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- - iff t1 Four-Vote Margin Sustains Ike's Veto Of REA Bill Would Have Stripped Benson's Lending Power By VINCENT J. BURKE United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) The House, by a four-vote mar gin, today sustained President Eisenhower's veto of the Rural Electrification Administration bill. . The action kept intact Eisenhower's record of never hav ing a law enacted over his veto. The House roll call vote was 230-146 in favor of over riding, but this was four votes short of the required two thirds. The Senate Tuesday voted to override the veto 60- Committee Cuts Down State Funds By JAMES D. OLSON United Press International SALEM UPI The Joint Ways and Means Committee to day approved for passage an ap propriation of $1,3M,000 for the State Emergency Board, a sum $200,000 below that of two years ago. Sen. Alfred " Corbett (D-Port-landi. co - chairman, said the Hoard would have to hold down allotments to state agencies in or der to carry through without ex hausting the fund in the two years ahead. . Hep. Leon Davis (R-Ilillsboro) said that with an extremely tight budget he was doubtful t h e amount would be enough. Corbett replied that with the exception of welfare needs, which he said no one could estimate now, he was sure slate departments could get along with the money alloted (hem. Hospital Need Cited "It will be up to them to ad just themselves with the fund ap propriated and work out econo mies that will enable them to op erate on restricted budgets," Cor- bctt said. Rep. George Annala iD-IIood River expressed fear that the $500,000 for the F. II. Dammasch mental hospital near Wilsonville would ' not be enough. He said some expensive equipment would have to be obtained and that the money in the appropropriation al- lowed for only three months op eration of the new institution. But Sen. Edwin Durno (R-Med-fordi said no one on the com mittee felt the hospital could be placed into operation before Jan. 1, 1961 or shortly thereafter. At that time, he said, the 1962 Leg islature will be in session and a . deficiency appropriation can be made if necessary. The Tax Commission budget, which the Senate returned to Com mittee, was returned to the up per chamber with $100,000 de leted. The bill removes retired state workers from eligibility for un employment compensation pay ments tp temporary state work ers. WEATHER Occasional showers today and tonight;' few showers mostly in mountains Friday; high today 65-70 and Friday 52-58; low tonight 36-44. MARILYN VVAITE Queen Candidates For LHS M n, two votes more than the minimum required. It takes a two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate to override a veto. Four Democrats joined 142 Re publicans to sustain the President. Six Republicans voted with 274 Democrats to override the veto. A major factor in determining the outcome was the (net that nf the 16 Republicans who originally voted lor the bill April 15, only five voted to sustain the veto and two were absent. Made Into Party Issue In contrast, four of the five Dem ocrats who broke party lines to op pose the bill Aprjl 15 voted today to sustain the veto. The vetoed bill would have stripped Agriculture Secretary Ez ra T. Benson of his power over lending policies of the Rural Elec trification Administration. The agency loans money at 2 per cent interest to rural co-ops to finance building of electric and telephone systems. House Democrats and Republi cans both-made it a party issue. Fearful that absentees might de cide the issue, they had appealed to all of their party's members to show up for today's vote. Only eight members failed to vote. Republicans worked until the last minute to produce switches among some of the 16 Republicans who voted for the bill when it was sent to the White House April 15. Likewise Speaker Sam Ray burn (D-Tex.) personally contact ed some of the five Democrats who voted against the measure then to switch their stand today. When Ravburn announced ih tally, it touched off a burst of applause 'Tfom Republicans Unusual Court Session Friday An unusual Circuit Court ses sion will be held in the court house at 2 p.m. Fridav in reeni- nition Of Law Day USA. , Circuit Judge Wesley Brown ton will preside and Stuart F. Wyldc, president of the Union bounty Bar Association, will de .iver a talk to a "jury" composed )t residents cn hand for the pub lic occasion, v Also on schedule for the May Day event will be a panel discus don at Eastern Oregon College on the proposition: "Substitute a rule of pace for a rule of force." L'ndcr the sponsorship of the In 'crnational Relatione Cluh. the 10 a.m. assembly will feature fac- Jiiy memners William Merrill, Or. Donald Speer and Dr. Joseph Gaiscr ar.d local lawyers Charles i. Cater. Carl G. Helm Jr.. and Ross Hearing. . Attorneys this week have heim attending La Grande High School i .-lasses to explain the American ilirliri.il svstem flnri similinr tnlkc will be eiven at Union and Elein Ihife'h schools Wednesday. Daily except Sunday mi voders TlireoftemiDmig Poimcim Vigorous, Racy Social Life LONDON (UPI) Jocelyn Si mon, financial secretary of the British Treasury, spoke up Tues day in Parliament in praise of beer. It was the substitution of beer for gin which startlingly cut the death rate in this country," Si mon said. It' is the staple drink in Britain's pubs, where, he said, "a vigorous, racy, social life is pursued, with that absence of friction which science tells us owes much to suitable lubrica tion." School Budget Election Due Here Monday Various, school budgets will be approved or rejected and mem bers of a number -of school boards will be selected when Union county voters go to the polls May 4. All districts will vote on the Rural School District levy which exceeds the six percent limitation by $26,311.36. Also, all districts vote to elect one board member at large from the Rural School district. Carl Webster and Charles A. Reynolds are candidates for the vacancy. . . In Zone One of the Rural School district, composed of Elgin and Palmer Junction districts. Henry Weatherspoon is the only can didate for the boaru. In Zon Three, composed of Is land City, Imbler, Cove and Alicel districts, John McKinnis, a can didate for the Rural School Board. Districts not operating a high school wi'l vote on the non-high school budget which exceeds th six percent limitation by $34,317. This money will be used to pay tuition and transportation for about 110 higi?i'!iool students Jiving in non-high districts. As a result of reorganization of Union county schools, the non-high district, un der law, will be abolished by 1960. The vote this May will be tho last balloting on a non-high district budget. Because of a quirk in stale laws covering non-high districts a spe cial election will be held June 15 in Zone - 2 (District 46 Alicel). At this time the district board term of Thomas H. Wallsinger will expire. He is eligible for re-election to serve until the district is abolished in 1960. C of C Committee Changes Dates The Chamber of Commerce legislative committee has returned to its schedule of meeting the first and third Wednesday of each month. Committee Chairman John Sullivan said today. The committee has be?n meeting every week the past few .months, to consider local action on State and National legislative issues. Committee meetings are at 7 a.m. breakfast in the Sacajawea hotel, and are open to the public. JOAN DIEIIL Commission Favors Cautious Approach For Morgan Lake BY BUCK BUCHANAN Observer Staff Writer The City Commission last night indicated they favored a cautious approach to the development of Morgan Lake as a recreational area for citizens of the city. Western Talks End In Complete Agreement PARIS UPI The four western foreign ministers wound up their Paris conference today and an nounced "complete agreement" on western strategy to meet the Soviet Union. In an official communique is sued at the end of a day and a Commission Lets Bids For Equipment The Sawtooth Machinery Com pany of Boise was named low bidder on two pieces of new ma chinery for the city and Hand Ford Motor was named low bid der on a new one-truck truck chassis and cub, at the City Com mission last night. Sawtooth bid the low of $3,403 on a new air compressor. Trade- in's of present machinery are in volvcd in all three cases. Sawtooth was also named low bidder on a new tracor shovel for the city. Bid was S7.795 with $275 being deducted from this amount for the use of the pres ent cab on the shovel. G-K Ma chinery pomnanv of Boise had wrigtn..Ty been named low bid der ($7,200) BUt their shovel failed to meet specifications. Spray Plane Crash Lands Near Imbler A Blue Mountain Air Service spray plane, piloted by Lyle Flick of La Grande, crash-landed near Imbler at about 9 a.m. while spraying a wheat field on the John Morris ranch. Flick was not injured. The plane, a Steerman, was ex tensively damaged but Eldon Down, manager cf the air serv ice, said that it would be rebuilt. The plane landed about a quartor-of-a-mile from the field it was spraying. , "We don't know exactly what caused the plane to crash, as yet," Down said late this morning. 'We'll have to investigate and try and find the reason. The crash today was Flicks sec ond in the last two months. The former Navy pilot was aboard a converted B-25 owned by the air service when it crashed-landcd at the airport on March 15. PATTY PARKEK vr- Established 1896 LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1959 The Commission delayed until next week the naming of a com mittee to recommend a plan to develop the recently purchased area as a city recreational spot. On Tuesday night the City 1'lan ning commission had recommended half of talks, the ministers an nounced they had reaffirmed their determination to ensure the free dom of West Berlin. They expressed their willingness to engage in negotiations with the Soviets "to ensure a just peace in Europe." Despite an official cloak of se crecy on details, responscible sources said the foreign ministers of Britain, France, the United States and West Germany had agreed to seek unification of East and West Berlin under four power guarantees. It could set the pat tern for all-German reunification. This would be an answer to the Soviet demand that West Berlin be marie a "free city." If the Soviets did not accept it, then the West would call for maintenance of its existing rights in West Ber lin under agreement with the So viet Union and with a U.N. ob server stationed in Berlin. The conference started Wednes day. Originally it had been ex pected to last three full days. A spokesman said the four reached "complete agreement" on policy,, strategy and tactics for the meeting with tiie Russians planned for May 11 at Geneva. But they decided to maintain com plete secrecy about their plans, he said. The ministers reaffirmed the West's determination to protect the rights of the West Berlin pop ulation and . allied rights and ob ligations there. Special Events Set For Union Saturday Night UNION, The first event lead ing to the selection of an Eastern Oregon livestock Show queen and court will be held here Saturday night in the form of a dinner and dance for queen candidates and the public. The livestock show nill be held June 4 through 5th. Queen candidates are to appear in western clothing at the 7 p. ,n. dinner at the Union hotel and (he dance to follow at the school gymnasium. Another dance for the candi dates will be heid here May 16 and final selection, based on high est ticket sales for the livestock show will be made May 23. That night there wiil be a queen coro nation dance. This will be the 51st annual showing of the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show. ay Music Week Festival that the main governing body ap point a committee to study and draw upa recreational plan for the lake." Several factors forced commis sioners to decide to take the cau tious approach to the problem. Financing of tho recreational area is probably the biggest prob lem facing the city. The city cannot "rob" money from other budget items to develop the lake area, City Manager Fred Young told the group. Dr. Gordon Clarke, president of the commission, favored waiting to appoint a committee until next week, and said that the com mission should study the possibility of charging so much a car this year to secure funds for paying a caretaker at the lake. Commissioners agreed to study the two points this week. They will be on the agenda for discussion next Wednesday night. Carl Helm, city attorney, speak ing as a private citizen, said he favored construction of sanitary accommodations at the lake, po licing the area, and improving the access road into the lake this year. Parking space should also be provided, he said. Young said that the city bull dozer, as soon as weather permits, would Improve the access road. Game officials here have said that they will chemically treat the lake starting Sunday and that it will remain toxic for three weeks. Shortly thereafter 100,000 trout f.nger'ings will be placed in the lake but officials say they do not know, postively, that the fish will exist. Commissioners felt that ''a wait and see' policy should prevail until the outcome of the fish trial w,as insured. Tho trout would be . of legal siss? near the first of August. Four citizens, Wilson Merrill, Lee Johnson, Charles W. Quain tnnce and Tim O'Leary, spoke against leasing cabin sites on the lake to private citizens. They generally1 agreed that the lake should be a public recreation area and not spit-up for private leases. Wilson said that there was no purpose in the city acquiring the land, then turning it over to pri vate individuals to use. The lake was origina'ly pur chased by the city as a water re source for the city. Wilson recommended charging an entrance fee to the lake in order to secur? funds to develop the area instead of leasing cabin sites near the lake. Commissioner Merle Beckett questioned the "realism" of leas ing land for cabin sites until fish ing in the lake is assured. In other action commissioners granted the Intercollegiate Knights of Eastern Oregon College, a sr vico organization, pemission' to paint house numbers cn curves and walks throughout the city. Resi dents will be contacted first. The group needs funds to carry out Its program at the school. GAYLE JACKMAN vV , y: , RICHARD SLABAUGH Former EOC Student Earns Assistantship Richard Slabaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W. Slabaugh of La Grande, and former Eastern Oregon College student, has been awarded an assistantship in phys ics at the University of Wisconsin, according to information received Monday. Richard will receive his degree from Manchester College (Indiana) in June. The assistantship, for the 1959-60 academic year, provides a grant of $1,875. Following graduation in June, Richard will be employed at the Argonne National Laboratories un til the beginning of the Fall term at the University of Wisconsin. Cancer Found In Godfrey's Left Lung By FRED M. WINSHIP United Press International NEW YORK (UPI) Surgeons found a cancer in the upper lobe of Arthur Godfrey's left lung to day and removed the lobe. The TV personality was in the operating room at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center for six hours and under the knife for five hours of that time. At the termination of the opera tion at 1:25 p.m. e.d.t., Alvin J. Binkert, executive vice president of the hospital, Issued the follow ing statement, after consultation with Godfrey's doctors: "Mr. Godfrey was operated on this morning for removal of a tu mor in the left lung. "The upper lobe of the lung was successfully removed with the con tained tumor. "He withstood the operation well. His general condition im mediately post operatively is good." ' ,,, ' 'Hope For Removal Godfrey was taken from the op erating room into an adjoining re covery room where he will remain until the anesthesia has worn off. The malignancy was located in the upper portion of the left lung under the shoulder blade. Price 5 Cents Troops, Planes Poised PANAMA CITY (UPI) U.S. Navy and Air Force planes were thrown into the fight today to head off any further rebel landing at tempts on the Panama coast in response to reports that two more shiploads of invaders were on the way from Cuba. The State Department in Wash ington announced that the U.S. has sent two specially equipped Navy planes to help patrol the waters off Panama. Air Force planes from the Canal Zone already are flying observa tion missions along the Panamani an coast and adjacent waters at the request of the Organization of American States. State Department press officer Joseph Reap said several other countries were making planes ' available for the same purpose. , He emphasized that the American planes were for patrol purposes only. These moves to quell the grow ing danger of serious trouble here came amid conflicting reports of additional invaders headed this way. The Organization of American States assumed responsibility for the tactical defense of Panama with the arrival Wednesday of a special five-man commission to survey the situation. The commission promptly ap pealed to the 21 member nations of the OAS to send planes to Pan ama for "peaceful observation flights over Panamanian territory and the nearby seas." Ecuador responded by sending two reconnaissance planes to Al brook Field, a U. S. base in the Zone. Guatemala sent a plane load of volunteers described as "experts in mountain and jungle warfare." Rejects Cuban Offer (Guatemalan President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes told UPI 10 days ago before the first invad er set foot on Panamanian soil that Guatemala would send troops to aid any Central American country which was invaded from Cuba.), Panamanian troops already de ployed around Nombre de Dios, are seeking for the moment merely to contain the invaders without precipitating a battle.' President Ernest de la Guardia Jr. reported Wednesday that coast residents have organized "civil guards" to patrol possible invasion beaches. (Informed sources in Havana said La Guardia had rejected a Cuban offer to send a coastal patrol frigate and had suggested the Cubans use it to guard their own coasts and prevent further invasion sailings.) JOHN SMOLNISKY DIES John Smolnisky of 1406 M Street here passed away early this morn ing. Funeral services are being arranged by Daniels Funeral Home. SHARON IIODGINS