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Newspaper Page Text- : - - t i i, .: : r . j -' ; I ; - The Weather OREGON Unsettled; X. Advertising brings to your home news of com forts and -conveniences of proven worth Pia your faith on advertised .goods. probably occasional rain; moderate temperature ; strong northwest winds and gales. Thursday Max. 50; Min. 41; River 10.7 falling; Rainfall' .24; Atmosphere part cloudy; Wind northwest. SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM; OREGON FRIDAY tyORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1925 price five en: rrs PPM 55 .iV: ' ! '4 V ;? ! 5 I i w RESCUERS AnE DISHHBTEIOi STRATUM HIT Workers Express Disap pointment When Bottom of Limestone Roof Is Not Penetrated By Dritl NO INDICATION FOUND OF CAVERN OR TUNNEL Miners State Several Days May Be Necessary Before Collins Is Found CAVE CITY, Ky., ' Feb. 13. (By the 'AP.) Early this morn ing the diamond core drill had been pushed down the .sand cave rescue shaft to a. depth of ,60 feet and II. T. Carmlchael, in . charge of the shaft operations, expressed great disappointment that no hot torn had yet been rotund ' Jo the limestone "roof."; Apparently the officials : were seeking to -drive through the "soft" spojt Just below the 50-foot mark, to locate a Iarg er tunnel or cavern just below. ; May Take Days About seven feet of limestone had been probed beyond the 51- foot stratum of dirt, with no in dications of a cavern and at 12:15 a. m. the drill was still boring downward. It would take several days to excavate through the 10 feetf between the present depth of the shaft and. the 60-foot mark, if seven feet of limestone was to be removed, and the officials seemed greatly disheartened. CAVE CITY," Ky., Feb. 12. (By the AP.) The possibility of reaching Floyd Collins in his nn derground trap within a. short limn strengthened the hones of the rescue squad tonigbt-When a "soft spot," Indicating perJuaps a crevice or-tunnel, ww located by a diamond core drill four feet be low the bottom of the rescue shaft, Just above the 68-foot level is a crevice in the side of the shaft large enough for a small man to enter. It is possible to see 10 or 13 feet back into this crevice, but the engineers are concentrating their attention on the bottom of the shaft. Preparations Blade Although Collins has been un derground nearly two weeks. Dr. William r Hazlett and the Red Cross unit near the mouth of the tunnel have prepared lor every emprrenPT. in an effort to save Collins' life if he is found living "He may be alive," the physic ians say. and as long as there is a chance the ceaseless vigil will be ffiniinncd While the 14th sec tion of timbering was being low ered into place, a section of the shaft wall collapsed near the bot tom, and the entire afternoon was spent In clearing out the debris. Open Space Found At 6 o'clock the shaft was again lear and the diamond drill start ed down through the bottom. Two feet down limestone wasTencount ered and after two or three feet of limestone, an open space was found. The drill did not explore the depth, as it had to be with drawn for repairs to r the water (Continued an pag 7) Representatives of Board of Control Leave for East- ern Oregon i Machinery .for the payment loans aggregating ll.SOO.000 ot to eastern Oregon wheat farmers for re-seeding purposes, began to function Thursday when Sam Ko zer. secretary of state, W. A. Dalzell, representing the gover nor, and George Griffith, deputy state "treasurer, left , fort eastern Oregon to .complete final arrange jncnts. ... v '. - . Under the present plan com mittees of flvejWiil be appointed in. each district needing relief. A local attorney and -bank will also he selected to pass upon the re quested loans. Money will bo loaned at the rate of $3 an acre. AH ' loans recommended will be passed upon by the board of con trol." ' Representatives of the board of control are expected to return to Salem Monday, stopping only at the main cities in each general lo cality, - ..; :t; ; , V Audience Stirred by 5 Glowing Tribute Paid to Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was paid a glowing tribute by CoL W. D. G. Mercer,! veteran chaplain and ser geant of arms In the senate, at a public meeting held in the Jiouse of -representatives J Thursday af ternoon. Colonel Mercer, as an brderlyj attended the president the night of July 21 1861. fol lowing the first disastrous Jefeat of -the northern army. A group of nearly 20 officers were res ent throughout the night. ; i ne populace was panic stricken and -poured Into the capital across a. woodea bridge that -then span ned tne Potomac river, Colonel fiercer .said; when ; reports were received that "the Confedrates were within, 29 miles of Washington. Civilians, officers, soldiers and camp -followers came to the city in any, ! form of ' transportation they could find. ; : J : President Lincoln sat on a lounge throughout the night and 'listened ? to stories" " told br the SUK BILL Compensation of Judoes of ? the Supreme Court In creased to $7,500 Reversing the recommendation of the ways and means committee the senate yesterday voted to in crease the salary of justices of the supreme courtto from $5,250 to $7,5O0.r Eleven senators en tered votes of protest against Its passage. j The senate ways and means committee originally reported un favorably on the measure, ,owing to the fact, Senator Topxe, chair man of the committee, stated, that appropriations have, been request? ed whlchrare nearly double the amount of money on hand for such purposes. ;. During the afternoon session, Senator Eddy moved that the mea sure, known as Senate Bill No. 26, be taken from tne table. The motion was then madeuto xhasge the report of the committee. A great deal ot criticism was ex pressed on the bill, with Senator Garland making the main speech. "The argument that justice of the supreme court is at a disad vantage when be retires from the bench. is false," Senator Garland stated. i d--- ' i' V. "The talk about the difficulty. or Impossibility of regaining pri- (Contlsnad on paga S) PEACE ID QUIET Morning Session Void of Ex citement; Resolution Is Reconsidered Piace, quiet,- and good will reigned in the senate throughout the morning session. Several bills were reported, two tor three decap itated and a number ot ' others passed. i -' ""' - An important item was that Senator McClardy moved to con sider joint losolution No. 5, killed yesterday. This resolution pro vides for submitting to the people the proposition to prohibit income and inheritance taxes. Senator Zimmerman .earnestly spoke against it and called attention to the fact that outside ot Multno mh county the vote in favor ot the Income tax was three to two in favor ot the law, therefore practically every senator there was int. traded to, sustain the law. There was a reconsideration or dered 'by i a . vote of 17 to 13. Among tho bills passed at third reading were: S. B. 175, Upton To require adjustment ot water claims under the Carey act. ' S. B. 196, corabltte on educa- tiou Providing for teachers training courses, in high schools of Oregon. ' . . ' . : , S. B,165, Clark (by request) To prohibit counterfeiting, obllt- eiating, removal i or change of manufacturers' serial numbers on .manufactured articles. P. V."TEL15I LOSES FOREST; GROVE. Ore., J"eU. 12. Pacific university basket ball team was defeated here to night by Concaga university 55 to 1- ', " - . . .. o.. .... .. , SEfiATE PASS e mm it irigaienea peopiej displaying a quaint humor and a vast amount of patience. - . " v -Colonel Mercer mow lives at Eu gene and fs 7 years old. i He was an orderly t the ge of 15 and a year later enlisted in the Union army as a private. : Senator Alex La Follett of Mar ion county, the only member of the house or senate who voted for President Lincoln, was accord ed a jplate xX honor on the plat form. ;. i : i .-.j -u Governor pierce, state officials and , mewoera of -the supreme court were epeeial guests for the observance of the birthday of the martyred president. Senator Gus C. Moser, president of the sen ate, presided and called the meet ing to order, " Spectators occupied every avail able spot. Including many placed at the front of the room, and standing room within the confines of' the" hall wa at premium. SUBSTITOTETO SILL PHDVIDEO Measure ta Take Place of Defeated Chijdl Labor - Bill Passes House i Rather than run vthe almost certain risk of defeating the legis lature's rejection iot the 20th amendment to the constitution, friends of the proposed amend' meat joined in the demand that it be placed before the voters of the state .and by a vote of 49 to 8, with two absent, HB No.' 426, a substitute for house joint reso lution No. 1, by Representative Woodward, was passed after a prolonged session Thursday' morn- Whether or ' not to reconsider the action was' the (debate pro ceeding the passage of, the meas ure. Forces were almost equally divided regarding the reconsidera tion, and most of the oratory was released early in tne day. That the measure tad been in the hands of the resolutions com mittee for three weeks and that a, public hearing was held in order to help direct action was brought out. The fact that many of the representatives believed that their constituents did not agree : upon rejection or ratification was one ef the deciding factors in refer ring the matter to the people Many who had taken one side had switched, it was said. Opponents to this held that there had been no demand to act upon the amend ment. " :f .1 I Prior to .the passage of the mea sure by the house a motion to re consider was lost by a vote ot 33 to 25, with one absent This vote is taken as more accurate than ".A " (Continued on psc 2) DECEIVE ACTIOil Representative -Mott Denies That He Refused to Re : port Bill Out . Routine business of grinding out laws was interrupted Thursday af ternoon by Representative Coffey, who demanded that Representative Mott, chairman of the fisheries committee, be compelled to report out HB Ko. 405, providing for an open and closed season for com mercial fishing In certain streams. and of importance to fishermen on the lower Columbia. A lively tilt ensued. a, ; - t I Representative Mott. in refut ing the charges that he had re fused to report out the measure,' declared that an effort was being made to rush the measure, as it bad only 'been fn the hands' of the committee for seven days.' The report ot the six majority mem bers of. the- committee was pre pared by Carl Shumaker, lobbyist, he said,; and he refused to sign until he had an opportunity to in vestigate resolutions purported to come from packer and bankers at Astoria. : He turned In a minor ity report. The bill contains an amendment to the anil-alien fish ing law, he said v : " -; A full and complete discussion of the measure, was promised by Representative Mott when HB No. 405 comes' up as a special order of business at 11 o'clock I this SIKUE10 230 Killed ii EXPLOSH GERMAN HE Terrific Blast Declared Worst iri History of German Min ing; Few Escape From Ruined. Shaft! t DEATH TOTAL MOUNTS STEADILY; MANY HURT Most Deaths Are Caused Poison Gases From Ex ploded Fire Ilaimp DORTMUND, Feb,;lz;-(By the Associated Press). A! terrific ex ec plosion of fire damp: Which curred in the Stein! mine here last night caused one of the greatest disasters In the history jof perman miffing.. ;- -' M ;h : I : ; The number of dead has gradu ally mounted, until noVf it lis fear ed the total deaths will reach the neighborhood of 230.! I : 1 Very few of the miners engaged in the workings escaped, Many Of them were killed outright, jbut the majority are believed Uo have died from poisonous gases. The cages have been ascending'jandi de scending unceasingly i throughout the day, bringing I the 1 boldiesf ! to the surface,; and most jdiskressing scenes are being enacted around the pit head.. ' ' V i! M Expert rescuers have been rush ed to Dortmund from all overNbe country. Outside the! jit j hea ji police cordon has ' been! drawn around, and crowds j jnufcibenng thousands have been standingor the past 2 4 hours ' sileatl awai ing news, in the vain hope Jof their bread winners emerging alive. j j On some of the ! bodies noiepi were found describing; th4 exp'.a sion and thus proving! thatfitihe men did not perish until tbfey were cvercomeriby gases 1 S. r"t I f t u COMBIi VED Jowa Attorney Geneml Int . duces! Measu re! ! RrO hibit Price Control ! -. i !t -i DES MOINES. Iowa, Feb 12i Declaring that the ! recent j sharp advances in the price ofj gMole were unwarranted by the meager Increase in the price of rujde qil, Assistant Attorney General John Fletcher Issued a statement ! to-night calling upon the Iowa legis lature to pass an antitrust iy? designed to stop the combine jof oil - companies to controlgasoline prices. : j j Assistant Attorney General Fletcher's statement followed the receipt of information front Chi cago announcing that the j retijl price of gasoline would be in creased two cents a gallon tomor row throughout the territory served by the Standard Oil! Com pany of Indiana. Mr. ! Fletcher said his statement was authorized by Attorney. General Gibson. i AW TO CURB Northwestern University Glee Club V Concert Is Received Ovatipn ! i . ! ! j ' 1 1 I 1 I ' j ' I 1 Variety of Music Offered Plea IJarfce icWwd at s First Methodist Church Last Night; Harmony Prevails ! !'!! i ! i i 1 ii i ' i By Audred Bunch j j j Lovers of glee music found the Northwestern University Glee club concert at - the First Methodist church replete with harmony from beginning to end. . A full house was present to receive greetings from ten thousand students, anjd ovations were unstinted. j ' j I . The program opened .with a characteristic college song, fol lowed with fulsome "barber shop melody" and then a stanza from "The Trumpet Calls Away". Thiej numbers after, that, as the soloiai director expressed it, were as varied as a bill of fare. Appro priate to Lincoln's birthdayj was the singing ot that melodious number "JLand of Mine," ! S ; John Elliott, as pianist, i was rett ceived with immense favor. !j llii playing of the MacDowell Concert Etude fairly demanded a; encore, which he accorded itoj iildelighte 1 audience; - ip f ; ! : i! An interesting feature I of; the program was the singing hy the group of the same three -;. eong? which, in competitiou i wlth (thirf teen other central western j glee clubs, they; Will' fire 'on tfcelr re- turn to Chicago. All three of these: "Come Again Sweet Love.? Tfco Long pay Closes," .( si IS SUGGESTED TO AID FARMER Senator Capper, of Kansas, Proposed I Federal Coop erative Bureau; Senate and House Act OTHER LEGISLATION IS IN HAND OF COMMITTEE Capper JBiH Outline o Follows Genera Agricultural Commission WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Cre ation of the federal cooperative marketing board. One of the prin cipal recommendations ' of the president's agricultural conference was proposed in the senate today by Senator Capper, republican, Kansas, while the senate and house agricultural : committees both continued! examination of the conference with ja. view of propos ing other legislation to carry out its findings. U - V i The Capper bill followed exactly the terms of the measure offered yesterday in the house by Repre sentative Haugen, republican, Io wa, chairman jof the agricultural committee of that chamber j which nas tne approval. in principle of Chairman Carey of the president's conference. The measure was sent. in its usual course, .to tho senate agri culture commission which j plans to continue its hearing this week and begin formulation of a pro gram next week. jThe, members of; the president's conference appearing before both the senate and house committees today, continued to stress the im portance of broadening the field of cooperative associations. On the house side Louis J. Tabor asserted that except for the livestock In dustry, the post war emergency had passed and explained that the jconference recommendations were (worked out as permanent ; relief imeasures which would become ef fective in three! to five years. He Iso urged enactment of the Hau gen bill. ' - . . . ... R. W. Thatcher insisted before the senate committee that the conference reports thus far sub mitted had not been Intended as a final summary of Its work.. Many important items had been inten tionally omitted, he said, because 6t t the request tor ' expedlation made by President Coolidge. Hoodoo Cavorts Today: Is Friday, imrteentn Superstitious persons will have tin watch their step and actions ijrith more than the! usual amount of caution today fori this is Friday t)ie' Thirteenth U day to be avoid eid if possible, i j If anything gbes Wrong or any oftej Is! late to work.) or in f apt. If anything out off the ordinary- oc curs, the event can be . blamed ttDbn the hoodoo which is said to have full control oti the happen ings lot the dayi :!!; - j Fridajv the! Thirteenth makes a I gpou aiiioi, at any rate. i 1 I i ! i i ! i' i I i "Northwestern tands In a p"or et,?' were j rendered both uneon- I ducted and unaecompanied. Rolliii K." iPease, baritone so loist,! add clu b I director, has a voice ot astounding j range which td bear was iu Itself i worth more than th6 prioe of a! ticket I He closed !a group ef (three with the tiiglc -billad of "Da'nny Deever,M and gave. Van Dyke's "Americal for Me" as jan Oncojre. The house, after every bumper, programmed pi; extra; wis rlsonftnt- with j ap bau8e.f ( Dudley! Bucks arraage- tnent of fePysou "Te Splendor Falls oi Castle Wails" was ex ceedingly lovely inl a harmonic wayj II j A surprise of the evening Was the club's giviag of Professor johu R. Sites' delightful compo sition, "The Clim4ing Bose ! At this point la the evening the "gentleman nameld Gus" waa gtr en the floor, and practically the whole house stood! in an expression of greeting and applause. After other numbers the program closed with a "rouser"--"Go You North western", whichibrought loyal al u mni to their feet. jThe one regrei of the evening was the inabilltyj through Illness, Avoid Entanglements " and Commitments, Plea V of Secre NEW YORK. Feb. 12. Secre tary of State Charles E. Hughes told members of the National Re publican club tonight that the United States desired to avoid "commitments and entangle ments, throughout the world in order that it might be free to "follow the dictates of reason and conscience' ; "If we have a mission," Mr, Hughes aid." in addressing the guests at the club's annual Lin coln day dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, "it can be prospered only In the spirit of reasonableness. We are constantly seeking to pro mote peace in this hemisphere, but this can be done only as we con vince the people of our sister .re publics that we reepect them, that we do not threaten their indepen dence and that we Are ready with wise, friendly and impartial coun sel. "We are solicitous' throughout the world -to avoid commitments and entanglements so that what- Operations of Nation-Wide Ring Disclosed in Testi mony Before Court LOS ANGELES, Feb, 12. The secret operations of a national band of robbers who preyed upon United States "mail trucks bearing registered parcels were revealed in federal court here today by Herbert Wilson, ex-minister, mail bandit and murderer, who ' took the witness stand to testify against three of; his former ''pals," includ ing his brother, Frank Wilson. Wilson, .a "lifer" at San Quen tinprison where mff?f jl"' . for the murder of Herbert Cox, his gang companion and cell mate' in jail, was fashionably attired, and in a calm, even tone, related the ",inner conferences" of his former gang, which the government al leges committed two registered mall truck .raids in Los 'Angeles during 1921, a similar holdup In Cincinnati, Ohio, the same year, and a $800,000 jewelry robbery in New York City. The witness, under the watch ful eyes of nearly a score of armed guards In the court room, graphi cally . described the plans laid at the conferences which the gang operated under and were success ful in - obtaining approximately $500,000 in the mail truck raids MINER IS KILLED WALLACE, Idaho, Teh. 12. ' Falling 100 feet down a shaft at ine uoid Hunter mine company property, seven miles east of Wal lace, today, Ben Breslin, 24, a timber handler, was instantly kill MM THE DEBT II The Ticket Sale for the American Legion Dance Is Going Very Fine Now Are. you going to the American Legion St. Valentine's day dance tomorrow night? Or are you going to buy a tic ket, or a couple of tickets to the dance.--: . ,,-Jr - Or a hundred? No limit to the number you may buy. Well, nearly everybody's doing it' It was whtspere'd to the report er yesterday that the way the tic kets have been' going the last couple of days, if they keep on selling as well -today and tomor row, the sunt realized will be enough-to clear the soldier mon ument of debt- And that would surely be fine. It would make the American War Mothers happy, and let them take up ! the hospital - bed endowment fund for the benefit . of service men and women. It will surely be the biggest dance ever seen in Balem. if all those buying tickets attend--even if half of them attend. ,; It wfji be a great dance,' too; f&e mu?ie; every tWoz first class; at'-tle new Crystal Palace. . Anyway, it f is ; a ' most worthy cause. All the Legion, boys are working overtime selling tickets. anl some of - the ladies are now IIL ROBBERS ARE Oil STAND IN FUll TDMOf! m he!rlrf too, - tary Hughes ever contingencies arise we may be free, not to exercise--an arbi- trary tates choice, but to follow the dic of reason and conscience and tc - take - the action approved by an' enlightened people. This free dom and our detachment from ago long racial and national "confticts makes our influence the greater. But we can never be just to1 our selves and refuse the cooperation In the Interest of peace and mutual helpfulness which is made pos sible, j by our independence and does hot forfeit it.. ?We are now. at -peace with the world and the opportunities of friendship are open on every hand.' If the turbulent -spirits among us whose &im seems-! to be to foment ill will, to turn -.friends Into' eaemies. to erect between well lis pofiedj peoples the barriers of ly ing imputations of motive and ac tion, could only be quieted; if those Iwho are loudest in vaunting (Continntd on ptt 6) USURY MEASURE BRINGS FIGHT Bill J Passed After Bitter Struggle; Two .Measures Are Reconsidered . .Only After a lengthy battle was a measure pertaining, to usury, interest rate and loan commissions passed by the house Thursday. The bill provides that 10 percent is the maximum and only actual expenses incurred in investigating securities could be charged. The measure was opposed upon the ground that it was too broad and hit the building and loan associa tions. !.,-' v : "Twenty house bills and four senate; bills were passed by the representatives yesterday, a ma jority of which were unimportant measure. House bills passed .provide that electric vehicles ,pay the same license fee charged gasoline- ve hicles, plus SO percent; creation of a board of optometry; provision that by stipulation between attor neys, the court can call additional jurors' after a panel has been ex hausted without the necessity of a new panel; correcting the law to permit the name of a person to be .placed on the ballot after a death occurs following a primary election; creating road districts out of fall drainage districts of 5000 acres or more. Senate measures passed related Id contracts between the Universi ty of Oregon medical school and the Multnomah county commis sioners rin regard to medical and surgical patients in order that advantage could be taken of the offer' of the Rockefeller founda tion for equipment for the hospi tal; validating the organization of union high school districts; and clarifying the present law relating to assault and battery. Upon reconsideration. Repre sentative Bates' only bill, provid ing that the people or not decide whether or not Seaside shall have . . Cwitbuwd oa iut 7) - 0. OF 0. DEFEATS IDAHO in DEBATE Benoit McCroskey, Salem Boy, upholds Oregon Colors- Successfully t-v EUGENE. Ore.. Feb. 12. The University of Oregon debate team composed of Ralph Bailey : and Benoit" MeCroskey, Salem Boy, won a unanimous decision over the University of Idaho in' a tri angular debate held at Villar Hall on the local campus tonight The nutlon Was: "Resolved, That congress should have power, by a two thirds vote, to overrule supreme court 4ecisioes declaring acts of congress unconstitutional." Oregon upheld; the affirmative. John L- Roberts and Frank T. Wyman made up the Idaho nega tive team.- SEATTLE, Feb. 12. Univer sity of Oregon defeated an affirm ative debating team of the Univer sity of Washington here tonight. The question of congress being permitted to override by two thlrils vote decisions' of the Unit ed S tates supreme court rendering acts of congress unconstitutiosaL Tie schi?5 w?$ t-'",?; CLEIERHELD iFITPEISO;' FOR POSH Legislative Committee Rec ommends That He ShcuIJ Either Resign or Be Re moved as Dry Agent HOUSE TAKES ACTION UPON REPORTS TODAY Recommendations for "Flying Squadron to Receive At tention at 2 'Clock That George L. Cleaver is un fit to act as stale prohibition com missioner and should either resign or be removed, as his usefulness has been outlived: that he has handled records of his office In an unbusinesslike manner, and hi3 reporfls exaggerated and inaccu rate in its statements of actirities of the department and the agents. is the finding of the joint senate and house committee investigatir-s the prohibition enforcement com missioner which was adopted fcy the house shortly before 6 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Belief was expressed that Mr. Cleaver has not been dishonest, ' but poorly advised, and severely criticized ior.acts that were com mitted under direction of Gover nor Pierce and W. J. Herwij. superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league. The findings were unani mously signed by the 10 members of .the .committee alter weeks of investigations. Report Held Charitable Recommendations vary, thourh" the majority report urges tLa transfer of the prohibition law enforcement under the direction of ; the attorney general and Caa establishing of a "f lying squad ron" to work in cooperation wit!i the sheriffs and district attor neys. Upon motion oiaRepresentativa Rushlight, chairman of the house committee, action trpon the re commendations will be taken -cj at 2 o'clock this afternoon when the . matter comes up as a special order of business. "The,report is extremely charl. table In its findings on Mr. Cleav. er," Representative Rushlight to!4 members of the . house. Representative . Bennett sought to have the findings and recom mendations tabled, but lost out. The findings Were accepted by the senate earlier in the day and placed on file. Firing Squadron Urged Recommendations of the ma jority tnembers of the joint com mittee, which will be acted upoa today, are as follows: "A better machinery should 1 provided for the enforcement of the prohibition laws than the act providing for the appointment of a prohibition commissioner acl agents to be selected by the gover nor. . ' "The fines and forfeitures ob tained by the various counties In the enforcement of the prohiti-. tioja laws should be expended for the purpose of enforcing the vari ous prohibition acts. The nujcr portion of the money thus . ob- (Contlned on Pg 4) THURSDAY IN WASHINGTOI Farm legislation continued to occupy the senate and house agri cultural committee. - An investigation" of gasoI!n price raises was asked by. Sent' cr Trammel!, Florida. Brigadier General Mitchell de nied before the house aircraft committee he disoterel orders i bombing tests. Enactment of corrupt practic ? act was urged in the report cf V - senate campaign expenditures i -vestigating committee. The senate Interstate ccnrr.c commission postponed " action r : the nomination of William Humphrey for- the federal tr j commission. : Administration leaders dec to seek to prevent 'action a t 4 session on the nomination Charles B. V.'arrca to be attcr gsccrat, -. Senator ITowel!, iZtlr: - fered a. resolution f-T i i.r: gation of tL ? NicL.-l i .. road merger ty tte Vr.-.