wednesday to take over personal direction of the strike. ILWU official Henry Schmidt declared If violent attempts were made to break the strike. Long shoremen along the whole Pa cific Coast would shut down. Stevadores cheered a message from Bridges saying $2,500 was (Continued on Page Two) Woodworking Wage Increases End Long Strike PORTLAND, July l.-fp)A wage increase ranging from 3U to 12 cents an hour today had settled the 68-day-old strike of a score of woodworking plants. AFL millmen in Salem and Portland voted overwhelmingly yesterday to accept the esttlement offered by the Woodworking Em ployers Association. The plants are expected to resume operation Tuesday, after the holiday week end. The settlement will Increase top pay scale from $1.7714 to $1.90 an hour, and minimum scale from $1.45 to $1.50. It also makes vari ous classification changes. The union originally asked a 17'4-cent boost. About 1,000 men were involved originally, but the Eugene group returned to work a month ago and began negotiating independ ently. The Salem and Portland men remained out. a unit of National '"' Guard troops, and the queen and hur court. Hall To Be Dedicated Dedication of the new Amerl- can Legion Hall at Sutherlin will Judith The Weather Fair today a dtonight. Fair and warmer Saturday. Sunset today 7:57 p. m. . Sunrise tomorrow 4:37 a. m. Established 1873 . Budget Slash Move Spreads In Congress Truman's Demand For $4 Billion In New Taxes Faces Hard Struggle WASHINGTON, July l.-OP) A two-party move for a 10 per cent budget cut gained ground in Congress today in the backwash of President Truman's verbal feud with Senator George (D. Ga.) over new taxes. Mr. Truman's news conference assertion yesterday that George never was for enough taxes brought a prompt retort by the Georgian. He said the President is wrong if he thinks the people agree "with his theory that he has got to have more money to run this government." George, who heads the Finance Committee and thus stands astride tax bills in the Senate, told a reporter he thinks some taxes already are so high they are hurt ing business. This cuts total reve nues, he contended. "Anv frugal government cer- tainlv can live on a smaller bud get than the President has pro posed," the senator declared. Georee's suggestion that Mr. Truman publlclv dron his repeat ed demands for $4,000,000,000 in new taxes brought a Presidential remark that this wasn't anything unusual. Cartoon Creates Fun And. with the cartoonist of the Washington Star, Mr. Truman had some fun at the expense of the two-party move under way in both Houses to order him to slice 10 per cent off money bills Con gress passes. The cartoon depicted Congress as asking Mr. Truman to please stop it from knocking itself In the head with the hammer of big ap propriations. The inference was that Con gress could begin its savings at (Continued on Page Two) Lawrenee Sharp's 2nd Suicide Try Branded As 'Phony' TACOMA, July 1. (JP Police maintained a close watch on Law rence Jean Sharp today although they have characterized his sec ond "suicide attempt" yesterday afternoon as "strictly another phony." The 20-year-old Vancouver youth, who is charged with dyna miting his parents' McLoughlin Heights home last May, made his first try Wednesday evening when he slashed his wrists with a ra zor blade. Cellmates called for help and after brief hospital treatment the former University of Washington student was returned to his cell. Hospital attendants said his wounds, although requiring five stitches, were not severe. Yesterdy afternoon Sharp tore away the hospital bandages and began biting the stitches. Addi tional hospital treatment was necessary before he was returned again to his cell. Police Capt. Carl Cornelison to day said "it is my opinion he's Just putting on an act." Corneli son and others pointed out that each of the "suicide attempts" have been made in daylight in the presence of others. A close watch is being kept, however, as a precautionary mea sure. Misfortune Hounds Bataan March Survivor SEATTLE, July 1UP) Things seem to have a habit of happen ing to Louis Sasek. The 27-year-old ex-Bataan death marcher, who spent six years in a Japanese prison camp, recently took a Jon witn a sewer con struction outfit. Mrs. Jill Erickson. a nurse and a neighbor, recounted: One dav a ladder broke under him. Then thev hit a gas main and he was one of the men gassed. And hes only been on tne Job a week or two." Yesterday he and his misfor tunes were topped, literally, when he was buried alive under an avalanche of dirt on a sewer construction Job. Fast rescue worK by ienow workmen and firemen saved him. Drunken Driving Charge Faced By L. C. Gates Leslie Carvel Gates, Roseburg, was arrested Thursday night bv City Police and is being held In the City Jail on a charge of drunk driving, reported Police Chief Calvin Baird. Gates Is to appear at 10 a.m. Tuesday to enter a plea. His bail has been set by Munici pal Judge Ira B. Kiddle at VAGRANT 'FLOATED' Merle Hunt Doane, Olympla, Wash., arreted Thursday night by City Police on a vagrancy charge, was floated out of town by Judge Ira B. Riddle, upon hi appearance in Municipal Court Friday. Coplon Given Prison Sentence Douglas Unit Of Red Cross Has New Executive DOUGLAS SIMMS New Red Cross head. RUSSELL STEPHENS May take another Job. Douglas Simms todav takes over the position as executive sec retary ox tne uougias uounty Chapter, American Red Cross. Simms replaces Russell Steph ens, who has held the poistion during the last year. Stephens is leaving today lor San Francisco. He plans an ex tended trip inrougn tne soutnern states to Ohio, where he will visit relatives. He is currently consid ering another - assignment . with' the American Red Cross, possibly in the Far East. He said he was not certain of this at the present time but will confer with Red Cross authorities in San Francis co. He came here from New YV.-k, where he was employed with the city Department of Welfare. iimms comes nere irom Port land, where he has served as field director of the eRd Cross claims service, working at the Veloi.tns Administration regional ottiee. He has served with the Red Cross three years, and prior to that spent live years In the U, S. Army Ordnance Department during the war. He is married and has one child. The local Red Cross staff in cludes also Mrs. Roy Hershleb as office stenographer. Priest Held For Bingo In Church ROCKFORD, III., July 1 OP) The Rev Raymond Patrick Gordon, a Roman Catholic priest, was arrested last night after 12 policemen raided his church to halt a bingo game. The priest, pastor of St. Bridget's Church in suburban Love's Park, was charged with being a keeper of a gambling establishment. He was released on his recognizance after ap pernce before a Justice of the peace. Police Chief Roy York of Love's Park led the raid and said several pieces of gambling equipment were seized In the church's basement. He said An drew Pozzl and two other un identified men were arrested on a charge of operating a gamb ling establishment. They were released on bonds of $120 each after appearing before a Justice of the peace. Some of 50 patrons were at the church, York said, but were not taken Into custody. Townsend Convention To Hear Senator Pepper COLUMBUS, O.. July 1.-4) Some 4,000 delegates assembled today for the ninth annual con vention of the Townsend Clubs to hrar Senator Claude Pepper (D. Fla.) on the opening program. Dr. Francis E. Townsend, presi dent and founder of the old age pension movement, was expected to outline his plans for making the Townsend Clubs into a na tional political party to be acti vated at next year's convetnion. Fire Department Chief Dies Of Grass Fire Burns EI.LENSBIJRG, Wash., July 1 (Pi Severely burned when trapped bv wind-driven flames In a grass fire last Friday, R. O. Brown, chief of the Othello Vol unteer Fire Department, died last night. Four other men, burned less seriously, were recovering. Burns, 42. was a railroad elec trician. The truck In which he was riding was caught in the fire. Later he fell to the ground, the flamea sweeping over him. ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, JULY Forest Funds' Increase OKd By Committee Management, Planting, Fire Guard Expansion Provided In Measure WASHINGTON. July .-jm. Two multi-million dollar federal programs for protecting and ex panding timber production and forest lands were approved to day by the Senate Agriculture committee. One is a House-passed measure expanding federal aid in fire pro tection, planting and manage ment of forest lands in coopera tion with the states. The second is a bill by Senator worse (K.-ure.) authorizing $30, 000,000 a year in federal funds for building access roads to and in the publicly-owned forest lands. Both measures are expected to be acted upon by the Senate be fore the present session ends, Senate sponsors said. The House-approved bill would increase federal authorizations of $9,200,000 a year for cooperative forestry programs to $23,000,000. In recent years the federal gov ernment has contributed about $9,000,000 for cooperative fire fighting and protective programs on non-federal lands. The bill would gradually increase the fed eral share from $11,000,000 in 1950 to $20,000,000 in 1955. States and land owners have more than equalled the federal funds. Increases Provided Another section would increase a federal authorization of $100, 000 a year to $2,500,000 for pro viding forest-tree seeds and plants on a matching basis. A third section would boost from $100,000 to $500,000 annual ly the federal contribution to states for educational programs dealing with production manage ment programs. Two additional sections approv- (Continued on Page Two) Victoria Sanders ' Pleads Today On Murder Charge Victoria Sanders, 21, was sched uled to appear in Circuit Court at 1:30 p. m. today to enter a plea to a charge of murder. Miss Sanders, accused of mur dering her common-law husband, Ralph Mojonnier, Oct. 28, 1947, near Drain, was arraigned before Judge William East of Eugene, acting for Judge Wimberly, Thursday afternoon. District Attorney Robert G. Da vis read the charges against her, according to the Indictment re turned by the Douglas County Grand Jur" May 21. She asked for the permitted 24 hours in which to enter a plea. She was represented at the hear ing by Ralph W. Purvis, Reeds port attorney. Miss Sanders was brought to Roseburg late Wednesday from Salem, where she Is currently serving a three-year sentence on fictitious check charges, lo which she pleaded guilty. Area Rent Director For Douglas County Named PORTLAND, July .-AR') Ernest G. Clay, Corvallis nrta rent representative, has been pro moted to area rent director in charge of Salem, Corvallis, Lane County, and Douglas County rent areas. The housing expediter's ofdee said the appointment would not change operations, but would pro vide broader authority at ' "al levels. Ford Motor Co. Again Asks Union To Skip Wage-Pension Demands For 18 Months DETROIT, July 1. (.V) For a second time the Ford Motor Co. today asked the CIO United Auto Workers to skip their wage and pension demands for 18 months. Ford, repeating its wage-freeze proposal, told the union It was "convinced" that the company plan was the "best possible answer to our problem." There was no immediate reply from the union. On the first occasion, June 18, the UAW rejected the proposal. At that time union President Walter Reuther termed it "un realistic" and said also that It was "counlprlelt security jor Ford's 106,000 workers. In a letter to Reuther today, Ford Vice-President John S. Bu- gas repeated arguments which he ; in the interests of said were employee security." 'We must continually remind !you, Bugas snid, tnat our aniiny I to provide well-paid Jobs depends UIU... ... -nil ...tnn.nll..n UN UUI Ullllll IU Bill nuivuiuuvc products." Chrysler Alio Balks Tti Ford statement came on the heels of Chrysler's refusal to dis cuss $100 monthly pensions and 'a health and welfare program 1, 1949 Kenneth W. Ford Chosen As New President Of Douglas Community Hospital Assn. Kenneth W. Ford, Roseburg lumberman, is th nw president of th Douglas Community Hospital Association, Inc. Ford, tlectad by the board of directors at a meeting last night in the City Council Chambers, succeeds Dr. Roy E. Hanford, who has been elected as director, but who previously announeod he did not wish to eontinu as head of the oraanization. The new president has been active In the Community Hospital movement since its inception, and was one of the major contributors in the financial campaign con ducted last summer. He has head ed major committees, and has been active in securing a site and in developing plans lor the hos pital building. Other officers elected include Dr. Morris Roach, vice-pVesidcnt; Frank Ashley, treasurer, and Daniel R. Dimlck, secretary. The election was held follow ing the canvassing of ballots re turned by mall, in which the fol lowing candidates were elected as directors: three-year term, Ford, Dr. Roach, and Ashley; two-year term. Dr. Hanford, Dick Gilman and Dimick. and one-year term, Buckley Bell, Bill Oerding and Henry Jacohson. A total of 1425 ballots were mailed out to all persons who had contributed $10 or more toward the hospital program. Of these 662 were marked and returned. (Continued on Page Two) Timber Auction Set For July 18 An oral timber auction of an estimated 7,200.000 board feet of timber located in the Little River area will he held July 18 in the office of the supervisor, Umpqua National Forest. The sale area of 120 acres In cludes 6.000,000 board feet of Douglas fir appraised at $6.30 per thousand; 150,000 board feet fo western red cedar appraised at $1.15 per thousand; 50,000 board feet of western white pine and sugar pine appraised at $6.30 per thousand; 150.000 board feet of western hemlock and other species appraised A at, JL05 A per mnusnnu. Further Information of the sale mav be obtained from the supervisor's office in Roseburg or the Glide Ranger Station at Glide. Divorce Report Causes Prelate To Quit Club PORTLAND. Julv 1. P) The resignation of a Catholic prelate from a prominent civic club be cause of Its recently adopted di vorce report was disclosed today. The Very Key. i nomas j. io- bin, vlcar-general of the arch diocese, resigned from the City Club in a protest of a report he called "a violation of fundamental human rights." The . report, dranea aner months of study by business and professional men in the organiza tion, suggested changes In divorce laws, marital counseling, and a possible "family court." iney proposea m ty wunn-, icople should marry," said Father 'obin. "This Is a fundamental privilege of the individual and the state has no right to take it away from him." Portland Girl Attacked; Newsboy Robbery Victim PORTLAND, July l.-WPI-A 13-year-old girl told police here last nigni sne was biihl-kcu uy man who met her on a street corner to take her to a oaoy sitting job. Police also reported that a boy selling papers in Portland was forced Into a car by two men. They obtained 55 cents from the youngster ann turnea mm loose In another part of town. with the UAW. Pensions are the No. 1 goal of the union this year. As a conse quence of Chrysler's action, cur rent Ford-UAW contract negotia tions assumed an Increasingly Im port ant role. Chrysler's refusal had the ef fect of leaving Ford to talk pen sions alnne. However, union circles have In- ' tlmated that duplications will be sought elsewhere of any success at Ford, contract interpretations not withstanding. Chrysler took the position that Its two-year rontract with the UAW continuing until 1950 permits only discussions on wages this year. Opposed to this has been the union contention that pensions properly fit Into the "economic" considerations of the contract. 154-49 j w1-, i- M 0 KENNETH FORD Head hoipltal association Roseburg Leads N.W. In May Pet. Of Building Gains Roseburg led all the cities of the Pacifio Northwest In per centage of new construction gain in May 1949 as compared with May 1948. Building permits In Roseburg during the month of May amounted to $399,685, as com pared with $69,900 during May 1948, sooordlntf" to the statisti cal department of the Equita ble Savings and Loan Associa tion. The rate of Increase, 471.8 percent, was the highest In 47 Northwest cities. The average gain for all cities listed was 2 percent. Permits for May In Roseburg included $192,000 for the Todd apartments, and $150,000 for the First Baptist Church. California Bill Hits Nevada Divorce Business SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 1 W) A bill opponents said would cut into Nevada's divorce business was passed hy the As sembly yesterday and sent to Governor Warren. The vote was 41 to 12. The first paragraph of the bill reads: "A divorce obtained In another Jurisdiction shall be of no force or effect in this state if both parties lo the marriage were domiciled In this state at the time the proceeding for the di vorce was commenced." 'Unworkable' Pistol Sends Man To Hospital DENVER, July 1 P)-Cecll E. Farwcll," 28, Portland, knew the gun was loaded but he didn't know it would work. His condi tion' was reported "good" after treatment for a .25 caliber wound in the chest. Detective Walter Hassler snid Farwcll and his wife Betty, 32, were examining the automatic at t'ys 1st camp where they were slaving. Farwell told his wife that despite a recent repair Job the pistol was useless. He loaded It as he handed it to his wife; it went off, sending the bullet Into his chest. Zero-Hour Accord Averts Trailwoys Bus Strike PORTLAND, July 1. P Pa cific Trallways buses were operat ing as usual today, after a zero hour agreement averted a strike scheduled for last midnight. Exactly an hour before the deadline, negotiators emerged from a conference to say they were submitting all the Issues to arbitration. Wages and working conditions are involved. Negotiators had met all day mid most of last evening with Federal Conciliation Commissioner '.iuy V. Llntner. The strike would have Involved some 00 drivers on the Portland-Salt Lake City run. Strike At Chocolate Center Is Postponed IIERSHEY, Pa., July 1-f.T)-Residenls of Hershey breathed easier today after a mass meeting of AFL union members voted unuanimously to postpone a strike thai would have crippled this chocolate town, starting to morrow morning. John O. Shearer, president, of 4(it. Bakery and Confectionery Internal lonal Workers Union. In formed a federal mediator yester day that union members had vot ed' to delnv their scheduled walk out until July 18. Maximum Of 10 Years Rap For Soviet Spy Notice Of Appeal Given; Second Charge Faced With Russian Friend WASHINGTON, July 1.-B Judith Coplon today was sentenc ed to 40 months to 10 years in prison for spying for Russia. The tiny former Justice De partment worker heard the sen tence unflinchingly. A Chnrt limn hnfnra tn.JHM her penalty, she made an Impas- Muneu statement io federal Judge Albert L, Reeves, but she did not a-sk for mercy. Actually, Judge Reeves passed two sentences 40 months to 10 years on the first (spying) count of the indictment against her, and one to three years on the sec ond (theft of secrets) count. He stipulated, however, that the sentences be served concur rently. Just before passing sentence, Judge Reeves said: "I thoroughly approve of the verdict of the jury." Judge Reeves ordered Miss Cop. Ion tO nORt A now hnnri r.t OA . ooo. " Her old hnnd hnrn cmnnn automatically expired with the Ijaa.-Miig ui sentence. She also is under $20,000 bond in an esninnupe rnnnirapr .oca In New York. Under today's sentence, Miss Coplon would be eligible to ap. piy lor paroie in w months (Continued on Page Two) Sentence Given 'Shame' Mother For Hiding Son BOSTON, July 1 & A mother accused of hiding her 14. year-old son most of his life to cover tne "shame" of his il legitimacy was sentenced yester day to an Indefinite reformatory term, Mrs. Anna Sullivan, 45, also the mother of two other Marine Corps sons and a daughter, ap pealed. The boy Gerald, was found near the Sullivan home last March 14 wearing tattered girl's clothing, his feet bare and his hair long and curly. He told of being hidden from the world in the Sullivan home .lor most,, .of . his '.life... The lad, who" had no formal education, was unable even to climb stairs. The youngster appeared In court yesterday well groomed. His long locks had been shorn and he was dressed In standard boy's clothing. He was adjudged a neglected child by Judge Frankland W. L. Miles and was held In $10,000 bail. The step was taken to as sure his return to the state home where he lives with other child-" ren. Mrs. Sullivan told the court that she hid the boy to conceal the fact of his birth. She said she meant no harm and wanted to start life anew with the youngster In a neighborhood whore they would not be known. The boy refused, however, to show any Interest in his mother. Lloyd's Offer Odds To Britons Against Ills LONDON, July 1 ff) Lloyd's of London is offering Britishers 1000-tol odds against catching infantile paralysis. small pox or tynhoid. i ne woriniamous insurance firm started issuing a new policy today which guarantees holders 10 pounds i$10) a week till they've col ecteri S4000 if thev are strlrk. en with any of the dread illness. All this for a $4 premium. The offer, open only to resi dents of the United Kingdom, is called the "1000-to-l Insurance against epidemics. Probation Granted Two On Larceny Charges Imposition of ' sentences was suspended by Circuit Judge Will- lam u. f ast in uircuit ourt nere Wednesday In two separate cases of larceny. The defendants, Rich- aid Backus, 20, and Charles M. Eady, 23, both pleaded guilty the latter on a charge by bailee and were placed on probation. HacKus lor one year ana taay for 18 months. Backus was ar rested at Cottage Grove June 3, Eady, of Roseburg, was arrested June 11. GASOLINE TAX UPPED PORTLAND, July l.-4 Driving somewhere over the holi day? It may cost you more. That was tne warning irom the Slate Tax Commission, which reminded motorists that the 1- cent increase in gasoline taxes goes into effect Sunday. However, competition may cause some service stations to absorb the tax boost. And sta tions which still have gas bought rarlier can't charge the extra cent on their pre-tax stock. Levity. Fact Rant By L T. Relssnstet It's real considerate of eon. gressmtn to strive to diligently to slash government expenses after getting extra allowances for personal assistance, follow Ing a session at which they boosted their own salaries. 1