. Follow the Games
Whether yon can attend
the state basketball tourna
ment or not, follow the
games In The Statesman for
expert reports. Interesting
descriptions.
Weather
Partly cloudy today and
Thursday with showers fa
west portion; little change
In temperature. Maximum
temperature Tuesday 54,
minimum 81. River BJI ft.
Northeast wind.
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EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR - Salem. Oregon. Wednesday Morning. March 13, 1940 Price 3c, New-land 5c Wo 802
TREATY
MOT
In One-Ear . .
Paul Mauser's Column
Rawle Singer, the photogra
pher was touring out around
Valley Junction with a couple
of women friends the other day
and they stop-J""
ped to Tlew a:
cabin cruiser
which a man!
there has been!
b jj 1 1 d i n a- fori
some time.
Rawle, who
. , ... ...
used to be a
draught a m a n
for a shipbuild
ing firm in the
east, was auite
inter e s t e d in H. Hnr. r.
the manner of construction. For
some reason, probably for pro
tection against the weather, the
boat builder had constructed the
decking and sides of his boat
first of all, contrary to all known
rules of shipbuilding. Usually the
boat builder starts with the hull
and works up.
On this model, though, the
under-the-water portion of the
boat was as open as a politi
cian's face a week before elec
tion. Rawle remarked to the boat
builder on this peculiarity of
construction.
Before the boat builder
could explain one of the girl
friend piped up, "Well, what
does it matter? That part
doesn't show anyway."
One of our scouts was in the
postoffice Just a day or so ago
and noticed a little man with
grey hair and a benign expres
a 1 o n addressing an envelope
painfully and with care.
The little man was taking
such great pains at his job that
our scout, being a naturally in
quisitive soul, looked over his
sUoulder.
The little man was mailing a
valentine. Our scout didn't ask
blm whether he was early or
late.
WATERY WISDOM
Tbe commander of the
Wheatland ferry says his col
league, the master of the Wil-.
ftonville ferry, intends to write
his memoirs whenever the
highway departments gets
around to building the pro
posed Wllsonville bridge. He
will entitle it, "Ten Years Up
on the- Bridge Before There
Was a Bridge."
FABLES FROM THE HINDU
There was once a lawyer who
lost a case to an unethical col
league. Some time later they
were again opponents and the
shyster taunted the lawyer, say
ing, "This should be a cinch. I
remember the last jury didn't
credit your arguments."
"There were five who gave me
credit," replied the lawyer.
"There were seven who gave
you no credit, because they had
cash in advance."
.
If every other man you meet
Isn't candidate, the law of
averages has been repealed.
Birthday Skate
Gift Is Spoiled
By Broken Wrist
Donna Belcher's seventh birth
day started out Joyously yester
day, with a brand new pair of
roller skates. But the day ended
less happily about 4 p.m. when
she fell while skating and broke
her left wrist.
Donna the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Alfred Belcher of 2240 Lee
street, was treated by the Salem
first aid crew.
Wolfe Tone Sets Record
on Mt. Hood Mile Course
TIMBERLINE LODGE. Ore
March 12 - (P) -Wolfe Tone of
Timberllne Ski club streaked
down the Mabic Mile course on
Mount Hood today in 1 minute.
9.6 seconds average speed of
51.8 miles an hour. He won a
gold ski, emblematic of a course
record.
Hatch Act Assailed at Demo
Meeting; Friction Is Aired
The Batch act, banning politi
cal actlrity by federal employes,
doesn't meet with the approval of
E. G. Neal. Marion county demo
cratic chairman, he told his cen
tral committee last night in terms
easily understood.
'I don't appreciate the Hatch
bill, that requires a man who
serves the public to quit activity
on political committees," Neal de
clared. Attacking the act, be asserted It
permitted personnel officers In
governmental positions to play
politics by making appointments
"on la political basis" and at the
tame time exempts the cabinet,
tbe president and the 0 fam
ilies.' Neal declared the Hatch act was
'class legislation'' and unconsti
tutional. . . '
Intra-party friction over the
democratic nomination for the
Marlon county Judgeship broke
jnto the ojea-t fct xoeetinx. the
Twelve KilJ
iTJfi nrt
When lor.' :o
Hits in South
Hundreds Are Homeless;
Destruction Heavy
At Shreveport
Centenary College Hard
Hit; Swath Extends
From East Texas
SHREVEPORT, La., March 12.
-(PJ-Twelve persons were killed,
24 Injured and hundreds left
homeless here tonight In the
wake of tornadic winds which cut
a path of destruction across the
city shortly after 4:30 p. m. to
day. Damage to the Llbby-Owena-Ford
plant was estimated by com
pany officials at $200,000: at the
state fair grounds at $100,000
and elsewhere in the city at hun
dreds of thousands more.
Four . persons were killed in
three adjacent houses.
They were Identified as:
John M. Bauguss, about 3 5.
Mrs. John Bauguss.
Mrs. Hettle Armstrong, 4 5.
E. G. Woodyard, 62.
Another victim was T. K. Gld
dens. wealthy property owner.
An unidentified negro was
killed at a cotton oil plant. Four
other unidentified negroes were
killed.
Neal Estes, Carthage, Tex., edi
tor, said at least three persons
were killed between Elysian
Fields and Bethany, Tex., near
the Louisiana line.
Mrs. Banks Roberts. 65, was
killed in Elysian Fields.
Her daughter, Mrs. C. A. High
tower, about 3 8, was injured, but
is expected to recover.
Two negroes, Estes said, were
reported,, killed.
Additional Damage
In County Probable
Eleven Elysian Fields houses
were wrecked and 10 or 12 more
damaged. It was feared that there
was additional damage In the
rural area between Elysian Fields
and Bethany, but muddy roads
and paralyzed communications
made it difficult to check.
Rain, accompanied by hail "as
large as hen eggs," followed a
terrific wind which cut a half
mile swath for a distance of seven
or eight miles along the Louisiana-Texas
line.
Damage at Shreveport was re
ported in the Barksdale Annex in
Bossier City where Sgt. Hubert
Helms, his wife and baby escaped
by running from their house just
as it crashed down. Sgt. Wagstaff
and his wife were hurt when their
house was blown in, Sgt. Wag
staff critically.
Three men were hurt in the
machine shop at the fair grounds
which was demolished.
Centenary College
Building Damaged
Several buildings at Centenary
college were damaged severely.
The college football stadium was
partly destroyed and Kappa Sigma
fraternity house was blown away.
Lamba Chi Alpha house was
twisted on its base. The roof of
the new gymnasium was damaged
and leaking and the old gym was
blown down.
Telephone wires were down
throughout the city and damage
to buildings extended for several
miles.
Two Centenary college students
were injured, neither of them se
riously. At least 500 houses were dam
aged in the Queensboro section.
Thirty national guardsmen were
called into this area to prevent
looting.
Police and the fire department
called all men into service to
check reports of homes torn down
in an area which included all the'
west and southern sections of tbe
city. S
first of the central committee this
year, when Kenneth B a y n e ,
avowed candidate, complained
that "the democrats don't stick
together."
Neal, telling his listeners to
"tell the committeemen through
out the county it won't be long
until it's necessary to elect a new
chairman," declared. "I have been
pressed to run for office myself
and I may do It but I don't feel
I should pot myself up as chair
man of this committee and run
for office."
The chairman asserted that
"when a candidate files whom you
know can't get elected, a good
democrat should, try to talk him
out of it. He did not state in so
many words that be was himself
planning to run for Judge.
-"Just to go out and try to de
feat someone at the primaries
when he can't be elected in No
vember Isn't right," Neal com
plained la turn. , ,
Latest Aspirant
To Recordership
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Kcnnell-Ellia photo.
JOHN C. SCHNEIDER
Farm Loan Bodies
Hit Federal Plan
Would Take Credit Bureau
out of Department of
Agriculture
A resolution protesting the in
clusion of the farm credit ad
ministration under the US de
partment of agriculture was
adopted by members of the four
national farm loan associations
serviced by the Salem group of
fice at the annual meeting here
yesterday.
Polk and Marion county farm
ers, making up the membership
of the associations, expressed the
opinion that the administration
should have remained an inde
pendent unit to prevent undue
political Influence in its manage
ment. The resolution will be for
warded to the secretary of agri
culture and to each of Oregon's
congressmen.
Directors elected by the four
local associations Included: hor
ticultural, J. C. Schnlder and
John Krause of Salem; Dallas,
J. P. Sears of Rickreall and H.
M. Dickinson of Independence:
Marion-Polk, Karl Steiwer of
Jefferson and J. W. Simmons of
Salem; Stay ton, c. E. Lewis and
A. D. Gardner of Stayton.
J. J. Sechrist was reelected by
the board of directors as secretary-treasurer
for the group of
fice of the four associations.
Financial condition of the
Federal Land bank Is best in Its
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Navy's Expansion
Favored in House
WASHINGTON, March 12.-01)
-A $655,000,000 expansion of the
United States navy von house ap
proval today in record-breaking
time and by tho overwhelming
vote of 303 to 37.
The bill, which was sent to the
senate after four hours debate,
authorizes the navy to build 21
new combat ships, 22 auxiliary
vessels and 1011 airplanes In the
next two years. Funds for the
work, however, would have to be
voted later.
Final passage came after the
house bad shouted down an
amendment by Representative
Schafer (R-Wis) to halt the sale
of naval planes or plane secrets to
all foreign governments and an
other by Rep. Fish (R-NY) which
would have eliminated three pro
posed aircraft carriers from the
bill.
In addition to the carriers,
which Fish contended were un
necessary, the measure would au
thorize construction of an un
specified number of cruisers and
submarines. The exact number of
each category to be built was
withheld In an effort to keep the
ships' size a secret.
Wilbur Property
Burns, Willamina
WILLAMINA. March 12.-(JiP)-Fire
that followed an air compres
sor explosion destroyed a gasoline
service station, garage, store, beer
parlor and living quarters at Val
ley Junction last night. Loss was
estimated at $10,000.
The business was purchased last
week by Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wil
bur of Salem from Mr. and Mrs.
M. W. Lawson.
Salem friends of the Wilburs
said last night that Mr. Wilbur
was burned, not seriously. It was
believed, in attempting to save'
their belongings from the fire. He
escaped clad only in pajamas.
According to Portland reports
plans to rebuild the Valley Junc
tion structure have already been
started.
Walter Molloy National
Head, Bakery Engineers
PORTLAND, March 12-()-Walter
T. Molloy of Salem was
elected president of the Ameri
can Society" of Bakery Engineers
today at Chicago,. William Bis
bee, publicity director of tbe
Oresoa c chapter, learned, ,
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McLecfd Seeks
Demo Support,
Attorney Post
Pearson Runs for State
Senate; Brown Files,
County Treasurer
Schneider Latest Entry
Recorder; Spaulding
Eyes State Office
By STEPHEN C. MERGLER
Marion county democrats ac
quired a candidate for district at
torney yesterday in the person of
George M. Mc-i"
Leod, young Sa-I
lem attorney, as 5
a s p i r a nts for g
city, county and S f
state offices!
coming-out
par-
ty here.
uiueri) snow
ing their faces as
contenders for
v a r 1 ous offices
were Walter E.
Pearson, present
s t ate treasurer,
for the democra
1 1 it r
tiU
Herman Brown
tic nomination for state senator
from Multnomah county; Bruce
Sapulding, Polk county district
attorney, prospective candidate
for the democratic nomination for
attorney general; Francis E. Man
ley, for democratic nomination
for state representative from
Marlon county, who filed at the
state department; Herman Brown,
for the republican nomination for
Marion county treasurer, and
John C. "Chris" Schneider, for
Salem city recorder.
Revisiting the capital city dur
ing the day, former Governor
Charles H. Martin announced that
Vice-President John Nance Gar
ner's name would .be presented
on the democratic preferential
ballot for president in May.
Brown is Native
of County, Veteran
Third republican candidate for
county treasurer, Herman Brown
said he would campaign on the
slogan, "Serve impartially." He
said he would "deem it an honor
and a privilege to serve the citi
zens of Marlon county" and would
"strive earnestly and Impartially
to fulfill the duties of the office."
Brown Is a past vice-commander
and past chaplain of Capital
Post No. 9. American Legion, a
member of the 40 et 8 society,
the Macleay grange, and the Mar
ion county Legion council and a
past Cascade area Sea scouts
chairman. Forty nine years old,
he was born near Shaw, formerly
was in the garage business and
was for seven years employed by
the state highway department. He
Is married and has one son, a Wil
lamette university student.
Schneider, whose coming-out
brought to four the number of
candidates for city recorder here.
Is 32 years old and married. He
is an attorney and business man,
has lived in Salem since 1928 and
near the city since 1920. He was
graduated from Willamette uni
versity college of law in 193 7. He
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TOURNEY OPENER AND SALEM'S OPPONENT
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To Monroe, top, district 16 champion, goes the honor of opening the 21st annual state high school hoop
- tournament at 1 p.m. today, while North Bend, lower picture, tangles with the defending champion,
Salem, at 4 p.m. The Monroes, front row: Earl King, East bum. Earle Kyle, Wallace and Smith. Back
row: Harland Gray, student manager; Morris, Coach Clayton James, Homer If ought and Khodes.
North Bend, front rows Wayne Fox. Bam Crowe 11. Bud Wlcant, Wilbur Henderson, Fred Kelly. Back
rows. yktorAdajns, coach; Jay Yarteoash, BudBoppe, Alfred fransqaj Boft WUson, student manager,'
Coup Overthrowing Finnish Cabinet May
Be Outcome; Have Three Days to Decide
GOP Records
Heavier Vote,
First Primary
Roosevelt Delegates Run
Well Ahead of All
but Farley Man
Bridges Pledges Swamp
Lone Dewey Backer in
Republican Tussle
MANCHESTER, NH. March .13
( v ednesday)-(;p)-N e w Hamp
snire oemocrats apparently as
sured President Roosevelt early
today of a full slate of conven
Hon delegates pledged to a
third term as long as he wants
to hold them but the state's
republicans turned out in greater
number in the nation's first
presidential primary in behalf of
US Senator Styles Bridges.
With more than half the
state's precincts tabulated, only
a single delegate pledged to
Postmaster General Farley kept
pace with the third term adher
ents. It was the consensus of
New Hampshire political experts
in the early morning hours, how
ever, that final returns from the
city precincts would increase the
majorities of the Roosevelt dele
gates. On the republican side, a heat
ed fight among five of the gran
ite state's outstanding political
leaders for four places as dele
gates at large pulled out a heavy
Tote. All were running un
pledged, but had expressed fa
Tor or Senator Bridges. The
lone GOP pledgee, J. Howard
Gile, who favored Thomas E.
Dewey without the latter's con
sent, was hopelessly out of the
race.
With 160 precincts out of 294
already counted, the highest man
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No Action Taken
To Select Solons
The county court took no ac
tion yesterday to appoint a suc
cessor to State Representative
Walter Fuhrer, although it was
the day set for the appointment
by .the secretary of state.
Since the court has not yet ap
pointed a successor to John Steel
hammer, who resigned last fall,
it is unlikely that a successor will
be named for Fuhrer, who moved
to California.
Only in event of a special ses
sion of the legislature being
called before January 1 would ap
pointees to the vacancies, should
they be filled, be called on to
serve.
Hostilities Will Cease
At Noon; Isthmus Goes
To Russ9
viipuri ana islands, JLake Lagoda Kegion, Uther
Lands to Be Soviet's, Hanko Naval Base
To Be Leased: Finland Gets Peace
iuuovuvY, iuaicu j-o.
Russia oarlu tnrlav onnmin
T 1 7 If 1. 1 O
peace treaty with Finland which wrests as the spoils of three
and a half months of invasion
Baltic and Arctic seas and makes part of the vast territory
of the USSR the whole fortified Karelian isthmus, where un-
Pensioners Drop
Initiative Plans
Federation Instead to Ask
Legislature to Enact
Aid-Raising Bill
Fearing federal social security
board complications, the Oregon
Pension federation yesterday was
put on record by Its executive
committee as rejecting initiative
proposals for higher aid to the
aged in favor of legislative action.
In so doing the committee de
parted from the path of partial
agreement with the Oregon Com
monwealth federation which the
pension federation had reached at
its state meeting here last week.
The OCF's pension initiative mea
sure has not yet been, filed in full
accordance with the law.
The pension federation commit
tee recommended legislation de
signed "to increase the amount of
the state aid for needy aged citi
zens enough to get full benefit of
assistance now available from the
federal government," to change
the legal definition of "need,"
making it less restrictive, and to
repeal the law giving the state a
preferred claim against the estate
of a recipient of old age assist
ance. "Far reaching changes In the
tax structure of the state involve
so many intricate adjustments as
to make it more practical to elect
competent pension friendly legis
lators to work out a program for
raising the funds needed for the
pension Improvement outlined
herein than to try to accomplish
it by Initiative procedure," the
committee's written statement de
clared. It pointed out that the fed
eration had examined 11 different
state pension promoting, propos
als, most, If not all. Initiative mea-
eures.
Demand that any pension grant-
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Is Agreement
Tir. J 1 SAV m a!
vweanesaayj Atr) soviet
ff.Vloll,, f
b inland s defense bases on
ocounted Russian and Finnish
dead lie beneath the trampled
8DOW8.
The treaty must be ratified
within three days, but hostilities
will cease, under Its terms, at
' '
noon today 4 a
Standard time.
m. Eastern
Finland gets peace a yearly
rental of 8,000,000 Finnish marks
(about S120.0001 in return fnm
30-vear lease on her HinVn "fiih-
raltar" at the mouth of the gulf
or t iniana ana evacuation or-the
Petsama Arctice district by -soviet
troops.
She gives up:
1. Th entire Karelian Isthmim
and Its eoviet-penetrated Manner
heim line.
2. The shell-wrecked city of
Viipuri. once Finland's third me-
tropolis, and the islands in its
3'. All the shores of Lake Lado-
ga, largest in Europe, and three
towns. Both on the lake's western
isthmus shore and on its northern
coasts thousands of Russian
troops have been slain.
4. Hanko, naval base on the
.southwest, and the surrounding
peninsula, on a 30-year lease.
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Teachers Elected
By School Board
Janitors9 Salaries Go on
12 Months Basis; VFW
Request Is Denied
All Salem school teachers
whose contracts expired were re
elected and Janitors were put on
a 12 month employment basis at
the monthly school board meeting
at the administration building last
night.
Wages of the Janitors, previous
ly on a 914 month basis, were ad
justed with $6 less a month being
paid each so that total wages will
remain nearly the same. Janitors
had previously approved the
change.
Request of the Veterans of For
eign Wars that Olinger field be
rented them for the showing of a
circus was refused on the ground
that it is contrary to board policy.
The buildings and grounds com
mittee was empowered to arrange
to rent other school property,
either near Leslie school or in the
Capitola district, if the veterans'
group considered It suitable.
Building and grounds commit
tee was also empowered to act In
arranging for new light fixtures
for a room of the old high school
building now being used by the
unemployment commission. Cost
was estimated at about $120.
Warrants were approved am
ounting to $42,912.34 for Febru
ary and $36,520.56 for March Is
sued for salaries and supplies.
.T fw i Sn " tS , rS
tified: W. R. Orassle. rewiring
1 high school building, $1040;
a m.-r,tait, r....rrin0 nun.
ra
old
Jud Beardsley, resurfacing din
ger and Leslie pools, $3000; Hen
ry Fern, 6 70 cords of wood, $2,
212.80; Harry F.dwardi, 300
cords of wood, $990.
Teachers who have completed
the three years probation period.
(Turn to page 2, col. 6)
Enthusiasm for Centennial
Demonstrated at Banquet
Compelling enthusiasm In plans
for the celebration of the centen
nial of Salem's founding next July
31-August 4 was registered last
night by about 260 business men
and merchants in the Marion ho
tel dining room prior to the start
of an actlre campaign for finan
cial support by the centennial's
executive committee. -w
Speakers on behalf of the tenta
tive centennial program included
Governor Charles A. Sprague, T.
J. Elmnnda and Clalns Wanne
Churchill of tbe WPA writers'
project preparing the historical
material for the celebration; W.
M. Hamilton and George Riches
ot the finance committee; Irl Mc
Sherry, general chairman; Wil
liam Phillips, representing the at
titude ot business men toward the
celebration, and Dr. Bruce Baxter,
president of Willamette unlversl-
Governor Sprague In a brief in
troductory told local business mea
Diet Studying
Severe Terms
In Peace Pact
Events in Conclave Ar
Kept Secret; Tanner
Faction Strong
nv AMO,AT c Af
1,0 AHSWer OCMl 1UOSCOW
Is Statement; Air
Warfare Goes on
LONDON. March 1 3.-f Wedne.
day)-(iT")-A Havas, French new
agency, dispatch from Helsinki
was quoted today by Reuters,
British news agency, as savin
Finnish War Minister Juho Nink-
knnen tnil IT1 it Inn Mlnl.tA. if
r, ...":r. "
iiaiiuuia iiuu rexignea.
It said that "in some Finnish
circles there werefears today may
ee ratification of the (Rui
B,anj treaty DHt a COUD Over.
throwing the (Finnish) govern
By LYNN HEINZERL1NO
HELSINKI, March 13.-(Wfd
nesday )-(p)-The future of Kin
iana s second war of independent
apparently lay in the bands of
the Finnish diet (parliament) far-
ITL.!?d0aty',aoth0Uh, " anno""lrer
t Ration in Moscow had
"f 5' 5."iiel !he "iKnin ot
" y l,fttlJ,
11 WM inaicatea ine treaty
wuld not be binding on Finland
uull me aiei naa raimea it.
The foreign office declined to
deny or confirm Moscow and TW-
n announcements that a peace
agreement naa neen signea.
The severity of the terms.
heard here over the Moscow ra
dio, brought shock and bewilder
ment to the Finns. They had felt
that if the Soviets were see kins;
peace they would be willing to
lighten the heavy demands whlf a
resulted In the undeclared war.
Instead, the new terms as un
derstood here were considerably
worse tnan the original proposals.
The semi-official Finnish news
bureau said no confirmation of
the signing of a treaty had beei
received from tho Finnish delega
tion, headed by Tremier Risto
Rytl.
Any agreement signed In Mos
cow presumably will not coma
into force until it Ih ratified by the
diet and all signs pointed to a
thorough examination of the doc
ument by that body.
Eighty-five members of the par
liament the largest reoresenta
tion of any one party in that 200-
member body belong to the so
cial democratic party headed by
Foreign Minister Vaiuo Tanner.
The soviet government has
heaped abuse upon Tanner ever
since he assumed office in tba
coalition government formed after
the outbreak of the war.
Activities of the diet were kept
a closely-guarded secret tbla
morning as they have been sluca
the war started.
It is known, however, that it
went Into session last night and
there was little doubt that th
agreement with Moscow was un
der discussion
One spokesman, when asked
early today for an eimate of the
situation, said "the diet has not
yet decided."
Earlier It was denied officially
that Finland had sent an answer
Russian proposals,
., Testerdav a ronl
" 'e"'e y' nl
of rumors of peace,
fusing welter
war, truces
and new negotiations the only sol
idly realistic contributions to the
situation for the people of Hel
sinki were a short air raid alarm
at 4 p.m. and an army communi
que which said Russia had lost II
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that other towns have sponsored
city-wide celebrations yearly,
where Salem has been content
with the annual state fair. "One
In a hundred years Salem ought
to throw a party," be, exclaimed,
"and let's make it a good one I"
IftQhsprv sTnraiiA1 I m I I i
aaavfcjass a vts m 9 a m
views when he described the cen
tennial as "the biggest thing In
Oregon' rather than merely the
greatest celebration In tbe city's
history." '-'!!r;v'
The general chairman continu
ed to describe the wealth of bis- '
torle association with the'eity ot
Salem, and to assert that the
proposed celebration . Is not the
property of "one group, one per
son or one club. but the product
of common effort by the entire
city and state. . ;v
Hamilton and Riches spoke lm
reference to financial arrange
ments tentatively aaootea ior inek
event. The former speaker fore
(Turn to Pago 1, CoL I)