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Russians Clown With Foreign Aid;! Rain 'Cements' Rangoon Relations Now Providing Competition By FRANK ELEAZER UPI Staff Writer WASHINGTON (UPI i - The House Appropriations Committee published its annual foreign aid hearings Wednesday and the good news is that the Russians also have a foreign aid program a'td a certain number of clowns anions (he people who run it. They Kent tons and Ions of le nient to Rangoon, where it was carefully piled in its sacks on Ihe (lock. Hut somelxidy forgot this was the start of the rainv season Now Burma is in fine shape for ballast, and tnayhc Hussia will give her some ships. Under a very attractive credit urrangement, Indonesia was able to buy 4.000 jeeps from the Hus sions. But these Itussian jeeps had Russian windshields, which couldn't stand this tiopical sun. They melted. It's true that after the wind shields were kicked out these jct'l ran pretty good. cxcct when they didn't, which was often. They would steer, too, but not much. And the tires wore out after 5,000 miles. Americans Com Through A Soviet foreign aid team set foot in a south Asian country just in time for a flood which nearly wiped out the place. Here was their chance, and they went into action. Well, what they did was phone Moscow for instructions While the Kremlin made up their minds for them. American ad people bailed the local folks out of tne wate' In fact. Leonard J. Saecio. our deputy director of forcigt aid. said the Itussian aid bosses "arc making many of the same errors we have made, particularly in the early days of our programs" Tha Appropi iations Committee was delighted to hea this, esie cially the part about our mis takes being mostly behind us They asked Saccio for details and he allowed he was mighty happy to give cm "Much nonsense has been written lately about foreign aid urograms," he said. "None has been less accurate or more harmful than that which feeds the myth of the Soviet superman." Lang On Language Take the matter of language. He said it's widely believed the Russians send nobody abroad who can't converse with the na tives, not so. he said. The fact is we do a lot better on this thun they do. Saccio's chief James W. Riddle bcrgcr. who formerly was one of our ambassadors, said even in Yugoslavia, where the local lan guage is related to Russian, he found more Americans able to speak it than Russians. In running their aid program Receptionist Will Testify In Doctor's Murder Trial WEST COV1NA. Calif. UPI Carolc Tregoff. 22-year-old former receptionist who has vowed she will stand by accused wife slayer Dr. Bernard Finch, was expected to be called today to testify about the night socialite Mrs. Barbara Finch was killed. Miss Tregoff. a divorcee, was with the society doctor July 18 when he confronted his estranged wife at their $80,000 home here. They struggled and Mrs. Finch pulled a gun, Miss Tregoff told police. But she said she did not ac tually sec the shooting of Mrs. Finch. At the time of Finch's arrest, Miss Trcgoff's story of how she drove him here from her Las Ve gas, Nov., apartment, dashed Finch's possible alibi that he had been in that desert city at the time of the slaying. The state suhpenaed Miss Tre goff along with six other witnes ses to testify at the preliminary hearing in which it was attempt ing to substantiate a first degree murder charge against the 41-year-old defendant. Deputy district attorney Fred C. Whichrllo revealed Monday in the oiiening day of the hearing the "highly significant" contents of an attache case belonging to Finch and found ut the murder scene. Whichello. calling the contents "implements of violence." said they included 13 shells for a -.38-calibcr revolver, an eight-inch knife, two lengths of clothesline, medical alcohol. Seconal capsules, a flashlight, surgical gloves and bandages. The prosecutor said the brown case was found the day after the slaying by Dr. Finch's father. Dr. Raymond It. Finch, who lives next door He turned it over to police say ing, "This is my son's tennis case," said Whichello. Finch earlier said there was nothing in the bag a doctor does n't regularly use in his work. He is not expected to tic called to tcs- MARKETS PORTLAND DAIRY PORTLAND I UPI I Dairy market: Eggs To retailers: Grade AA large. 47 49c doi.; A large, 44 47c: A A medium. 37-40C; AA small, 27 28c, cartons l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and grade A prints, 65c lb.: carton, Ic higher: B prints, 63c. Choose (medium cured' To retailers: A grade cheddar single daisies. 41-5lc; processed Ameri can cheese. 51b. loaf, 40-43C. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND tl'PP USDA Livestock: Cuttle 3T0: fed steers and heif ers not established; utility dairy tyic slaughter steers and heifers 18-21: few utility cows IH.50-17 50; canncrs-cutlcrs 13.SO-15.riO; heavy cutters to 6.50; few cutter bulls 18-21: good -choice 60O-RW lb stocker and feeder steers 25-26: medium down to 20. Calves 75; slow; vcalcrs steady; good choice 26 - 29: few head .choice at 30; utility-standard veal ois and calves 19-25; culls down to 15. ilogs 450: includes 0.1 head bought to arrive: trade slow; 29 hcad lot I and 2 butchers 203 lb. steady at 16.25; mixed 1. 2 and 3 ut 180 - 235 lb. 13- 15 75; mixed grade 350-550 lb. sows 10-12.50. Sheep 800; moderately active, steady; mostly choice 80-105 lb. snrins lambs 19 25-19 50; mixed tify during the preliminary hear ing. Miss Tregoff attended the hear ing Monday but received only one quick glance from Finch during the session. They looked into each other's eyes briefly and smiled during a recess. Whichello said he was issuing a subpena against the late Mrs. Finch's attorney, Glenn Ma- eau, ordering him to produce her will in court. He said he hoped the document would provide a mo tive for the slaying. Cat 'Family' Annoys Neighbors GLENDALE. Calif. (UPD-Two women who face trial on charges of keeping in their home 147 more cats thun the legal limit of three pleaded today for "sympa thetic understanding" from their annoyed neighbors. "What will hnpp-n to our fam ily," asked Aura Hardison. "We do not breed our cats, merely provide a home for the home less." But in court Monday when the women were arraigned, Richard L. Vernon, who lives two houses away, said: "I know this is Amcica and the women have certain liberties, but this has gone beyond reason. Everyone has a right to a hobby but this defies convention." And Bob Meyer, another neigh bor, said he attends Uleiidalc Col lege and finds studying hard go ing. "It's difficult to concentrate on studies on a hot night as my bed room is 10 feet from the cat com pound," he said. "And if the cats light, they always wait until 1:30 a.m." Miss Hardison admitted she and Marian Martin housed 150 cats in their plush stucco home in de fiance of a recent city ordinance making housing of more than three cats unlawful without a ken nel permit. But she said her ap plication for such a permit was turned down. Both women pleaded innocent to charges of operating a kennel without a license and asked for a jury trial Aug. 20. Fire Department Answers Calls La Grande's fire department spent one of its busiest day; yesterday battling two barn fires, a grass fire and being call cd to another grass fire earlj tthis morning. The first call came at 2:52 yes ierday afternoon when a grass fire caught at 701 G St. Flame spread to a barn in the field and a second truck was called at 2:57 The truck returned to the sta tion at 3:12. and four minute later was called to Third and F to put out another barn fire. Firemen were then called tr the 600 block on Third St. at 5:2."i this morning to put out a grass fire. SAUD IN GOOD HEALTH FHIEIH'HG, Germany U'PD Doctors Monday reported that a thorough medical examination had shown King Sand of Saudi Arabia to be in "good health." although he "suffers from some bluud pres sure" trouble. The first basic patents to make artificial leather" date back U good -choice 1150-19: lew goodl 1855. accord m 0 a ttudy by ihr iluwa to 18; cull gtxU ewe ! (0 f I Twentieth Century Fund. it's nice to kno'v that tie l!u sians can match us. error fur er ro". But in talking about it Ihrv M ncvir compile. Today's volume of hearings colors I.HdH pnnli-d pages and irorc Ilia I ore million wolds. That's not counting all the words that were censored tor sc cunty reasons. Rep. Otto E Pussmail l) l a ', chairman o the siihcomiiiilli e that heard al Ihe words, saiil he ciuiU i t u uler stand what was so .sec el. Mysterie of Co Jitiy "X' Take count iv X (in pa".e 4 to it is diwilL'cd we will send tier I:' F-WiaF jet fighter places at a cost of Jl.ooo.iiW each. Passman said he'd do his best to explain this to the House, but III it this would he hard since he had to keep the country's identity secret. On page 478 Passman worries some more a'jout sending je' planes to a Lackwar.1. unde vcloied country like X Ag.iins1 whom, he wondered, were Ihe X men planning lo use them'.' Against 'hostile tribesmen," he was told. By now I guess the Russian spies were sea'ching their globes trying to pry out the secret. All I did was keep reading. On page 608 Passman wondered once more, why an? we sending jet fighters to X? Because. Ihe witness explained. the emporcr. one llaile Selassie, said that's what he wanted. I guess that's what Passman meant when he complained that today's top secret in the commit tee may be tomorrow's newspa per story. By ELMER C. WALZER Intake such wares attractive lo UPI Staff Writer domestic markets. Trouble spots .NEW YORK 'I'Pli Those new an- maeliine tools, appliances, plants which America helped , and mining." build and finance abroad are now v,e magazine holds that "It's mining stilf com-clition for ,m,c tte all took a loir. hard -vmencan promios not only in , ,)K ,, talil:l s,k slats. Japan- Wheat Marketing Vofe'Judfp Rules Falls To Lowest MarkW narkets outside the U. S. but right here American exnorls have been 'ailing oft while imports of (or- ign goods have been rising. The sleel industry has licen hit hard y imports and it is getting u new slap right now with its mills idled by a strike. The big advantage Ihe foreign ers have on us is the low wages they pay for factory production. Thanks lo us they have Ihe latest in factories and in knowledge of engineering and operation of them. Industry's magazine, "Mill & Factory" takes a very dim vie of this situation. "Shouldn't Happen To D09" Its editor Carl C. Harrington holds that "what is happening to American industry shouldnt hap pen to a dog. It is being run out of world markets and is rapidly being run ragged in our iwn domestic markets." The leading article in "Mill & Factory" entitled "The Case of America's Vanishing Markets" holds that American standard of living is being threatened by a growing flood of imported products. "Foreign economies, largely esc cameras, trench swrt cars, ami German hand tools. Let's stop kidding ourselves these aren't ba gains. They are deadly notsuii, and all of us are commit luig economic suicide whcii we Imy them." Steal Strike Hat Impact Right now with the steel in lus ry on strike, this nation is im IHirting many sleel items and more are being processed by for eign producers. Among these steel products are barbed wire, nails, reinforcing has and many other steel pro ducts. "Take a look at a keg of nails Ix-ing used on nearly any build ing project." says Harrington. "Nine out of ten times they will have come from overseas. You will find foreign steel reinforcing rods being used as far west as Chicago. And even government agencies are not averse to buying less costly turbine generators from abroad.'' "Mill & Factory" has sugges tions for combatting the foreign competition problem. It urges ultimate reorganization of all possible production because "If labor costs are out of control. rebuilt with U.S. dollars 175 bit- then eliminate as much labor lion of them 1 are turning out in creasing quantities of quality goods," says Mill & Factory. "Lower foreign wage rates as possible." Increased tariffs might help but this seems out of the question the magazine admits. Failing in Farm News Roundup WASHINGTON iL'PI The total vote in last week's nation wide referendum on ma keting quotas lor wheat fell to the low est point on record, an Agricul ture Department review showed today. Just under 200,000 voles were cast in the balloting which ap prover! quotas for the ItNiO wheat crop In last year's referendum, more than 230.0110 votes were cast In 1U53, when marketing quotas for wheat were ordered for the 1954 croo after several years of freedom from controls, a total of nearly 450,000 farmers voted. I he 19 tabulation showed that only one out of five among the one million eligible vote's cast a .least should specify what he l!i0 was the lowest since l'jil. WASHINGTON' U PI - Dc.no cratic hens. Stuart Symington 'Mo.1 oid Eugene McCarthy 1 Minn. have demanded that President Eisenhower tell Con gress exactly what he mean' when he said he wanted a "de cent" farm program The lawmakers said Monday that Agriculture Soc-ctary E'ra T. Benson promised last February to submit an omnibus farm bill lo Congress. The reconniiendalion has not come, they said. Meanwhile, the Senators pointed out. the President has vetoed the wheat and tobacco bills passed by Congress. Symington said Eisenhower at ballot The percentage of those in fa vor of continuing the present' al lotment and support program in this, it advocates a movement of Buy American. Branch Factories Abroad Also it would establish branch factories in foreign lands, a move that has been in progress for a long time and is growing right now. It urges firming up our patent laws since "We can out-design and out-invent any competing country, but we must have pro tection for the ideas we develop." It urges pouring more money into research and development. And finally it holds that "Unless wage rises are based on in creased productivity, they are self d efeating by their in flationary influence." thinks is right if he continues to veto what Congress thinks is right. The President called for a "decent" farm bill at his news confe.ence last week. WASHINGTON ifl'l' The Agriculture Department reported today that the spring lamb crop was 2 per cent higher than last year and 10 per cent above the 1U48-1957 average. The crop totaled 21.108,000 head. The 13 western sheep states pro duced 3 per cent more Iambs than last year and 7 per cent more than the I!i481!i57 average WASHINGTON IPI The Senate approved 76 to 7 Monday a bill to set up an agency to promote increased use of farm products in industry The legislation is similar to a YAKIMV- 'll'l Superior Judge l.lowl Wielil Monday held a n't-a slate law placing restric tions on grade C anples to be un cunsti!utiu..iil. The la wa- passed by (lie last session of the Legislature. Cecil (' Clatk, Wapalo fruit g ower and si ate reoresentative, had Idel suit challenging the va'idily of the law. Wuhl over 1 tiled a ileiiinirer filed by the sltite Jane lit. The declaratory judgment signed Monday pcrma Mcnlly enjc.n s the slate from car rying out the provisions of the law. Assistant Attorney General Er nest M. Furnia, representing Di rector of Agncnlture Joe Dwycr, said Wiehl's decision would be appealed to the State Supreme Court. The high court probably will not hear arguments on the ; pp al until OctobT. C V. Halversim. Clark's attor ney, said Wiehl's ruling killed thV law fur at least this year. The measure would have eliminated C grades on red and partial red varieties of apples. Clark asserted Ihe law was arbitrary because it did not apply to other varieties of apples. last year but which died in the House. It also would call upon the proposed agency to develop new crops to replace those in sur plus. 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