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U. 0 0. Library Eugene, Oregon Cori;p L m mm msm am Mi BUU) Of County Operations School Survey Firm Talks With Court By BRAD SLACK News-Review Stiff Writer The Douglas County Taxpayers' League formally proposea Wednes day the county hire an outside firm of management consultants to review county government op erations. ' , Two members of the league s hnorri nf directors. Dudley C. Wal ton and Bert Young, appeared be fore the county Buagei uommuiee at its opening session to suggest n ariDroDriation in the .95M0 i,Hooi to conduct such a study, With them were representatives f .inhn Paul Jones Associates, Inc., of San Francisco, who recent ly comDleted management study of the Roseburg School District, followed by a report for improving efficiency of scnooi operauuus. No action was taken by the coun ty Budget Committee Wednesday, .nmAma to A. B. Collier, county auditor, who attended the meet ing. Poibiliti Investigated A spokesman for the league said m.mhor. met with budget commit teemen to acquaint county author ities with "what couia De aune and how a study of this kind is Jones Associates were paid $10, 000 by the school board to under take a review of Roseburg School District operations. No figure was mentioned as to the cost of conducting a study of county government operations which now spends more than 5V4 million dollars a year. A Ipapun member said Jones As sociates consultants were brought to Roseburg at the instigation of the taxpayers organimuuu. tndir nf rnuntv government oper ations was suggested before by mimhm nf the league who re' cently reorganized, in Douglas County. Deschutes Dam Talks Resume MADRAS, Ore. (AP) A hear ing on a Portland General Elec tric Co. bid to build a Deschutes River dam, which drew determin ed opposition and warm support the first day, resumes today. The opening day was devoted largely to technical testimony on the 71-million-doUar project by Brig. Gen. O. E. Walsh (Ret). PGE vice president in charge of engineering. PGE seeks state Hydroelectric Commission approval to build a dam on the Round Butte site of the Deschutes River in Central Oregon. It would be a rock filled structure seven miles upstream from the existing Pelton project, which dams the Deschutes, Crook ed and Metolius rivers. The Oregon Game and Fish commissions jointly declared the project as "detrimental to the fishery resources of the Deschutes River." The Madras and other Central Oregon chambers of Commerce told the state Hydroelectric Com mission hearing they favored the project. The Madras economy still is booming from the Pelton Dam construction. The Warm Springs Indians, who will get some $200,000 annually from PGE after the project is built, also favor it. Heart Attack Kills Myrtle Creek Man Vincent Knox, 48, well-known Myrtle Creek resident who recent ly was elected to his third five year term on the Myrtle Creek School Board, died of a heart at tack Wednesday evening. Knox collapsed while mowing his front lawn, reported correspondent Ruth Evans. A resident of Myrtle Creek for 17 years, he was active in civic affairs in Myrtle Creek beside his school board service. He was an employe of Lake Pleasant Plywood, Tiller. Knox is survived by his wife, Ada; two daughters, Sharon and Linda, and one son, George. Funeral arrangements will be an nounced upon arrival of Knox's son from England, where he is sta tioned with the U.S. Air Force. The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Highest ttmp. list 24 hours (I Lowest temp, last 24 hours ..... 44 Highxt ttmp. any May ('Si) .... 95 Lowest temp, any May ('541 .... U Prtcip. last 24 hours 01 Precip. from May 1 1.11 Precip. from Sept. 1 27.98 Deficiency from Sept. 1 .12 Sunset tonight, 7:M p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 4:42 a.m. V-A Y'smA V A ADDING THEIR TALENTS to the performonce of the Roseburg Symphony Orchestra this evening are guest soloists Ruby Ann Vance and Barbara Gadwoy. Miss Vance, a junior ot Douglas High School, will sing "Noc turne," by P. G. Curron, ond "Spring Song of the Robin Woman," by C W. Cadmon. She will be accompanied by Virginia Young. Miss Gadway, a junior ot Roseburg High School, will ploy a Mozart concerto piece on the piano. Selections by the orchestra, under direction of Robert Robins, includes eight movements from Handel's "Water Music," L'Arlesienne" Suite No. 1 by George Bizet, and "It Might As WeM Be Spring," "Younger Than Spring time," and "I Whistle A Happy Tune," all by Richard Rodgers. The program begins at 8 p.m. at Central Junior High School. The event will round out the 1959 season. (Paul Jenkins) West Turns Down Soviets' German Confederation Plan GENEVA (AP) The West today blasted the Soviet Union's pro posal for a confederation of West German and Communist East Ger many with a declaration it is im possible to "confederate a system of freedom with a system of bondage." Ambassador Wilhelm Grewe of West Germany, carrying forward the Allied assault on the Soviet plan for a peace settlement with eacn side of divided Germany, told the Big Four conference the confederation project was designed to impose political paralysis on West Germany. "The proposal of a German con federation does not contribute to the reunification of Germany," Grewe asserted, "but to its post ponement, its prevention and, over and above all this, to the political 204 Donate Blood In Two Days Here A total of 204 donors, including 54 first-timers, contributed pints of blood during the two-day visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile in Rose burg this week, reported blood pro gram chairman Dr. B. R. Shoe maker. Possible donors numbered 229. but 25 were deferred for various physical reasons. The total donation included 22 pints of O-positive blood for a pa tient who was to undergo open heart surgery in Portland today. The blood was flown northward by the Civil Air Patrol, said Shoe maker. One donor, Jacqueline Legat, brought her total donation to the three-gallon mark. New two-gallon donors included Olga Barnes, Alice Francies, Harry Radford, Elizabeth L. Bowers and Laurence Peterson. Seven persons became one-gallon donors. They were Joyce Mor gan, Lucille Grass, Meryl Murphy, C. A. Dysinger, James B. Eaton, Ruth Wiley and Genell Fitzgerald. Digits Lost In Mishap Clyde Curtis. 52. of 2071 NE Stephens St., Roseburg, is report ed in good condition today at Doug las Community Hospital where he was taken Wednesday afternoon after being injured while working on a crane. An index finger and thumb on one of Curtis's hands was amputated. He is also being treated for a shoulder injury, ac cording to hospital authorities. Cur tis is employed by Douglas Veneer. Firemen Answer Alarm No damage was reported in a flue fire at 813 W. Harvard Ave. on Wednesday evening. The occupant is C. Chaboude. The westside de partment was called out at 8:02 p.m. gyrate paralysis of the Federal Repub lic." Grewe said explanations of the over-all peace plan offered by So viet Foreign Minister Andrei Gro- myKo in the conference Wednes day were in some respects wel comed Dy west Germany. He welcomed Gromyko's assur ances that the Soviet Union would not insist on immediate withdraw al by West Germany from its po litical, military and economic ties with the West. But assurances on such points could lead to a new misunder standing, he said, if they caused Gromyko to believe that his whole plan was more acceptable. It can never be accepted by Western powers, he added, so long as it provides for partition rather than unification of Germany. U.S. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter will meet with the other Big Four ministers tonight at a dinner which could prove a turn ing point in the wary negotiations over a summit conference agree ment. Winston School Principal Named A Josephine County educator has been named principal of a Dillard School District elementary school which is now under construction at Winston. He is William Hedrick, principal of an elementary school in the Grants Pass area. Hedrick is mar ried and has four children. He will report for work Aug. 1. The school now under construc tion is expected to be ready for occupancy when school opens Aug. 31. Research By LEROY INMAN Business News Dept. Editor Building an Indian villafe isn't just a matter of throwing a few sticks together and covering them with a canvas. The Roseburg cen tennial subcommittee, headed by Herb Leonnig and assigned to this task, is finding out. This fact was evidenced in dis cussion at a meeting of the com mittee Wednesday noon in the Umpqua Hotel when plans to build the village, together with the mak ing over of Roseburg into a frontier town, were furthered. Despite obstacles to authenticity and cost, the organization is meet ing the problems as they come and Del McKay and Alan Knudtson, co chairman for the Indian village, reported six service clubs and oth er organizations each have agreed to build an Indian dwelling. These include the Boy Scouts, who will build a replica of an Up per Umpqua dwelling; Roseburg Established 1873 28 Page. County Budget Requests Laid Before Committee 28 Divisions Itemize Boosts For Operation A request for $2,075,298 to run 56 Douglas County departments and agencies during the coming year was laid before the six-man County Budget Committee Wed nesday. This is an amount exclusive ot appropriations for county road construction and maintenance which last year totaled an added 3.5 million dollars. Budget Committee members opened their annual spring series of budget hearings Wednesday by electing Harold Woolley of Drain their new chairman. Serving with him are Clay Ulam, Canyonville, Adrian Standley of Glide and the three members of the Douglas County Court, Judge V. T. Jack son and Commissioners Huron W. Clough and Elmer Metzger. Requests for operating during fis cal 1959-60 represented a budget increase of $61,860 over the $2,013, 440 approved last year. Half Ask Increases Of the 56 divisions of county government reporting, 28 sought increases ranging from a few hun dred dollars up to $30,000 over last year's appropriations. Eleven oth ers requested less money while the remaining departments asked for the same amount they got at this time in 1958. Still to be submitted Is the Road Department budget which will not be ready for consideration for a week or more. A spokesman for the Budget Committee said yesterday the county still is uncertain what can be expected from O&C and Forest Service monies which make up the bulk of funds for road work. Largest hike in appropriations again is sought by the county Li- Winston Dates Friday Election Winston residents will go to the polls Friday to vote on a city budg et and two separate measures. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the city hall. The proposed budget is for $38, 492, which would require an esti mated 32 mills tax levy, based on present and anticipated assessed valuation for the city. The over-all budget calls for $92, 150. Of this $57,675 will be obtained inside the limitation, leaving a bal ance of $34,475. Adding $4,017 in uncollected taxes leaves the final balance of $38,492 for balloting. One of the separate issues is a special levy of $3,000 or an esti mated 2Yt mills to cover the cost of constructing a storage building for city equipment. The second measure is tor a spe cial levy of $6,000 or an estimated 5V4 mills to cover the cost of an extra police officer for the city. Mayor W. F. (Bill) ScheU an nounced the city has hired an ex tra full-time employe, Ezra Ex ceen, who will be employed on street maintenance, but who win also spend 15 to 20 hours weekly as as a police force officer. Scale Bids Due For Highway 99 Bids for construction of a truck scale site on the Pacific Highway 12 miles north of Canyonville will be opened by the state Highway Commission Tuesday at Salem. Grading and paving access roads and speed change lanes, construc tion of a concrete scale pit and Portland cement approach slabs, and later installation of scales and construction of a weigh house are nlanned. The project is exDected to be completed during the sum mer 01 1959. Into Indian Life Prelude To Project Fire Department, Nez Perce tepee; Rotary Club, Rogue Indian dwell ing; Kiwanis Club, Klamath In dian; Roseburg Lions Club, Chi nook; and Veterans Hospital, Coos Indian. At least four more will be built, Including a Lower Umpqua Indian dwelling, a Digger tribe borne, and two more Nez Perce tepees. The latter two will be constructed at either end of Roseburg, near the Highway 99 maps at Winchester and at Shady, provided clearance is obtained from the Highway Com mission. The commission has been contacted but ho answer has yet been received. The other eight dwellings will be constructed on the Central Junior High play area just east of the school on SE Rose St The school board has given tentative permis sion, subject to drawing up of a formal contract covering the nec essary details. Indian dwellings were not all ROSEBURG, OREGON THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1959 120-59 brary Board which has asked for $124,412 for the coming year. Last year budget makers allowed the department $94,162. Large Request Made Among the larger requests this year is one from the Welfare De partment which probably will get more than $243,000 in county ap propriations to match federal and state public assistance monies. By statute the county must pro vide $10 per pupil to the various school districts each year. This will total an estimated $215,000 in the next fiscal period. The County Home will take around $169,655 to run next year, and the public Health Department needs $105,319, according to re quests. County Assessor Morris C. Bow ker has asked $106,540 to run his department, about the same as last year, and the clerk's office and county Parks Department, more than $70,000 each. The court plans to set aside $100,000 again this year for emer gencies, should use of this money become necessary. AGC Threatens Big Shutdown PORTLAND (AP)-Bridge and related road construction through out nearly all of Oregon and part of Washington may shut down. Members of the Associated Gen eral Contractors at a special meeting here Wednesday agreed to the shutdown unless striking Portland and Astoria pile drivers return to work. The stoppage flow idling 500 workers in the. Portland area and others in various parts of Oregon sporadically would blanket 95 per cent of Oregon and 5V4 coun ties of Southwestern Washington, The Astoria and Portland area pile drivers rejected a three-year contract settlement accepted by pile drivers elsewhere in tne area and carpenters throughout the area. Hiring Hall Item, Pay Sought The pile drivers are asking a hiring hall clause and more trav el pay. They are members of the same union as the carpenters, and when not employed as pile drivers work as carpenters. The AGC also telegraphed the state Highway Department asking a halt to further contract awards until the work stoppage is settled, The department was scheduled to open bids Tuesday for 23 high way, bridge and other construc tion projects with a value esti mated at $5,480,000. . The AGC said the striking pile drivers sporadically picketed jobs scattered in eastern, central and southern Oregon. Bill Harding, AGC manager, said the fewer than 100 striking pile drivers is throwing hundreds of allied carpenters and other construction employes out of work despite the settlement. Harding said the AGC "has kept faith with the other crafts and with the public in attempting to continue employment, but the picketing endangers a general shutdown of all construction." "The bridge tie-ups. after a time, make it uneconomical for related construction to operate forcing highway jobs to stop pend ing completion of the structures," he continued. "As a result, In the immediate future we are faced with a com plete stoppage of the highway and structural programs throughout the state which will force thou sands of employes and material suppliers out of work. alike and this fact involves con siderable research, according to McKay. He said he has asked the Douglas County Library staff to gather as much authentic informa tion as possible on Indian dwell ings, so that information may be available to the organizations. The cost will not be a small Item. A Nez Perce type tepee (three to be built) will cost an estimated $75 to construct, accord ing to preliminary figures obtain ed by W. E. (Dutch) Mills, whose fire department has taken on the project It will be 18 feet in diam eter, require 25 poles 25 feet long, tapering from about 2 inches at the top to 4 inches at the bottom. They will take 70 yards of canvas for the outside and another 36 yards for an interior lining, plus thread or lacings to fasten them together and 200 feet of 3-18 Inch rope. These were considered the most HillsboroMan Head Of I00F Grand Lodge Pictures, page 2. W. Vernon Hahn of Hillsboro was installed Wednesday night as grano. master ot tne international Order of Odd Fellows, convening in Roseburg for the 103rd session of the Oregon Grand Lodge. In joint installation ceremonies at the Armory. Mrs. Ruth Vase of Portland became new pres ident for the Rebekah Assembly. An estimated 1,200 members of the lOOr, Rebekahs and associat ed organizations were present for the installation. The various erouDs meet for final business sessions to day before winding up a five-day nimuui juuii cunvemiun. Installation ceremonies were eon. ducted by Wilford G. Beard of Sa lem, outgoing grand master of the Grand Lodge, and Mrs. Edna Os ter, Mollala, past president of the nenenan Assemmy. Other Rebekahs installed were: Mrs. Loretta Emerson of Richa- land, vice president; Mrs. Cleona Appiegate, uentrai roint, grand warden; Mrs. Lois Smith, Baker, secretary; and Mrs. Gladys Cold- iron, Harrisburg, treasurer. The fraternal organization and sister groups voted today to meet next year in Eugene when Spencer Butte Lodge No. 9 will mark its 100th anniversary. Others installed In Dosts last night were Stanley Oldham, Lake urove, deputy grand master; Earl snanK, roruand, grand secretary; and Roy Gibbs of Ocean Lake, grand treasurer. Trustees are Harold Patterson of Canyon City; Roy Tiorney, Pen dleton; Beard, and Elmer Olson. Tillamook, elected to a three-year term'on the Home Board. ' The grand lodge and all official bodies of the women's group thank ed Roseburg in a resolution "for its excellent cooperation in staging the 1959 convention," and for the "great courtesy" shown by the peo ple. California Crash Kills Local Girl Nancy Joan Sullivan, 20, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Spahr Sul livan of 1512 NW Cherry Dr., Roseburg, was one ot six persons killed Wednesday night in a car pickup collision near Mountain View, Calif. She was among five student nurses killed when the automo bile they were riding in was in volved in a collision with the truck near the San Francisco Peninsula town. The driver of the truck also died. The pickup slammed head on Into the car and all occupants of both vehicles were killed instant ly. California highway patrolmen report The truck driver was War ren P. Hamilton, 43, Los Altos, according to the Associated Press. Highway patrolmen said Hamilton was driving without lights in the wrong lane of a freeway. Nancy was graduated from Rose burg High School in June 1957 and entered nurse's training at St. Mary's Hospital In San Francisco. She had been in training since then and wis to hava graduated in a couple of weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan left for San Francisco this morning where they will make arrangements for the body to be returned to Long and Orr Mortuary In Roseburg. The other four student nurses killed in the accident were all from the San Francisco area. expensive to build. The others, ex cept for cedar siding for the Chi nook Indian dwelling, will probably be less expensive to build. Ed Nolte, chairman of the fi nance committee, said $1,200 has been contributed by merchants and there are still some contacts to be made. The funds will be used not only for the Indian village but for information booths with the tepees at either end of town and for what ever assistance can be made to ward helping make the city over into a frontier town. Stores will be paying most of this themselves. The cost of slabs for store fronts Is not expected to be excessive, it was pointed out What else to include it an In dian village as an attraction oc cupied considerable time of the committee. Possibility of getting a buffalo and other animals was dis cussed, and the matter will be checked into. It has been proposed that the 6-3-3 Implementation Due In Cost Estimates; 1960 Target Date Set In Program By BOB CLARK News-Review Staff Writer More on schools, page 3. The Roseburg School Board has given the go - ahead for San Francisco and Portland architec tural firms to draw up and submit preliminary plans, plus cost esti mates, for construction and reno vation in the district prior to the fall of 1960. The building plans are basically two-pronged. They are aimed at implementing the 6-3-3 setup of grades which has gained board ap proval and taking care of expected enrollment increases over the next few years. In a nutshell, the proposed plan calls for conversion of Fullerton School to a junior high school, con struction of two elementary schools in West Roseburg and various ad ditions and renovations at Green School, Roseburg High School and Joseph Lane and Central Junior High Schools, plus construction of a building to house the district's administrative offices. Wayne Crooch, board chairman, noted that architects cannot be hired outright before money actual ly is ticketed. But, at the same time, preliminary plans and cost estimates are a virtual must before a bond issue can be proposed to pay for the construction, he noted. Thus, E. J. Kump Co., San Fran cisco archectural firm which util izes the "space modular" idea in its work, and the Portland firm of Hayslip, Tuft, Hewlett and Jami son will be asked to submit their proposals, A tentative deadline of Transport Plan Being Initiated A possible plan and tentative bid for transporting Roseburg school children will be submitted for consideration of the Roseburg School Board by the district's at torney, George Neuner, at the board's June 17 meeting. Directors turned down a $131,- 000 'low bid by Ellison Transpor tation Co. a few weeks ago. The amount budgeted for transporta tion was only $115,000. Since rejection of the bid, the board has sought ways and means of furnishing adequate transporta tion service while, at the same time, cutting costs so. budgeted funds will be sufficient to cover the expenditure. " " ' , Neuner, in cooperation with El lison representatives, will rewrite the previous bid to Include pro visions whereby the district could purchase the transportation setup outright, lease u or enter into a lease-purchase agreement. The board will consider a direc tion to take .on the problem at the June 17 session. On the basis drawn up, submitted and opened in July. YMCA School Plan Approved By Board The Roseburg School Board Wednesday night gave its approval for use of playgrounds and all purpose rooms at five schools by the YMCA for its summer recrea tion program. Wayne Schulz, YMCA executive secretary, explained to board members the objectives and pro posed procedures of the program. He said the new setup is de signed to center recreational ac. tivity for youngsters in their own neighborhoods instead of at one central location. Summer recrea tional activities have been con ducted by the YMCA only at Cen tral Junior High School in past years. The program will stress recrea tion as opposed to competitive sports, noted Schulz. It will be varied according to age groups and sex of participants, he added. The board flashed the go-ahead with the understanding that proper supervision by qualified personnel would be furnished to protect school property. Schulz assured di rectors that such would be the case before approval was given. The school facilities to be used for the program will be at River side, Rose, Benson, Hucrest and Fullerton Schools. Indian dwellings have authentic Indian artifacts for display. Secur ity, therefore becomes a problem to make sure that they are not lost or damaged. A guarantee would have to be made as to the safety of any articles loaned. These and other lesser problems, such as lighting, other grounds at tractions to make the Indian vil lage more authentic and the se curing of an Indian family to be on the grounds, were discussed. June 7 is centennial building day In Roseburg. Stores will be putting on their false fronts, and the In dian village will be built that day. Another committee meeting is scheduled for May 27 at the Ump qua. Representatives from each service club or other group which will build a dwelling is asked to be present with figures on the cost they will need for their project and full plans, In order that ma terial may be obtained for con struction purposes, June 17 was set on submission of the plans and estimates. Rough Proposals Made Kump is the firm which sent two consultants to inspect present facil ities and proposed sites then report ed rough proposals to the board last week, at the board's request Its space modular system is found, ed basically on mass production methods, with each unit a separate, self-sustaining entity in itself ex plained the architects. The San Fmnoicn rt.-M -i...- . - . v .nu, 1-jaims its units are more efficient, less expensive and much more easily and quickly constructed than build, ings constructed on more orthodox principles. The Portland architects have been involved in construction of many of the district's present structures, noted directors. For that reason, the firm is the logical choice to undertake plans for ren ovation of several buildings, as re quired m the proposed construction program. Proposals Expected KumD will lav nut ( -...,. -l- for construction of the two ali mentary schools, administrative of fices and a four-room unit at Green School. The two new West Side schools to take up the primary-grades en rol ment slack arising from the Fullerton Droject and through na tural growth. some students from th area presently are being shuttled to Rose School, and buildine of H. dltional classrooms at Green would alleviate both currant nj ed future enrollment problems. uiiairucuon or district offices would finally eive th irfm!.;,.. tion a "home." Located nrpvinnclv in Central Junior High School, the offices now are located in a build ing at Anderson Place on W. Harv ard Ave The Portland firm, under the boards present plans, would be called in to handle renovation and additions at Fullerton School ta prepare that plant for junior high use. Renovations at Roseburg High School and Central Junior High School and additions at Josi oh Lane Junior High School also are in the cards, and nresnmnhlv would be handled by the same firm. Change Proposed ine proposed high school project Includes changes in the present physical layout to provide for two biology classrooms, student coun cil and faculty rooms, a guidance and counseling suite inrl . hud. - -H ness office. " At Joseph Lane, Principal R. R. Brand has proposed addition of five classrooms, special purpose rooms for supply and storage pur- poses, a cafeteria kitchen, band and chorus rooms, additional athle tic dressing rooms and covered walkway connecting the gymnas ium and rear wing of the plant The kitchen and four classrooms would be in a wing attached to the present cafetorium, while the other classroom and the music rooms would be oh a unit diagonal ly connecting the gym and the other proposed unit. The project at Central would be aimed dt accommodating an ex pected additional 50 students by, the 1961-62 school year through re modeling of some classrooms. The cramped site makes it impossible to actually add classrooms. Cavalcaders Watch For Good Weather LEWELLEN, Neb. (AP) The Oregon Centennial Wagon Train rolled west again Thursday morn ing, its riders hoping fox improved weather, Wednesday was the coldest dav of the train's journey, which be gan April 19 at independence, Mo. Wind swept the western Nebraska prairies and the tem perature was 54 degrees. Before leaving OgaUala, Neb., there was a brief prayer service for the victim of a traffic acci dent that took place beside the wagon train's noon camp near Roscoe, Neb., Tuesday. It was conducted by wagon driver Weav er Clark, an elder of the Seventh day Adventist Church. Ben Griffith, Salem, driver of the Independence wagon, the so called mall wagon, met a cousin. Sheriff Howard Bechtel of Ne braska's Perkins County. They had not seen each other in 42 years. SOVIETS AID REFUGEES CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) The Soviet Red Cross today de livered 1,000 tons of food for refu gees from the Algerian war. Levity Fact Rant By L F. Reizenstein . Thanks to a farm program, Ideal In theory, a fizzle in operation, Uncle Sam has acquired a white elephant in the form of unused wheat that in 1960 only 7Vi months a w a y w i 1 1 represent the stratospheric vdlue of $3,500, 000,000, extracted, of course, from the taxpayers. Congress it now tinkering with a plan for another production cut and higher support payments. Dis senting constituents should write their congressman before postage rotes art hiked again. i
