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U. of 0. Library Sugeno, Oregon Como CCemimKedly Ieveciis Congress IPirogram'' Supreme Court Jest Slated In Blas t Manslaugh ter Case . Alleged TB Fund 'Steal' Case Slated Jan. 18 is goings to be a busy day in the state Supreme Court for Douglas County Dist. Ally. Avery Thompson. In addition to arguing the Paci fic Powder Co. case (see other story), he will appeal the case of the state against Alicia Irene Tauscher, 51, the former secre tary of the Douglas County Tuber culosis and Health association. Embezzlement Charge Airs. Tauscher is charged with embezzling funds from the associ ation, specifically $386.05 which she allegedly used to pay her per sonal electricity bills. Mrs. Tauscher's attorney demur red to the charge and his demur rer was upheld by Circuit Judge Eldon Caley, who has since re tired from the bench. Demurrer Upheld Caley said in upholding the de murrer that "it is questionable, indeed, if this document (indict ment) is definite enough to enable the defendant to mount a defense." He said the means used in the alleged crime was "the making and drawing" of checks. "How ever," he continued, "there is no allegation or suggestion that the subject matter of the crime was the checks themselves. There is no allegation that any money, prop erty or thing ever came into the defendant's possession or under her care by virtue of her appoint ment." 'Unconscionable' After the demurrer, the judge asked that the case be resubmit . ted to the Grand Jury. It was, and the Grand Jury would not change it; It was then the demur rer was granted. 1 In his brief, Thompson says "The ' alleged conduct of the defendant is unconscionable and there is no tpenn irnliiv which eliminates its il legality. To permit such conduct would in effect give everyone who has access to another's bank ac - count a license to pay his private j obligations with impunity." Shooting Fray Ends Drug Store Holdup . SPOKANE (AP) A man ac cused of fighting a daylight shoot- ing duel with a Spokane druggist was identified here Monday as a recent escapee from a Stillwater, Jlinn., county jail. Police identified him as William Charles Heeds, 34, through finger prints and then charged him with attempted robbery of a drug store here Saturday. Heeds and the drug store owner, Fred Olson, 70, both were wounded twice in the in cident in which, police said, bullets sprayed the store. Police said Heeds, tentatively identified earlier as R. C. JIc Cann," had been paroled to Min nesota where he was awaiting trial for suspected burglary until his escape Dec. 12. Meeds was on parole from the Washington State penitentiary where he had been sent in 1938 for a burglary in Spo kane, officers said. Meeds escaped the Minnesota n.ilh a mmnanifln rhnrlo K Rasmussen, who' was recaptured saturoay in Aiauison, wis., accuiu ing to Minnesota authorities. Officers said Meeds is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail. Both Olson and Meeds were termed in satisfactory condition UlnnHotf hv hnenital nffir-ials Olson was shot in the face and arm ana jueeas aisa suiierea neaa and arm wounds, attendants said. State Department Says Israel Mum On Reactor WASHINGTON (AP)-The State Department says Israel is keeping the United States in the dark about the reported building of a large atomic reactor. There have been unconfirmed reports that Israel has developed a reactor that could lead to the production of nuclear bombs. But an Israeli spokesman has said his country's atomic energy activities are aimed at peaceful purposes. State Department press officer Lincoln White said Monday night that Secretary of State Christian A. Herter had called in Israel's Ambassador Avraham Harman Dec. 9 "to express his concern and to request information" about the reactor. White said the Israeli government has not re plied. The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Considerable foe and low clouds tonight and Wednesday, not much temperature change. Highost temp, last 54 hours S Lowest hmo. last 24 hours ... 34 Highest htmp. any Dec. C5J) .. Lowest temp, any Dec. CSS) 23 Procip. last 24 hours .3 Prtcip. from Dtc. 1 . 1.10 Prtcip. from Sept. 1 . 12 M Excess from Sopt. 1 .17 Sunset tonight, 4:3 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:42 a.m. Q The state Supreme Court said today it will hold a bearing Jan. 18 to determine whether or not Pa cific Powder Co. of Tenino, Wash., can be prosecuted for manslaugh ter in the explosion that ripped Iloseburg in 1959. The action is being taken on an appeal by Dist. Atty. Avery Thomp son. He is appealing a ruling made by Circuit Judge James M. Main of Medford March 21 which upheld a demurrer by the company. The I Washington company demurred to a grand jury indictment charging it with manslaughter. Claims Mistake Thompson contends that Judge Main was mistaken in not sustain ing the indictment. He said ' the facts constitute a crime and just because the company is a corpora tion is no reason to bar man slaughter action. Pacific Powder attorneys say the manslaughter statutes in Oregon do not apply to corporations. They contend corporations are incapable of commiting manslaughter. Thompson insists that the crim- Demo Head Asks NSC Overhaul ! WASHINGTON (AP) "The new president should undertake a ma jor overhaul" of the National Se curity Council, the top - secret board that advises the president on matters of national life or death. This was urged Monday by Sen. Henry AI. Jackson, D - Wash., chairman of the Senate subcom mittee on national policy machin ery. Jackson's group made a year long study of the NSC, calling on expert witnesses from both politi cal parties. The NSC is made up of the pres ident, the vice president and the heads of key departments con cerned with national security. Its subordinate machinery drew some of the strongest criticisms in the subcommittee's report. This is the NSC planning board, made up of assistant secretaries of the same departments, and the operations coordinating board, at the under secretary level. The report said the NSC's committee-type structure tends to ar rive at "lowest common denomi nator solutions" to critical prob lems. ; - "If, in the interest of ''agreed solutions,' such committees blur the edges and destroy the coher ence of these proposals, they do the president a disservice," the study said. "There is strong rea son to believe this is now the case." " The NSC . was conceived as a small group which would argue dilfcring viewpoints before the president, the report said, but many of its meetings are attend ed by 30 or 40 persons. The report said this appears to limit and di lute the quality of debate. Fast Storm Dumps Snow On Midwest By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A fast-moving storm fanned by brisk winds spilled heavy snow from the Rockies to the Midwest today and pushed eastward with skidding temperatures. By midmorning, Chicago's streets and highways and some tollways were clogged with five inches of drifting snow that was expected to pile up to 10 inches before the storm trailed off. Street and highway crews worked throughout the night to make roads passable, but high winds and a continued fall stalled buses, trucks and automobiles. Commuter railroad service was only slightly affected by the storm. Six inches of snow fell through out the Mississippi Valley. The fall in Wisconsin, southern Lower Michigan, most of northern Indi ana and Ohio was expected to range from three to eight inches. The northern Panhandle of West Virginia was warned to brace for three to six inches of snow as the storm moved east and southward. A hazardous driving, warning was in effect. In 24 hours V.i inches of snow fell in western Maryland, to pile up a total of 17 inches. During the night the temperature dropped to 13 below zero. The Weather Bureau told Maryland residents to expect up to four more inches by nightfall over the . entire state. Northern Ohio also was given a heavy snow warning. Weather extremes ranged from Monday's high of 81 at Imperial, Calif. Mullan, Idaho, reported 17 inches of snow on the ground. SHOPPING' DAYS TO CHRISTMAS I m inal code provides that a "person" includes a corporation as well as a "natural person." The circuit court judge said under Oregon law, the action is not possible because the corporation is nol a person. Common Law Cited Thompson, who will argue the case in the Supreme Court, said he is basing bis contentions on wnat ne called "common law neg ligence." That is, can a corpora tion allow a man to drive an ex plosives truck into the city, leave it and go to bed with the inherent dangers involved? Thompson cites only the death of Harrison Carmichael in his ap peal. He was only one of 14 people who died in the explosion which was triggered by a fire which started in Gerretsen's Building Supply Co. in Roseburg next to which the truck was parked. Portland Facet The driver of the truck, George Rutherford, had left the truck be fore the fire to rest at the Umpqua Hotel. He could not get back to the truck, loaded with 6V4 tons of explosives, before the blast. He was injured when the blast oc curred while he was running to ward the truck. Meanwhile, another facet of the case is being argued iu U. S. Dis trict Court in Portland today. The action involves damage suits brought against the company by many plaintiffs for a total of al most two million dollars. The suits involve both property damage and death and injury. Cuba Promised More Russ Aid MOSCOW (AP)-Ernesto Gue vara, Cuba's ultraleft economic boss, left Moscow today, his pock ets lined with Soviet promises of greatly increased economic aid and trade. Western ' diplomats said the promises to Guevara represent the deepest Soviet penetration to date in Latin America. In return he signed a declaration of complete support for the Communist bloc in its economic and political war with the United States and its allies, i i A final communiaue said the Russians will build an oil refinery m Cuba, construct an iron and steel mill and power plants. Tech nicians will go to Cuba, to aid in exploration for iron and minerals. llie soviet Union also an nounced it will buy 2.7 million tons of Cuban sugar if the United States continues its refusal to buy irom rrime minister laaei cas l'o's regime. The price to be paid was not announced. (In Havana Castro announced the Communist bloc had pledged to buy four million tons of sugar in 1961 at 4 cents a pound near ly a cent above the world price u me umieo. states retuscd to buy Cuban sugar. Previous Com munist sugar purchases have been ai tne world price. Castro said the Soviet Union would take 2.7 million tons, Communist China 1 million, and other Communist na tions the remaining 300,000 tons.) The new trade pact ts an ex pansion of one. signed in Havana Feb. 13 which started Soviet oil flowing to Cuba in return for 1.7 million tons of sugar. U. S. Orders Resumption Of Assistance To Laos WASHINGTON (AP)-The Unit ed States has ordered resumption of full military and economic as sistance to Laos. - Announcing the resumption Mon day night, State Department press officer Lincoln White said the tri umph of the new non-Communist government of Laos over Soviet backed forces provided grounds for considerable satisfaction. White said all Americans in Laos have been accounted fur and are safe. Four Americans suf fered minor wounds during the re cent battling for the capital city of Vientienae. Navy Court NEW YORK (AP)-A Naval Court of Inquiry is being con vened immediately to investigate the disastrous fire that killed 46 persons aboard the huge aircraft carrier Constellation, the Navy announced today. A spokesman said the three members of the court and a coun sel and assistant counsel already were on their way here. The in quiry will- open immediately on ihcir arrival. Heads Inquiry The senior member of the court will be Vice Adm. Bernard L. Aus tin, president of the Naval War College at Newport, R.I, Rear Adm, Kenmore M. Jlc Manes, commandant of the 6ih Naval District, with headquarters in Charleston. SC., and Rear Adm. Floyd B. Schultz, assistant chief of the Bureau of Ships in WasAnglon are the other members. Navy Secretary William B. Franke also flew here t'ltjay from Washington to make a personal in spection of the damaged veswl and then talk witr? survivors. The Navy set the death toll in the blaze Monday at 44 although police earlier had said it might reach 56. Police had listed 10 workmen missing in addition to the known 4 dead. However, Navy authorities said Established 1873 16 Pages IPC Pi Soviets Set I New Record Peace Budget MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet government today presented a record peacetime budget of 77.5 billion new rubles to finance an 8.8 per cent increase in industrial output in 1961. Finance Minister Vasilli Garbu zov toid applauding deputies of the Supreme Soviet, the Soviet parliament, that defense expendi tures are being cut "thanks to the unilateral reduction of the So viet armed forces." They make up 11.9 per cent of the total budg et, compared to 12.9 per cent for liKjU. 1 Garbuzov said, however, defense costs will remain relatively high "until agreement on general and full disarmament can be reached." The 1961 cost of the armed forces was put at 9.22 billion new rubles. The Soviet Union has de clared that the new ruble, to be come effective Jan. 1, will be worth SI. 11. Though the old ruble was officially valued at 25 cents, the new ruble is rated as con taining 10 old ones. The record budget therefore Is equivalent to 775 billion old rubles and the defense budget equals 92.25 billion old rubles. Western experts usually figured the worth of the old ruble at 10 cents the rate the Soviet govern ment gave to foreign tourists or less. But Western experts con sider that Soviet military budget figures are hiehlv misleading since many items of armament production are included in allot ments for ostensibly civilian pro jection. Premier Khrushchev studied the figures in a light blue notebook as Garbuzov pointed out that the total budget is 6.7 per cent higher than last year s previous record of 745.8 billion old rubles. The 1960 defense budget was 96.1 billion old rubles. Garbuzov said scientific expen ditures will be 15 per cent higher this year. Navy Honor Slated For Carrier's Dead WASHINGTON (AP) The names of the men 'who lost their lives in the fire aboard the air craft carrier Constellation will be entered on a roll of honor placed on the ship, the Navy said today. nans for the honor roll were an nounced by Arim. Arlcigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations. In a statement he described the delay caused by the fire in the Constel lation s joining the fleet a severe blow. "But this is something we can regain," he added. "Lcpairs can bs made. New wiring can he in stalled. New machines can be built. "But, there is absolutely noth ing that can replace the dedicated men who gave their lives during the construction of this ship. "The Navy will try in every conceivable way to ease the pain and the burden on the families of these men. I can assure them that the sacrifice of their men will be known to all who sail in the Constellation their names will be placed in the ship and will remain with it for the duration of her service to our nation." Convenes To 10 of those who perished had not yet been identified and they ap parently were being erroneously listed as missing. The Navy said a aearch of the carrier's lire-blackened passage ways was all but ended. The fire, which raged out of control most of Monday and into the night, crippled the world's largest aircraft carrier afloat, and struck a . serious blow at Amer ica's defense plans. Ship Nttded Naval authorities in Washington said they had counted on having the Constellation ready for use as an attack carrier by mid-1961. Only a ship of its general size can handle adequate numbers of the heavy jet planes the Navy uses (or Its striking arm. Iftar Adm. Schuyler Pyne, com mandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in which the Constellation was berthed, estimated that the lire set back completion of tiny ship by about a year. He estimat ed the damage at 17.1 million. The Constellation, launched Oct. 8. was schedul'Hl for commisssion- iing sometime m March. Its total I cost was about S260 million. It was the second major disaster to hit Brooklyn in three days. Lasti Friday a I'nitpd Airlines Dl'8 jetl and a TWAQiurwr Constellation1 collided in the New York area,! ROSEBURG, OREGON , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1960 peline Tot Gets Quick Action On Request To Santa SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Jackie Rose, 3, wanted, a fire engine for Christmas, Other youngsters in his neigh borhood suggested how he might get one. Jackie tried it. He hauled a stool from his home, climbed up to the red box on the corner and, with a screech of sirens, along came two fire engines. Jackie was puzzled. He couldn't decide which one he wanted. His grandfather, Superior Court Judge Edward Molkenouhr, told him he could have neither and added that the next time he want ed to contact Santa Claus, he should let him know. ' Ethiopia Rebels Still At Large ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) Emperor Haile Selassie said to day some rebel actions raised suspicion they might have had foreign help. "We are investigating this ques tion very carelully, the emperor told a news conference, "and such investigations take time. But so far there is no clear evidence that any foreign hand was involved' The emperor refused to be more specific. He said, however, that ambassadors.. of both Western and Communist countries had called at the palace to express their sympathy and understanding aft er he returned from a stale visit to Brazil. The emperor said the rebels iikpH tnntipa with whiph Ihpv warn nnFnni i. snH hi. nmilfl inaon,, Winn helii I As the emperor talked with ley w?,11 ?e "osed the week he mnvcrKinflenitt trnmu Marrhni tween Christmas and New Year's. (ho mountain, fm- ha nnlv tivnUf Will Close at midnight DeC. 23 rebel leaders still at lame-Brie. Mnnonol,, unit hit vnuno. brother, Girmay. ittey were believed to be hiding in the near by tin boko Mountains. The death of rebel chief Col. Workneh Gebcyehu, whose blood stained corpse was hung in a city square,' left the Naway brothers the only major rebels still at large. . But a government spokesman said Monday night that 80 per cent of more than 1,000 rebels who surrendered have been set free. Selassie promised an amnesty for those who voluntarily gave up their arms. Rebels from the 5,0O0-man guard of the royal household led the short-lived revolt last Wednes day while the emperor, 68, was on a state visit to Brazil. The rebels proclaimed Crown Prince Asfa Wassan, 44, king. The prince, Selassie's eldest son, has been ex onerated of having any part in the plot. The emperor, in a nationwide broadcast, called for an end to bloodshed even though the rehels UrefaM us with treachery and banditry." Strike Hits Calcutta CALCUTTA, India (AP)-A left-ist-called general strike today crippled Calcutta and its sprawl ing suburbs. The strike protested a proposal to transfer 4.38 square miles in north Bengal to Pakistan, as agreed by Prime Minister Nehru and then-Premier Firoi Khan Noon of Pakistan to end a long boundary dispute. Probe Constellation Holocaust killing at least 13S persons. The jet slammed into a Brook lyn residential area, killing 84 in the plane and 5 on the ground. Two more are still missing. Nothing Suspicious The Nay said firmly, however, that there was "nothing suspi cious" about the carrier blaze. It started this way: A small hoist ing truck sheared off a plug on a 500-gallon tank of jet fuel. The fluid flowed down a bomb elevator and into a well in which a welder was at work. The resulting fire took a fright ful human toll. In addition to the dead, at least 1M were burned or otherwise injured in the steel jacketed furnace that was the Constellation, Forty-three wert hospitalized. All the dead were part ef a 4.0u0-man civilian work force. A small Navy crew suffered no fa talities. FimI Feeds Flames The fire, which seemed control lable for a short time, spread to different decks as the flaming fuel poured from one compartment to another and set ablaze wooden scaffolding, plywood interior work cans of paint, and other imflam mahle materials. Workmen raced down gang ways, slid down rones and rone ladders, and jumped into the East Out Says Thornton Atty. General Rules State Lacks Authority To Grant Right-Of-Way For Proposed Pulp Effluent Line SALEM (AP) Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton ruled Tues day that the state Land Board lacks authority to allow Inter national Paper Co. to run a pipe line for waste through state-owned beach area to the ocean. . The Land Board had asked the opinion after the company re quested , permission to lay the pipeline.' It would carry effluent from a mill the company proposed to build at Gardiner, near Reeds port. The company asked slate au thority for an easement for the pipe to pass through the land that lies between the water marks at high and low tides. Thornton ruled that such a pipeline would be a permanent adjunct to the operations of the proposed plant and would not lend itself to termination at the will of the state. Therefore, Thornton said. It appears "that such a grant would be an easement and a transfor of a right and interest in the land itself constituting an alienation..." The statute says that no portion of Pacific Ocean land between ordinary high tide and extreme low tide 1 snail lie alienated tiy any of the agencies of the state.'1 Yule Closing Set For Local Plants Several Douglas County plywood manufacturing plarits will be closed down over the holiday season this us- Plywood Corp. officials said J . Pn "8ln on ul graveyard Sllllt Jan. i. At Roseburg Lumber Co.. Dlv wood plant No. 2 is closed this week and will conlinue closed next week. Plywood plant No. 1 will he closed Christmas and New yoar's week, and the. sawmill will close the week between Christmas and New Year's. Evans Products Co. of Winches ter is presently closed, but a spokesman said no announcement about the Christinas week has yet been made. He said the mill could start anytime, depending on ply wood orders. National Plywood Inc. of Rose burg will also close during the week between the holidays. A spokesman said the mill would close down the night of Dec. 23 and open again Jan. 3. GOP To Recommend Bowker Successor The Douglas County Republican Central Committee will meet Wed nesday night to make its recom mendation for a replacement of Morris Bowker, county assessor who died last week. Committee Chairman James Richmond said all applicants for th position have been invited to the meeting alt 7:30 p.m. in the county courthouse auditorium. This meeting will be followed by a closed meeting at which the recommendation of the Douglas County Court will be made. The replacement is expected to be a Republican, which was Bowker's party. River to escape the searing heat and billowing, poisonous smoke. Some drowned in the icy water, and many more died of suffoca tion. "I can't describe it any other way than a living hell," said one worker after a rescue trip deep into the ship. Another said the plates- on the floor were "so damned hot you can't stand still even for a min ute without it burning into the soles of your feet." Much Heroism An army of firemen and civilian workers some of whom had just escaped the blaze themselves fought the inferno with dogged ness and daring. There were doz ens of stories of individual hero ism and eicsourcefulnee. Rescuers cut through steel to reach men-banging on the walls of compartments in which they were sealed. A giant crane lifted to safety a platform loaded with men. Firemen and volunteers plunged into the, suffocating fumes to drag others ia safety. "One of the most spectacular rescues the Fire Department ever made'jeiln the words of Fire Commissioner Edward Cavanagh Jr. saved 28 men trapped in one rompartment. Darine Rescue 0 Firemen sent up an aerial lad 295-60 PRICE Sc Thornton said the Land Board does have authority to grant "flowage easements" to the firm. This would permit the company to overflow the lands between high and low watermarks border ing Siltcoos and Tahkenitch lakes in Coos County, The company plans called for construction of dams on each of the two lakes to raise the level of water so they could supply fresh water needed by the pro posed pulp mill. , Thornton suggested that the problem be submitted to the legis lature for its consideration. Wilbur Area Site May Get New Life The ruling by the attorney gen eral that tho state has no authority to let a company run a pipeline beneath a state-owned beach area may force International Paper Co. to lake a closer look at the Wilbur area for establishment of a pulp plant. 1'iom Momie, Aia., louay, an in ternational Paper official said the firm may have to change ils plans as a result of the decision. "If the law is such as it is, perhaps t lie Oregon Legislature will revise it," said Harlan Shope, Internalinnul's engineer in charge of plant devel- onmunt. snope sain tne tirm is consider ing, beside the bardincr stle, a lo- cation on the North Umpqua River just south of Wilbur and another on the Williamson River north of Klamath Falls. Shope said the com pany has water rights on all three sues. Shope added that International's attorneys at Longvicw, Wash., will confer with tne Oregon Land Board today. Gardiner has been considered by many as the most likely site for the null being planned by the com pany. Teeners Absolved In Peyton Case PORTLAND (AP)-Three teen age boys had no connection with tho slaying of a college student and the disappearance and prob able abduction of his girl friend, police said today. The teenagers all were ques tioned Mondny and police found all were at home at the time au thorities believe Larry Ralph Pey ton, 19, of Portland, was knifed to death in a lovers' lane in Port land's West Hills, said sheriff's Cant. Gordon Auborn. police thus nave no new or promising leads in the killing of Peyton and the disappearance of Beverly Ann Allan, 18, of I'orl- tnwnsend, Wash., a student at Washington State University. Auborn said earlier that an all noints bulletin had been issued for the teenage boys because they dis appeared shortly after the killing. They were brought back to Port land after being located in Cali fornia. Checks disclosed. Auborn said. that the alibis given by tho boys were true. Two had been held In custody, and they were released today. Auborn said the third boy is at a hospital here. der from a fire truck on the pier at the side of the ship. Then fire men climbed up to the top of the ladder and worked another lad der horizontally into the single porthole of the compartment. Ihe workmen crawled out and down the ladders, one by one, to safety. Heavy smoke masked the ship as the rescue workers struggled on. Through the smoke, the gray paint of the Constellation could be seen peeling from the oven heat, revealing a rusty-red undercoat. During part of the day snow fell, muffling the furious activity in a white mantle. The announced death toll rose to 47 late Monday night but was reduced to 48 after a man believed dead turned up and reported that he had left the shipyard without signing out as he should have done. Dead Identified By early morning M of the dead had been identified. The Navy said the others were so badly burned they fjould not be identified im mediately. The keel for the Constellation was laid Oct. 10, l.i7. The ship as tall as a 25-story building and almost ax lunar as the Kmnire I Building is high is equipped to carry 100 planes. Instead of antl aircraft guns, it has surface-to-air missiMi fur defense against at- tack. School Aid, Care For Aged High On List By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) President-elect John F. Kennedy said today he will urge Congress to act speedily on medical care for the aged and aid to education, housing and areas of chronic un employment. Kennedy also told a new confer ence that he wants early action on increasing the present mini mum wage of $1 an hour. The president-elect had at his side for the news conference Vice President-elect Lyndon B. John son: House Speaker Sam Ravburn of Texas, and Sen. Alike Mans field of Montana, slated to suc ceed Johnson as Senate Demo cratic leader. Johnson Named , Kennedy announced that he has appointed Johnson chairman of the Advisory Council nn Space Ex ploration Problems. Johnson also will take over the chairmanship of the government's Committee on Contract Compli ancea unit set up by President Eisenhower to prevent race dis crimination on work done by pri vate contractors tor the govern ment. Vice President Richard M. Nixon now is chairman of that committee. Kennedy. Johnson. Ravburn and .Mansfield started strategy talks Monday on the new' administra tion's legislalive program and budget planning. They met news men today on the patio at Kenne dy's Atlantic shore home to re part an their discussions. ; Successful Sasiien Seen Johnson and Rayburn joined in predicting a successful session of the Democratic-ruled new Con gress. Kennedy said the talks with the legislative leaders had been "very successful, and that there is "general agreement among all of us on what should be done." The new regime's spending plans will get a more intensive "going over at an all-day meeting the Prosident-elcct has called for Wed nesday with David E. Bell, the mini he has chosen to be chief of Uie budget bureau. Also sitting in at that confer- enco here will be Bell's deputy. timer b, biaais, whose appoint ment Kennedy announced Monday night. Staats, a career budget oUiclali has the same position in the outgoing Eisenhower adminis tration and he also was No. 2 man in the bureau under President Tru man. - Johnson flew in from his home state of Texas early Monday and spent the morning conferring with the president-elect regarding the new frontiers program of legisla tion which Kennedy will start send ing to Congress shortly after his inauguration Jan, 20. Play Golf After lunch thev nlaved a rounrf of golf while waiting for Ravburn to arrive from Texas and Mans field to drive up from Miami. Ken nedy and Johnson toured the Palm Beach Country Club course in sun ny but chilly weather with the president-elect's brother Robert, who will be attorney eencral in the new administration, and Earl E. T. Smith, former ambassador to Cuba and a Kennedy neighbor here. Rayburn. 78, made it clear be yond doubt that the House will make its own decisiun in a likely new controversy over the role of ils powerful rules committee. Actually, there was no evidence that Kennedy, Johnson and Mans field all with Senate experience and all former associates of Ray burn in the House would think: of telling "Mister Sam" what to do in the handling of House. There has been some talk that parts of the Kennedy legislative program will encounter rough go ing unless the rules committee's power is diluted. Rayburn Saya Ne Rayburn was asked by news men whether he intended to dis cuss the matter with Kennedy. "No, sir," the speaker shot back. A reporter wanted to know whether Rayburn regarded it as purely a matter for the House. "Utterly," Rayburn replied with finality, "f don't think Sen. Ken nedy or Sen. Johnson either have said anything about organization of the llouse. Despite great firmness on this mailer, Rayburn was in a general ly jovial mood as he stepped from the Kennedy private plane which brought him from his home at Bonham, Tex. Turning serious, the programs which Rayburn listed for early ac tion are in the same general cate gories in which Kennedy is com mitted. These Include a higher minimum wage, medical care for the aged, aid for schools, and relief for areas of chronic unemployment. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizenstein Two o nice Christmas pre sent the Roseburg School Board gave the teachers, fit tits in nicely ai a joy producer' with on of tho best apple cropt over ottered for disptiat by devoted students. O
