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Senate Approves
Cordon O&C Bill
WASHINGTON HI Sen. Guy
Cordon'! bill to put 472,000 icrei
of disputed Oregon timber land
under Forest Service administra
tion won approval oi the Senate
Thursday.
The bill now goes to the House.
' The Senate passed the measure
??. volce mte a,le"" rejecting,
52-18, a move by Sen. Morse (Ind
Ore) to put the lands under the
Department of Interior's Bureau of
Land Management.
The BLM, which now manages
tome two million acres of timber,
land in Oregon, claimed jurisdic
tion of the 472,000 acres. Morse
said it would be "more sensible
and efficient" to have the entire
acreage under one agency.
Cordon (R-Ore) said the 472,000
acres, which are part of the Ore
gon and California railroad land
grant reclaimed by Congress in
1910, now are under Forest Service
administration, and should remain
there. He said the Forest Service
Administration Power Policy
At Stake in Hearings Held
On Cooperative Proposals
WASHINGTON UP) A review of administration power
policy may be in the works as an outgrowth of legislation
authorizing construction of two proposed Pacific North
west hydroelectric dams on a federal-local level "partner
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FIRST CITIZEN of educotion
for 1954 is Eugene Fisher of
Elkton, obove. He has re
ceived an engraved desk set
as his award. The award was
made through the Oregon Ed
ucation Assn, Officers of the
county group are Robert Sa
bin, "trustee, John A. Lucas,
president; Clifford Norris, vice
president; Joe Scallon, trea
surer; and Mrs. Vera Matt
hewman, secretary. All were
installed this month. (Paul
Jenkins Picture).
Plywood Workers Vote
On Tentative Walkout
It was reported today that CIO
plywood workers M Evans Prod
ucts and Umpqua Plywood in this
area have set a tentative walkout
date for June 3.
At a meeting Friday workers
voted to move the date from May
25 to the later date. Union offi
cials could not be contacted im
mediately for confirmation.
DRIVER FINED
Isaac Winship, 32, Rt. 3, Box
1784, Roseburg, was fined $100
Thursday when he pleaded guilty
in district court to a charge of
operating a motor vehicle while
under the influence of liquor.
Judge Elmer G. Baldwin said.
Winship was arrested by state po
lice after a private complaint was
tiled.
In The Day's News
By' FRANK JENKINS
Chancellor Adenauer of West
Germany, addressing the hign
aounding but HIGHLY INEFFEC
TIVE ministerial council of tne
European Consultative Assembly
now in session at Strasbourg in
France, says:
"Western Europe must not
slacken efforts to build. up a com
mon defense against the threat
from tiie East. . .
"The Russian aim is STILL to
extend the Soviet sphere of influ
ence and DEPRIVE THE WHOLE
WORLD OF FREEDOM. . .
"I can see no sign of any willing
ness on the part of the Soviet
Union and its partners to per
mit any true relaxation of inter
national tension."
That is what he said.
Here is what he meant:
"The rest of Western Europe,
which isn't willing to FIGHT for
its liberties, better agree to let
the Germans. WHO ARE WILL
ING TO FIGHT, build an army."
That makes sense.
If nobody else is willing to fight
for liberty, here is a thought that
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The Weather
Fair this afternoon, tonight and
Saturday.
Hiahast temp, last M hours M
Lowest temp, last 24 hours w
u;nh,i tamo, anv May 101
Lowtst tamp, any May la
Praeip. last nur ;i
laii 14 hours
Pr.t in. tram Mav I
Pracip. from Stot. 1 1S.11
Excais from Stpt. 1 7.01
Suntor tonight, 7:1 p.m.
Sunrlsa tomorrow, 4:41 a.m.
also administers two other areas
of O & C lands,
The bill approved by the Senate
provides that timber sale receipts
on the 472,000 acres will be divided
under the O&C formula: 75 per
cent to 18 Western Oregon coun
ties and 25 per cent to the govern
ment. This differs from normal
Forest Service administration in
which 75 per cent goes to the gov
ernment, 25 per cent to the coun
ties. The bill also directs the Interior
and Agriculture departments to ex
change lands within two years to
form cohesive administrative
blocks, and thus increase manage
ment efficiency.
Morse argued that a recent de
cision of the U. S. Court of Ap
peals declared the 472,000 acres
to be O it C lands. He said tha(
meant they should be administered
by the BLM.
Cordon said the court decision
did not settle tho administrative
question. He added that the deci
sion was subject to appeal,
ship" basis.
Sens. Magmison and Jackson (D-
Wash), sponsors of a bill to au
thorize construction by local inter
ests of the Priest Rapids power
dam on the Columbia River in
Washington State, Thursday indi
cated such may be the result at
bearings before a Senate public
works subcommittee.
The committee considered the i
Priest Rapids bM and one by Sen.
Cordon (R-Ore), to authorize joint
construction of Cougar Dam on
Oregon's McKenzie River by the
federal government and Eugene,
Ore., Water and Electric Board
but recessed without taking action.
A joint statement by Magnuson
and Jackson suggested they were
lukewarm toward their own bill.
The senators said the primary
reason for the bill was that "There
have been no new starts in the
Pacific Northwest for two years
and this year there are no funds in
the budget to initiate construction
on new dams."
Magnuson said while he
"thoroughly disagrees" with the
administration's power policy ha
felt the "local people should have
a chance to help themselves" be
cause of the Northwest's needs for
power.
Sen. Morse (Ind-Ore) also ex
pressed doubt as to the merits of
the proposal and urged the sub
committee to "be very careful" in
approving legislation which might
modify the national power policy.
Cordon urged the subcommittee
to approve his measure. He said
it would enable the city to "pro
vide for its own power needs and
at the same time reduce the cost
of flood control to the federal gov
ernment." Both bills were passed by the
House Wednesday.
Grain Crowert Winners
Of Lower Freight Rate
SALEM. Ore. Wl A 10-cent
per 100 pounds cut in grain freight
rates from the Northwest to the
Minneapolis milling area was an
iiounced Thursday.
The first word on Hie reduction
came from Charles H. Heltzel,
Oregon public utilities commission
er. It was confirmed by a Great
Northern Railway rate official in
Seattle, who said the agreement
Had been reached Thursday.
The Great Northern spokesman
said the reduction was agreed to
by all the transcontinental lines
serving the Northwest.
He said t'rf cut is from 86H
cents a 100 pounds to 76 V4. Gram
growers had petitioned for a cut
of 12 cents to 74 V4.
"This is a great boon to the
arain erowers of the Northwest,"
Heltzel said, "because they have
been shut out of eastern markets
by blanket percentage freight rate
.ncreases
"Now, with this reduction, they
again will be placed on an equal
footing with growers in ether
areas."
Work Of Red Cross Defined
Within Framework Of Civil
Defense Setup At Meeting
At a meeting in Roseburg this
week, the activities of the Amer
ican Red Cross in the county were
defined within the framework of
the Civil Defense organization.
The burden of delineating the
Red Cross work fell to Mrs. Kath
erine Hall Chambers, San Fran
cisco, district representative for
the American National Red Cross.
She reviewed plans of the local
Red Cross chapter to participate
in the CD.
Mrs. Chambers stated that a
strong civil defense organization is
necessary in order to effectively
minimize the effects of any disas
ter. She said this may be either
war-caused or natural. She contin
ued that such an organization. in
do way negates the responsibi
nihility
of the Red Cross for meeting hum
, m men.! iiiu.uvn.
She said TO years of tradition
jhave put the Red Cross at the top
u um uj ptoyiot mitrs-nry
loosing, noo. clouting, auppji
mental care, registration and wel-
fire inquiry service and rehabili-
tation.
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Established 1873 YoPeget KOSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1954 PRICE 5c 118-54
Light Vote Is Indicated Dn IPrimary
Check Shows
Few Voters
Early Today
A cursory check of six polling
precincts in - Roseburg Friday
morning showed the voter turnout
was running as light as usual for
a primary election.
Most election board chairmen
contacted said the voters were fil
ing in very slowly, but that such a
condition was normal during the
morning of election day.
Roseburg precinct at St.
George's Episcopal Parish Hall
had had 34 voters by 10 a.m., the
heaviest of the precincts checked.
Only 16 had voted at the court
house (Deer Creek precinct) by
the same time. Other precincts
were running under that nurWher
Bu, the iight vote eary in tjM!
mormng was regarded normal by
most omciais.' Many offices are
not contested, which adds to the
complacency of many voters.
The county commissioner's race
has created the most interest lo
cally. ,r
Polls will' close at 8 D.m. Voters
are reminded that a list of polling
places was pumished in The Mews
Review Wednesday and Thursday.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oregon voters showed such lack
of interest o Friday's primary
election that precinct officials in
several parts of the state said i
new low voting percentage record
was in Brospect.
That was based on the votes
cast un to mid-morning.
Typical was this situation in the
biggest precinct in Klamath Falls,
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Stromberg Bid
Low On Housing
Paul Abeel, acting chairman of
the Housing Authority of Douglas
County Thursday, announced that
Albert Stromberg was apparent
low bidder on construction of a
14-unit low bousing project at
Reedsport.
The Portia nder's bid of $104,648
was the lowest of four submitted.
Other bids were submitted by
Bickford Construction Co., Port
land; Todd Building Co., Rose
burg; and Lillebo Construction Co.,
Reedsport.
Abeel reported the amhori'.y is
currently reviewing the bids and
an announcement of award would
be made within about "fous or
five days."
The project will be bounded in
Reedsport by Highways 191 and 38
and Kingwood and Juniper Streets.
It is located four blocks from the
grade school and five blocks from
the city center.
It will consist of eight two-bedroom
units and six three-bedroom
units. The city of Reeds
port requested the aid of the Hous
ing Authority in building the proj
ect because of lack of low cost
housing for low-income families In
the area.
STILL FAIR
The weatherman says It will
remain fair most of the time for
the next five days, but there will
be a chance for showers about
Sunday, and again Wednesday.
Temperatures will remain near
normal, with highs rom 75 to 85
degrees.
cluding Calvin Baird, representing
the Coiuty CD organization; Col.
Robert Dicey, director of Rose
burg Civil Defense; Mrs. - Lois
Baker, chief of emergency wel
fare services; Gen. Curtis Beech
er, disaster chairman for the
Douglas County Red Cross chap
ter; Harold Davis, Red Cross field
representative, Portland, and Mil
dred B. Herman, executive secre
tary of the Douglas County chap
ter. Also on hand were the new dep
uty disaster chairman, William
Evans and Dr. George M. Wads
worth, manager of the Veterans
Administration Hospital. Both
agreed the role of the Red Cross
and the Civil Defense organiza
tion was now clear.
Wadsworth said he now had a
clear understanding of the place
tne veterans Administration Hos
pital now has in case of emer
. wncy. He said
Lines of com'
: niuuication are now
clear as is
the organizational liaison between
the hospital and the city Civil De
fense organization. The hospH.il
waa Just recently brought into the
city.
M fit
OTI PRESIDENT Wayne
Roper, son of Mi, and Mrs. L.
P. Roper of 3712 Hooker Road
has been elected president of
the student body at Oregon
Technical Institute for 1954
55. Roper is a first-year stu
dent in commercial illustra
tion and design. Officers as
sumed their duties this week.
Highclimber Falls
To Death Near
Other Fatality
A former Cottage Gray resi
dent, William Joseph Berg, 24,
became Douglas County's sixth
longing fatality of the y a r
Thursday, ust day attar De
aid Bartson of Winston was fa
tal v crushed bv leas.
- Th two man war killad in that
same area, and bath war em
ployed by E. G. Ntlsen Logging
Co.
Berg, a hlghcllmbar, fall to hit
dtam from atop a 185-foot spar
tree where ha was putting up
ntw rigging. Fallow workers said
ha was killad almost Instantly,
Corontr L. L. Powers stated.
It was reported Berg was chop
ping a knot off with his axe when
the axe slipped and sliced his safe
ty rope. The mishap occurred near
Upper Olalla Road about 20
miles southwest of Roseburg.
Berg came to Douglas County a
short time ago from the London
community near Cottage Grove.
He was born in Portland on Feb.
9, 1928.
He was a member of the Catho
lic Church and of the London
Grange.
Survivors include his wife, Gla
dys of Cottage Grove; two sons,
Larry William and Kelly Scott,
both of Cottage Grove; a step
daughter, Sherry of Cottage
Grove; a step-son, James - of Ro
chester, Wash.; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Berg of Port
land, and a half-brother, Harry
McDonald of Eugene.
The body was removed to The
Chapel of The Roses, Roseburg
Funeral Home. Funeral arrange
ments will be announced later.
Fayette Thompson New
Sutherlin . Lions Head
Fayette Thompson Is the new
president of Sutherlin Lions Club.
He was elected this week, ac
cording to the Sutherlin Sug.
Others who will take office July
1 are: Bill Mardin, first vice
president; Oliver Eggleston, sec
ond vice president; Ben Cox, third
vice president; Harold Hamby,
treasurer; Nelson Gnibbe, secre
tary; Sandy McBride, tail twist
er: Ed Bender, Lion tamer; and
Mike Petherick and Scotty Sin
clair, directors.
Two County Employes
Made Deputy Surveyors
Two employes In the county su;'.
veyor's office Thursday were
boosted to the position of deputy
surveyor ny coumy surveyor Ben
B. Irvine.
James W. Byron and Fred M.
Darby, both of Roseburg, are now
deputies. Darby has been with
the department since 1946; Byron
went to work there last Julv.
Irvmg had previously appointed
one deputy. He is George J. Wen
deroth of Azalea.
Roseburg Firemen Quell
Two Fires On Thursday
Roseburg firemen reported no
damage Thursday when they
were called out on two alarms.
They stood by at 1:40 p.m.
while an overheated stove at
the A. T. DUworth home, 1128 W.
Second St., cooled off.
A tree house in the "Jungle" at
the foot of Micelli Street caught
fire and spread to brush at 1:50
p.m. Firemen were called to put
out th blaze.
Shoulders Gets
Three, Dolan 2
Years In Pen
KANSAS CITY I Two St.
Louis policemen who captured lit
tle Bobby Greenlease's kidnapers
were sentenced to prison Friday
for lying to a federal grand jury
aoout what happened to a record
$600,000 ransom.
f ormer Lieut. Louis Shoulders,
a veteran of 27 years on the police
force was sentenced to three
years. Rookie Patrolman Elmer
Dolan was given two years.
District Judge Albert A. Ridge,
who sentenced the pair on charges
of perjury, said he made the dis
tinction because Shoulders was the
dominating man, who had the di
rection and supervision over Do
lan in the case.
The two arrested little Bobbv'i
kidnap-killer, Carl Austin Hall, In
a St. Louis hotel last Oct. 6, short
ly after Hall and his accomplice,
Mrs. Bonnie Brown Heady, bad
collected the record $600,000 ran
som from the child's multimillion
aire father, Robert C. Greenlease
of Kansas City.
The boy had been abducted from
an exclusive private school in Kan.
sas city and snot to death on
Sept. 28.
When less than naif the ransom
money was recovered authorities
challenged the stories told by the
two policemen about how they han
dled the case. Shoulders and Do
lan maintained throughout the pro
longed investigation they had no
knowledge of the missing $303,720
in iio and sai puis.
Hall and Mrs. Heady were con
vlcted of the kldnap-slaying and
were executed In the gas chamber
of the Missouri state penitentary
at jeuerson uty last Dec. is.
Youth Admits
Theft Of Car
A 19-year-old youth, apparent
ly a Californian, admitted this
morning the theft of an automobile
Thursday evening in Roseburg
when be was arrested while bid
ing in some weeds.
He is Robert Gene White, who
gave no address but apparently
just had been released from a
California reformatory where
ne nad served time lor car men,
Roseburg police said. White is in
the county jail here charged with
automome inert.
The car belongs to Don Morgan.
110 N. Flint St., who reported it
stolen to state police Thursday
evening. He said he had left the
keys in the car. It was taken from
Flint Street between Cass and
Lane.
City Officers spotted the car
parked with a flat tire in tht
Fullerton School drive while pa
trolling at 8 a.m. Friday. Inves
tigating, they found White hiding
m some weeds behind tne Lloyd
Nelson home, 1143 Stanton St. He
at first told police that a compan
ion took the car, but later admit
ted that he had stolen it.
White is scheduled to be ar
raigned in district court.
Temporary Circuit Judge
For Lane County Diet
SWEET HOME m John D.
Galey. 48. who only the day before
had been appointed temporary clr.
cult judge for Lane County, died
at his office. from a heart attack
Thursday.
Chairman of the West Coast
Lumber Commission of the Nation
al War Labor Board in World War
11. Galey recently had been serv
ing as temporary circuit judge In
Linn County. He was to have
moved to the Lane bench June 1.
- Galey, whose wife was in law
practice with him here, also was
Lebanon city attorney.
He came here from Portland In
1947, and often served as an arbi
trator in labor disputes.
Costello Promises Reform
DUBLIN, Ireland W Associates
of John A. Costello said the
coalition leader will give top pri
ority to improvement and mod
ernization of Irish agriculture
when he takes over aa premier.
umteuo i control of Die govern
ment was assured when final
returns from Tuesday's general
elections gave the group of parties
headed by him a majority in the
new Dail (Parliament). Outgoing
Premier Eamon de Valera con
ceded that his Fianna Fail (Men
of Destiny) party had been de
feated and the opposition could
form a new government.
The Dail is scheduled to con
vene June 2 to launch tht Dew
regime.
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if) r.
FIRST CANDIDATE for the
Roseburg school district board
of directors is Warren C Eng
Jahl, above, of Green. Engdanl
is maintenance superinten
dent at the Roseburg division
of Umpqua Plywood. He is
a 1935 graduate of Washing
ton State College.- He is an
ex-member of the Green dis
trict board and is currently
serving on the Koseburg dis
trict Lay Citizens Advisory
Committee. H ) s campaign
statement is: "I pledge my
efforts to serve honestly and
fairly and to work tor tne
continued betterment of the
school system."
Bonners Ferry
May Escape
Flood Damage
BONNERS FERRY, Idaho W-
Another 5,000 acres of farm -land
was flooded early Friday as the
Kootenai River broke through two
more dikes, but it appeared this
town of 1.800 might escape a
soaking.
the river had swelled to the
35.4-foot level at 5 a.m. when water
smashed past the two dirt bar
riers near Bonners Ferry. The re
corded "flood stage" here is 31
feet.
Strong winds, a new menace,
kicked up waves on the surging
river early Friday and threatened
two more diking districts.
Some 8,000 of the 40,000 acres
of rich land in the Kootenai valley
were under water as the battle
against the Kootenai, bulging with
runoff from record mountain snow
packs, nearcd the end of its first
week.
The river dropped to 35 feet
after the breakthroughs but was
still rising upstream and was ex
pected to crest at 38 feet late Fri
day or Saturday morning if the
dikes hold.
The town is surrounded by 37
foot dikes and Army Engineers
said it appeared they would hold.
Frantic work on the levees went
on all night.
Molotov Offers New
Indochina Peace Plan
GENEVA UH Russia was re
ported to have proposed a new
five-point plan for an Indochina
armistice late Friday. Informed
quarters said Britain and France
accepted the plan aa a basis for
discussion.
The Soviet plan was said by a
reliable diplomatic informant to
have been submitted to the nine
party conference on Indochina by
Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov
near the end of a four-hour secret
session.
INJURED IN FALL
Alpha Hudelson employe of
Youngs Bay Lumber Co., Rose
burg, was rushed to Douglas Com'
munity Hospital Thursday for
treatment of injuries suffered iia
a fall from a dry kiln car. In the
accident, he' suffered a fractured
heel.
While plans for formation of
the government still were in so
early stage, a friend of Costelio
said the Fine Gael (United Ire
land) party chief believes the fu
ture of Ireland lies in developing
her only major asset lz minion
acres of arable land.
Through the ycars this most es
sential element of Ireland's econ
omy has been neglected. The land
now is neing lined only at go per
cent capacity. American economic
aid experts have urged the repub
lic to do something about it.
witn three seats still to he ae-
ckk-d at a special election next score of years. In that time Cos
week, Tuesday's voting gave lh tello has been the only man to beat
parties this representation in him, and now Costello hat dona
the 147-seat Dail: Ut tvrlea.
County Court
Siqns Contract
For Oil Riqhts
Members of the Douglas Coun
' Court signed an agreement
Thursday for leasa of sub-surface
rights on 62,000 acres of land. The
agreement is with Oil Developers
Inc. of Roseburg, which previously
leased many acres of privately
vwuea in i la a cne oieirose-ljOOK-ingglasa
area.
The county lands Involved are
scattered throughout the county
except for that paK south of the
Riddle and Live Oak Lookout
areas, size of the narceli van
from about 20 to 1,000 acres, with
uie largest segment oeing west of
Riddle in the Nickel Mountain
area.
The county will receive 10 cent
per acre rental, it was announced
by Robert E. Kischel. lands de-
partment supervisor. The lease is
for five years.
Kischel explained that the 86,200
annual rental will be in effect un
til such time as the comnanv
strikes oil on any of the 62,000
acres or on any other land the
company has leased in the county,
it and when oil Is struck, the
rental fee will jump to SO cents
per acre. If an oil or gas well is
nrougnt in by the company, the
county will receive tne standard
unc-eignnn snare oi any proauc
tion. If sulpbtir Is found, the county
wm receive ss per ton on it.
ine lease covers only mineral
rights which the county retained
when timber on much of the land
was sold. Svrtace rights to Lie
land involved have already been
sold to private timber companies.
On only about 3,000 of the 62,000
acres has the county, up to this
time, retained both surface and
sub-surface rights.
Certain controls are embodied In
the lease, Kischel said. Rental pay
ments must be made twice a year,
with the initial payment of about
$3J00- falling due in November.
The county has stipulated that the
lease is not to be used for pro
motional purposes only. If and
when oil is discovered on any of
the land. Oil Developers will have
to make monthly reports to the
county on tne
ities.
company s activ-
Sen. Cordon Aids
Harbor Measure
Son. Guy Cordon was instrumen
tal in gaining Senate Appropri
ations Committee approval for a
$500,000 appropriation for Crescent
City, Calif., harbor, it was learn
ed Thursday.
Although it Is unusual for mam.
bers of the Senate to pitch in to ob
tain funds for public works Prot
ects outside their own states. Cor
don did so in this case at the re
quest of interests in Klamath
Palis, Medtord and Grants Pass
areas. If the committee-approved
figure is retained in the final Riv
ers and Harbors Appropriations
bill, it will enable the Army eng
neers to start on a $2tt million
project designed to prevent the
closure from accretion of the Cres
cent City harbor.
Cordon said plans for the har
bor improvement call for construc
tion of a dog-leg breakwater ex
tension from the seaward termin
al ot the present structure.
Charlei Aldred Residence
li Damaged By Blaze
Fire did an undetermined
amount of damage at the Charles
Aldred residence. 1416 Cedar St.,
aarly today, according to Rosa
burg Rural firemen.
Firemen said the blaze, aouai--
ently starting from a wall heat
er, burned part of a wall and
floor and the back of a daveno. It
was discovered by a tenant in a
basement apartment at 3:42 a.m.
The owner of the home was out
ot town at the time.
For Irish
Fianna Fail-64
Independents 5.
Coalition parties 75. These in
cluded Fine Gael, 49; Labor, 18;
Clin Na Talmhan (Farmers), 5;
Clann Na Poblachta (Republi
cans), 3.
Fianna Fail suffered a net loo
of only six seats, but it had held
only a two-vote control in Parlia
ment.
De Valera, 71, and nearly blind,
has been a dominant figure in
Irish politics for more than a
McCarthy
Says Hell
Be On Hand
Subcommittee Staff
Readies Plant For
Resumption Monday
WASHINGTON Wl Democrats
on tl? Senate investigations sub
committee took a stand Friday the
public is entitled to hear anything
"relevant" to the McCarthv-Armv
dispute in transcripts of moni
tored telephone calls. 1
They put themselves on record
with a stipulation sent to acting
Chairman Mundt (R-SD) author
izing use on that basis of any 1
transcripts there may be of their
own telephone talks.
ineir action came as the sub
committee staff prepared for re
opening of the hearings next Mon
day and Sen. McCarthy blasted at
the Eisenhower administrations
secrecy order as "taking the fifth
amendment.'
Quelling speculation ho might
never go back to the hearings,
McCarthy said. "I'll be there Mon
day."
But, just before leaving for Wis
consin on a speech-making trip,
McCarthy told a reporter he plans
in the next few hours to give a
lot of thought to "what we may
do Monday if they (the White
House) keep this secrecy order in
eneci.
McCarthy is to speak at a Cham
ber of Commerce function In Ft
Atkinson, Wis., Saturday night., He
said he will "sjieak about the hear
ings" and possibly announce "what
we it do on Monday."
Cost Of Living
Drops Slightly
During April
WASHINGTON U) The
eov-
ernment reported Friday
living
costs declined slightly in Apr)
prtl.
The drop, the third in three
months, was almost entirely due
to lower excise taxes effective
April 1.
The decline means a penoy-an-hour
pay cut for about 1,250,000
workers in the auto, aircraft and
farm equipment industries whose
?ay rates are geared by union con
racts to the government living
cost inner.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported its index declined two
tenths of one per cent from mid
Mclr to mid-Apf n, -lowcring'tho
index to 114.6 per cent of the 1047
48 average. This Is seven-tenths of
one per cent below the October
1953 peak when the index was
115.4. The April Index, however,
is eight-tenths of one per cent
above a year ago.
Commissioner Kwan Clague of
the bureau said the April decline
was enlirely due to the April 1
excise tax cuts and the index
would bavo remained unchanged
wunout tne cuts.'
Food prices rose In Anril b
three-tenths of one ncr cent, main-
ly due to higher prices for fresh
nuns uu vegeutuieft, wuaiocs,
lei luce, some meats and coffee.
This was countered by lower
prices for clothing, seasonal re
ductions In coal prices, and lower
costs of house furnishings, house
hold operations and personal cars. -
Glendale Rejects Bid
On City Sewer Bonds
Clendale's 895.000 in sewer
bonds are still unsold.
The City Council voted this
week to reject the only bid made
for sale of the bonds. The First
National Bank of Portland made
the bid which, with discount.
amounted to 4.6 per cent.
Glcndale voters approved the
895,000 issue more than a year
ago. But last spring when the c ry
asked for bids on that amount.
It received no offerst Also, esti
mates for constructing the treat
ment plant and making other
Improvements ran well above the
amount set.
The previous construction plans
were changed so that estimates
might fall within the limit allow
ed by the taxpayers before the
current requests for bids was
made, reports Corresponds Mrs.1
G. B. Fox. Of course, no requests
for construction costs were made,
nowever. ,
New DeSoto-Plymoutfi
Dealership Announced
The opening of a new DrSoto
Plymouth dealership was announc
ed today for Rosoburg.
The Bill Stock Motors, Inc., will
be located at 702 S, Stephens St.
On display at the new dealer
ship site will be the 170-horse-powcr
Fire Dome Eight DeSoto
and the new Plymouth.
FISHERMEN ARRESTED
Two more men have been ar
rested for alleged fishing viola
tions just below Soda Springs
Dam, 57 miles east ot Roseburg
on the North Umpqua Road, stale
police reports. Paul Lyon McDon
ald and John E. Meinzer, both of
Lemola Falls, have each posted
1100 bail in district court on
charges of using lures In an area
I reserved for fly fishing only.
Levity Fact Rent
By L. F. Reucnstcin
Sundry office seekers are
prone f put the 'rant' in as
pirant. -
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