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Union Rules Removal Of Beck Permanent WASHINGTON '.-P* The AFL CIO Executive Council Monday found Dave Beck “guilty us charged" of misusing Teamsters Union funds. George Meanv, AEL-CIO presi dent. announced the finding and said the council had made per manent its previous temporary removal of Beck as an AFL.-CIO officer. Meanv told newsmen: “Whether Beck stole the funds or borrowed them, the record shows he took advantage of his position as a trade union official to use money belonging to his members for his personal use ami profit.’* Meanv said Beck, international president of the Teamsters, had been found guilty unanimously for “gross misuse of union funds entrusted in his care.” Meanv said that whether Beck had violated any state or federal laws “dealing with theft, mis appropriation or embezzlement” was up to the authorities and not for Beck's fellow labor lead ers to pass on. But there was no question. Federal Tax Nets Half Billion in Ore. WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said in a report Monday that federal in ternal revenue collections in Ore gon last year totaled mote than half a billion dollars. • That was an increase of ten per cent ovei the previous cal endar year. Much of the moneyis held for later repayment under old age insurance and railroad retire ment programs. f In the report, individual in come tax aijd old age insurance collections are lumped. These, with other retirement payments, exceeded 291 million dollars. Senate Committee OKs New Court Districts SALEM — The Senate ju diciary committee voted 6-3 Monday for a House-passed bill to split the second judicial dis trict into three ports. Lane and Douglas Counties each would become separate dis tricts, while Coos and Curry Counties would be joined into a single district. Senators Gill. Husband and Lawry opposed the bill. Favoring it were Sens. Yturri, Cook. Corbett, Dimick, Francis and Lewis. Oregon House Passes Student Housing Bill SALEM <Pi -— The House com pleted legislative action Monday night on a bill exempting frater nities. sororities and student co ot dative housing units fiom having to pay personal property taxes. It applies to past and fu ture taxes. It had been thought that these organizations were exempt until the State Tax Commission ruled about a year ago that they had to pay the tax. Bullet-Riddled Chase Ends on Ironic Note RENO <<P) — An ironic note added today to the case file of three men arrested here for questioning about a series of burglaries after a bullet-punc tured, 100-mile an hour chase. A Reno policeman lives across the street from their rented house, a deputy sheriff is a backyard neighbor, and an FBI agent lives just up the street. Meany said, that Bock violated basic union rules for honest handling of union funds. Meuny said that Beck's post as an AKL-CIO vice president and Executive Council member is now vacant. He said the coun cil may name some one Mae this week to fill the positions, not ; necessarily from the Teamsters j Union. He said the vacancy can l>e filled by any member of the AFL. ! CIO in good standing. Beck spent only about a half hour with his union colleagues, i He refused to answer their ques . tions about the vast web of teati j mony produced before the Sen i ate rackets committee that he had misused large sums of union money. The Teamsters president came to the session with a statement challenging the council's right to suspend him, calling its action a “nullity" and demanding tliat it drop ouster charges. Mennen Williams Lauded by Morse DETROIT — Sen. Morse iD-Ore. i said Saturday that Michigan Gov. G. Mennen Wil liams “would make a gieat pres ident.” Morse, whose candidacy on the Democratic presidential ballot has been urged by Sen. Neuber ger iD-Ore. i said such a plan was “perfectly absurd," but he added that he hoped a "Morse liberal"' would win the Demo cratic nomination. Morse made his remarks at a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner here. He ci iticized President Eisen hower for what he said was "giv ing away a substantial part of our water table to private in dustry." and said that the Presi dent is “being used as a tool" by piivate power. The senator also said he wouid support deep cuts in the Presi dent's military budget. “What we need in this era arc fewer men and more technicians The dtaft is a terrific waste of men.” he said. Hounds Locate Loq-Pinned Gir DALLAS, Ore. -ft — A search team using bloodhounds early Monday found a 15-year-old Lin coln, Ore., girl who had been ; pinned to the ground by a log since Sunday evening. Polk County sheriff’s deputy Virgil Taylor found Judy Meiss ner on the bank of the Willam ette River, a 14-foot long, 12 inch thick log across her legs. Taylor said the girl told him she- went out to pick flowers along the river bank late Sun day afternoon. As she was re turning home, Taylor said, she slipped from a log on which she was walking. She fell to the ground, Taylor said, and another log which had been resting across the one on which she was walking fell on her. Taylor said the girl, a sopho more at North Salem High School, apparently was in good condition, and did not require hospitalization. The searchers were led to the girl at 4:30 a.m., Taylor said, by a bloodhound named Pluto, own ed by Norman Wilson of Dallas, Ore. Lincoln is 20 miles northeast of here, and six miles north of West Salem. Top of the News BOKKOWKl) OK STOl.K .* A King County grand jury in Seattle. Wash., Monday received instructions to decide whether Teamster President Dave Beck borrowed or stole more than $300,000 from his union. The judge told the jury that testi mony before the Senate Labor Racketeering Committee indi cated Teamster officers have “embezzled or stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars." SfKZ TALKS RKOPF.XKl) The t'.N. Security Council voted 10-0 to agree to the French request to reopen the Sue/. Canal controversy. French Voters to Decide On County Rule SALEM i.fi The Oregon Sen ate completed legislative action Monday on a proposed constitu tional amendment that would permit counties to adopt home rule. The vote was 22 to 7. If approved by the people at the next general election, comi ties would be able to adopt their own charters. These charters could permit counties to choose their own forms of government and give the county governing bodies leg islative powers. Jefferson High School Names Rose Princess PORTLAND i.-P Delores Me zyk, an 18-year-old. blue-eyed senior, today was selected Jef ferson High School's 19§? 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Phone DI 3-4854. 5-2 ltf Available June 15 — Large studio witli living quarters; bedroom, bath, kitchen, dinette, small garden, com pletely furnished, $75. Small studio witli kitchenette, bath, sun deck, nice view, completely furnished. $55. Phone afternoons or eve nings. DI 4-8490. 5-21-4 Foreign Minister < lirlstlan Pi nenti urged the Council to per suade Cairo to iirirpt thf "six principles'* which Egypt n'plnl lust full. ItEAL WII.I) 1*LA( E A 17-year-old 1h>v from Ana heim, Calif., arrested In Portland on n curfew violation, said he came to Portland lieoauae he heard it was “a real wild place.” The boy told police he went to the state of Washington to meet u friend being discharged from the Navy, and that they were hitchhiking their way to Cali fornia. They stopped in Portland, the boy said, because of the city's vice reputation. MOKE TAXES D! L Congressional tax experts plan to issue a report Tuesday showing that higher tax divi dends ure in prospect for next year than President Elsen hower's budget predicted. The report—drafted by the .lolnt Committee on Internal I tea e ntte—contain* the group's re. \IimkI estimated of the federal sprndini; anil revenue outlook lor fiscal l!*.»H. STII.I. IIATTI.IMi I’oHtniHKter .General Arthur Summorfleld cHtlmated Monday that Amerleu’» iuhII volume will rise to an nil-time high next year of 01.000.000,000 pieces. Summer field Haiti this would require tin department to deliver nearly 1 - .V)0,000,000 more pieces than ex pected. Summorfleld renewed his budget buttle with Congiess In a magazine Interview. BI’DtiKT HIT SKKN Chairman llarry lliril of tin* Senate Finance Committee toll) ■I ChieuKo audience Mondax that rn 000,000,tMMI tax cut could he made in the \d ministration’s $‘12,000,000,000 Budget. \nd the ranlilnc He - publican on the Senate \ppro pr bit inn* Committee, Stiles Bridges. proposed more Ilian s:t.ooo.tHKi.iMMi in cuts. Graduating? Wipe That Frown Off Your Puss, Man. Your EMERALD Will Keep You In Touch With The Ducks! 1 Year only $5.00 1 Term $2.00 Administrative Office Student Union University of Oregon Please send me the Oregon Daily Emerald— For one year I enclose $5.00 [H For one term I enclose $2.00 Q Send my Emerald to— Name. . Address . City. State . .
