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The hall in the British houses
of . parliament used for centuries
by the house of commons was de
stroyed in one. of -the last heavy
raids ol nazi aircraft, on the night
of May, 10, 1841. Since then the
commons has, on invitation of the
house of lords, sat in the latter
chamber. Recently the government
moved to appoint a committee to
proceed with plans for reconstruc
ting the ancient house. The possi
bility of changing the shape of the
house was discussed, the sugges
tion being made that it be made
semi-circular, with members oc
cupying , desks within the semi-
- circle as is the case in other par
liamentary bodies. In opposition to
"this suggestion and in support of
the government's' motion, Winston
Churchill made a short but potent
address, ' launching out with this
trenchant sentence: "We shape our
buildings and afterwards our buil-
dings shape us.
, His objection to the semicircu
lar rather than the old oblong
pattern was based on what he con
sidered the difference between the
party - system -and jthe bloc sys
tem of parliamentary grouping;
He said: ".-;-.-'
The semicircular ... assembly
which appeals to political-gbfi;
ists enables every individual or
every group to move about" the
center, adopting various shades
f pink according to the weather
changes. -j -
"I am a convinced supporter
of the party systenTin preference
to the group system. I have seen
many earnest and ardent parlia
ments destroyed by the group
system. The party system is much
favored by an oblong form of
chamber, it Is -easy for an indi
vidual to move through those in
sensible graduations from left to
right, but the act of crossing the
floor is one that requires serious
consideration. I am well informed
on this matter for I have accom
plished that .difficult process not
only once but twice."
In England a member may shift
from support of the. government
to the' opposition, or the reverse
but to indicate that shift he rises
and crosses the floor to take his
seat with the members on the
other side. If many members de
sert the government, the cabinet
may fall (Continued on Editorial
page)
House Attacks
OPACoalOa
Management
By ALEX H. SINGLETON -
WASHINGTON," Nov.: 20Ar
The administration's -price control
machinery collided with ' another
challenge todaya threat to re-'
move coal "and "oil from OPA jur
isdiction as President Roose
velt; stalwarts waged an appar
ently losing battle- to save the
consumer . subsidy program.
- With the subsidy showdown due
Monday in the house,' a blocTof
lawmakers from coal and oil pro
ducing states, announced that 209
signatures just nine short of the
required 218 had been collected
on a petition to force action on
their proposal.
, "Well collect the rest of. them
Monday," asserted Representa--Uve
; Calvin Johnson (R-Dl).
The. petition calls for committee :
discharge of the Disney bill t
tarn control of oil prices over to
Interior Secretary Ickes. John
son plans to offer an amend-'
merit to include coal. '
. The move another in a ' series
of rapid fire developments on the
nation's economic front left the
Bdministra.tion.--, confronting this
Situation as it strove desperately
to preserve the program it has
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Samos Said v
To Have Fallen
"LONDON. Sunday. Nor. tl
(Jpy-Tht Morocco radio. In : a
broadcast recorded today by the
Associated Press, quoted the
German agency DNB as an
noancing that "the allies, have
withdrawn their forces from;
Samos," the Greek Island north
of the Dodecanese group In the
Aegean. . - v ;- S; ". '- ir.:
. Although the Dodecanese Is
land of Leros fell to German In
vaders early in the week, there
has been no Indication from any
allied source of a withdrawal
from Samos."
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Tanks
Move Or 4
JnHiUUry
Of Ne (P ainea
- By WILL .4 F. BONI
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Sanday, Nov. 21 (AP
Tank - paced Australian sol
diers are continuing to move
slowly. . ahead against Japa
nese entrenched, in hilly coun
try around Sattelberg. on tne
Hood neninsula of northeast
ern- New Guinea, , Gen. Doug
las JIacArthur's spokesman
said- today.- r . t-
(Tokyo nad Broadcast ciaims
that the tank attack was repelled.)
Previously; the 'Aussies in their
jungle drive northwest of Finsch
hafen to Sattelberg, which, over
looks the allies' positions because
the Japanese are on a plateau, naa
been reported within- a mile of
their ! objective." The amounts of
the latest gains were not speci
fied. ! .-; '
In addition to the light tanks,
the Australians drew support for
the second straight day from
bombing and strafing planes.
: Michells and Marauders ranged
north of " Sattelberg along the
coast, concentrating bombs and
machinegun fire on enemy supply
dumps. On Friday" morning, at
tack planes swept the same sec
tor as well as Japanese camp areas
slightly southwest of Sattleberg
village.
In the northern Solomons, the
furious onslaught to blast be
yond all use the enemy air bases
n Buka continued with libera
tors dropping 72 tons of bombs
and rendering the runways nn- .
serviceable.:
Within the past few days,
American " warships have blasted
those bases with 101 tons of shells
and .bomber have p-ninded jthem
with upwards of 200 tons.
. Buka is on the northern tip of
Bougainville, the big island ; on
which American forces now have
a beachhead at Empress Augusta
bay. ;
On Bougainville's south coast.
Liberators have dropped 43 more
tons on the. Kara airfield to keep
it from being used against the in
vaders.' ' ,
Increasing Japanese patrol ac
tivity was reported on the eastern
flank of the Empress Augusta
beachhead.
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Chinese Kill
4000 Japs
At Tzeli
i By SPENCER MOOSA
CHUNGKING, Sunday, Nov.
tl -P)- The Chinese high com
mand announced today the Jap
anese lost more than 4000 kill
ed oat of a force of 18.004 men
. h continuing battle In which
the f Japanese seized Tseli, a.
highway town 90 miles sooth of
. the Yangtze river port of Ichang.
Describing the action there as
one of the bitterest fiehts for &nv
point in China since the fall of
Hankow and -Canton in October,
1938, the high command announce
ment said the Japanese ' opened
the Offensive : Wdnartav witH
6000 i infantry and cavalry troops
ana suosequenuy Drought up re
inforcements of 3000 and 9000 men
and ' sent wave after . wave of
planes ; to augment the artillery
bombardment of the Chinese po
sitions. The Chinese were said to
havei wiped out several hundred
invaders in plainclothes.
The annonncement came amid
signs that the Japanese drive
along a 100-mile tig-sag front
westward from Tungting lake
might be extended as a prelode
to the fourth battle for Chang
sha whose fall would have par
ticular significance In the ex
panding air war In China.
Friesen Files
Suit Against AFL
PORTLAND, Not.
John S. Friesen, owner of the
former Salem Box 3Ianafactnr- :
lag company, whoso West Salem
plant was burned In November,
1937, today filed s federal court
, suit for $13246 JS against the
International . Brotherhood of
Teamsters (AFL).
. Albert Bosser and AI N. Banks,
members of the teamster's un
ion, were convicted of arson in
connection with the fire.
. The box company's attempt to
collect $20,089 riot and civil
commotion Insurance for the
burning of the strikebound plant
was defeated In the US circuit
cauiai Saa FraacUee k 131
To Launch Christmas Seal Scd& Monday
Planning the campaign for sale of
luncheon, are Mrs. Saidie Orr Dunbar, executive secretary or tne uregon xuoercuiosis society (right),
and Mrs. Jtuby Bergsvlk, secretary of the Marlon county public health department. The women dis
cus plans for the campaign with Governor Earl SneU.
French Assure
Settlement
In Lebanon
LONDON, Nov. 2H)-French
authorities in Algiers, faced with
the possibility the British might
bave to take control of Lebanon,
promised speedy settlement to
night of their conflict with the
Lebanese over that little repub-
lie's independence. ' .
The. Morocco radio broadcast a
communique in which the French
committee of liberation said it now ;
was able to define its ; position
with a , view to speedily" settling
the dispute arising from the ar
rest' last week of Lebanese offi
cials after the chamber ' of dep
uties had . voted to throw off
French control granted through a
league of nations mandate.
"A solution must be found
within the framework : of the
mandate ' received ' from the
league of nations and in accord
ance with the promise of Inde
pendence made by the, French,
in 1941 when Vichy control was
overthrown, the communique
said.
Meanwhile, conflicting views of
the gravity of the situation were
expressed by British and French
representatives at Cairo. ;
"The tension in Lebanon hasn't
relaxed, a serious situation still
exists," said Robert G. Casey, Bri
tish minister to the; middle east,
after a visit to the Lebanese cap
ital of Beirut
On the other hand, ; General
Georges Catroux, French commit
tee representative ' sent to inter
vene in the troubled Arab state,
told correspondents in an inter
view: l . " ' j '. V ?- . . .
"You can see it is calm now.
There has been much inexact news
sent ouf of here about the revolt.
Myrtle Point
Students Riot
' MYRTLE POINT, Ore., Nov, 20
(fl3)- Chief of Police Bert Pearson
said today he planned to arrest
none of the Myrtle Point high
school students and ' members of
a religious sect who rioted briefly
on downtown streets this morn
ing! . . -: . - .; ,-'-: -
- The fighting, accompanied by
barrages of ripe tomatoes, started
when a member of the sect slap
ped a student, 'Pearson said. "
He . said the students accused
the sect members , of distributing
religious literature to the detri
ment of war bond sales at a stu
dent booth. The sect charged the
students with Interfering with dis
tribution of its literature, he said.
About 25 members of the sect
and 50 students engaged in the
melee in which loggers and other
passersby ' participated, Pearson
said. State police were called but
arrived after local authorities had
stopped the disturbance, the chief
said. Several persons were treated
by physicians for superficial In
juries. . ; ;.,",
Oregon War Oiest '
Quota Nearly Filled
With a total of 11,101,000 al
ready pledged or paid, Oregon
war chest Saturday bad received
its full quota from s 11 - counties.
Goal of-the chest ki the state Is
IU41.000. - .. : - -;. : "
: Counties over, the top officially
are Wallowa," Gilliam, Wheeler,
Benton, Grant, Wasco, Deschutes,
Baker, Chexmap, TJoq 4 CrooJu
Christmas seals which opens on Monday at the chamber of commerce
3 -Power Meet
To Be Set Soon
LONDON, Sunday, Nov. 21
(A) . A Reuters dispatch from
Washington early today said an
announcement was expected
soon In Washington on a meet- ,
lng j of President Roosevelt,
Prime Minister Churchill and
Premier" Stalin. Cairo has been
hinted as the conference snot. '
. Speculation In London has
suggested that one result of such
a meeting . would be a psycho-,
logical offensive aimed to attract
bomb-shaken Germany's surren
der . when . the allied. ariwles
strike In the spring. - " -
- An allied declaration of prin
ciples for treatment of defeated'
Germany was ; suggested as a
possible means of hastening the
end of the fighting. A similar
appeal was made to Italy before
her capitulation by - - Roosevelt
and ChurchUL backed up by
dire threats, of destruction. .
There have been fresh rum
ors of German peace , feelers
seeking a definition of what
"unconditional surrender" would
mean. ' -
Slavs Grapple
For Islands
Near Fiume
By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE
LONDON, Nov. 2 0VJP)-Yugoslav
partisans under Gen. Joslp
t Bros (Tito) grappled desperate
ly with the Germans tonight for
. the Islands of Krk and Crew,
which command the approaches
to Fiume through which Hitler
has been pouring reinforcements
in the long, costly effort to beat
down the ever-increasing men
ace to his southeastern Europe
Hank. ' -
Nazi sea-borne - troops " gained
initial lodgements on both islands
and heavy but as yet indecisive
fighting erupted.
This was the most important of
half a dozen Yugoslav fighting
fronts. In central Bosnia the par
tisans were -pushed back slightly,
but in the Croatian coastal area
they threw back all nazi attacks.
The Germans fear of an allied
Balkan invasion to complement
the Russian offensive appeared to
be rising - hourly and reports
from Ankara told of nazi troop
and supply trains moving down
the, Belgrade-Nis railroad at the
rate of 12 a day: A report from
Cairo said the nazis already had
begun attempts to invade allied-
held Samoa, less than a week after
reconquest of the companion Aeg
ean island of Leros.
Added, to the: German worries
was the growing might of the al
lied air. power In the south of Eu
rope. . .
Red , Cross Learns
Yanks Transferred
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-(h
The Red Cross received word to
day that : about 800 - of the 1000
American prisoners of war who
were In Italian Internment camps
cast September have been trans
ferred t6 Germany, , , j
It said names of the men , were
not .included in advices received
thus far from the International
Red Cross committee in Geneva,
and that no official Information
has been received on the where-
ab.vtt.ta cf 1L sec C2 prisonx,
House Group
Firm Against
More Taxation
By HOWARD W. FLEIGER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-(JP)
The . powerful house ways and
means committee, in bi-partisan
chorus, declared today the public
can stand no more taxes and told
the administration to cut down
spending if it wants to block in
flation. The committee said its second
wajMime - revenue measure, call
ing for $2, 140,000,000 in new taxes
is all that "can reasonably be
borne by the taxpayers at this
time. The total was only a splash
in the bucket to the $10,500,000,
000 the administration asked to
fight the war and inflation.-
Although firm in its opposition
to further taxes, the full commit
tee report, hardly went as far as a
separate statement by republicans
on the committee who told the ad
ministration it must stop its tax
demands. ,
."For too long the over-burdened
taxpayer has been - the 'forgotten
man," the republicans declared.
"For too long the watchword has
been 'spend and spend, tax and
tax. v
"The time has come, he contin
ued, "when henceforth the ad
ministration, instead of insisting
upon squeezing more and more
taxes out of the public, should at
long , last give , some concern
to. the elimination of. unnecessary
and wasteful expenditures..
The republicans pointed to
' recent action of the war depart
ment in turning back to the
treasury ' $13,000,000,000 more
than the government asked In
; new. taxes as "abundant evi
dence of the fact that ihe gov
ernment cannot spend, the
amount previously estimated.
They said they, would listen to
no more treasury pleas for more
taxes -until the government cuts its
own spending. . They suggested
congress set up its own corps .of
experts to police federal spending.
j "Even " if a savings of only 10
per cent could be made in the
total war program, they said, "it
would result in lightening the fu
ture burden of American taxpay
ers by approximately $35,000,000
000, which is ho small amount."
Yiile Seal Sale
Opens londay
.A luncheon to open the annual
campaign for sale, of Christmas
seals will be held at the chamber
of commerce Monday noon. Ma
L. V, Harmon, chaplain at jCamp
Adair, is the scheduled speaker
and will talk on the meaning of
the Christmas seal. 5
; A special guest at the luncheon,
sponsored by rthe Marion County
Health association, will be Wallis
Atkinson of Lebanon, who was
aboard one of the tankers which
collided and burned .off the coast
of Florida in ; October. Atkinson,
the only , survivor who - saw Uie
collision, escaped without Injury
after being in the water for three
hours.
He is a . signalman third
class, and was on the gun turret
at the time of the collision,
Other guests at the luncheon
will be Mrs. Atkinson, wife 1 the
seaman,4 Gov. Earl SneU and Dr.
Grower Eellinser.
UU0S-::-..L
British Eighth 4
' Lunges 5 Miles ' i
ToTakePerano
By NOLAND NORGAARD
ALLIED: HEADQUAR
TERS, Algiers , Nov. 20
(AP) Breaking through
German forward positions in
the first heavy i fighting on
the- Italian - front- in recent
days, the British Eighth army
longed forward five miles. to !
capture Perano,, it was an-!
nounced today, thereby threaten
ing an important Inland sector of
the nazis' heavily fortified line be
hind the-Sangro river. jf-?
.1 Against h e a vyT artillery' fire
wretched .weather and - difficult
terrain, the Fifth army also made
some gains- above yenafro along
the northern sector of its front.
The capture of the village of
Perano put the troops of General
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery with
in less than a mile of the only
bridge crossing the Sangro 'river
between the coastal road and a
i point ten miles from' the Adriatic.
i - aTl. J A " A
rom meir vamagepomis in
and near "the village eighth army
units could look across the river at
a short section of an extremely
important lateral road upon which
the Germans are dependent for
supplying large forces entrenched
In the hills overlooking the San
This road extends from Sanvito
Chietno . On : the Adriatic coast
along a winding course inland
through Castelfrentano, Ca soli and
Palena to Roccaraso, Along most
of its 'distance it is well behind the
river land screened from the Brit
ish, but opposite-Perano i it .loops
down into a valley to within less
than half a mile from the stream
itself. - - , 1
AU gains were made against
sharp opposition. Big guns on both
sides kept the ' fifth army . front
ablaze.- Heavy .rains, deep mud
and swirling k floods impeded - all
operations. . , ; . -
. The storm of the past week
has washed out hopes of an al- .
. lied entry Into Rome at any time
in the near future, particularly.
. in view of the time that has
been given the Germans to deep
en their defenses In the present:
winter line to. such an extent
that , swift exploitation of a.
breakthrough at any point would,
be difficult If not Impossible.
. The capture of Perano on Fri
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SlOll
Demolishes
London Club
By E. C. DANIEL
LONDON, Nov. 20 A mys
tery explosion wrecked a xive-
story building In London's night
club belt of Soho last night and
fnr a while had 'Londoners dia-
,in the nossibiUtv that the
Germans had nployed one of
their oft-threatened "secret wea
pons."
. During the day enough evidence
was accumulated to dispel the sup
position that noiseless invisible
projectile might have caused the
blast or that it ' was due to any
kind of ; enemy .; action, but the
exact cause nevertheless still was
obscure tonight and seemed like
ly to remain so at least, until
Monday. . - :::;!-- . '
Authorities made an investiga
tion of the blast soon after it
occurred but did not -announce
their findings,- and today every
body concerned with the incident
apparently had gone weekending.
The explosion London's third,
mysterious ; blast in ; a week
knocked out the walls of a build
ing on a narrow street where the
sales rooms . of most major, film
companies are situated and shat
tered windows for a quarter of
a mile arouncL y ;
One report ; was that film had
caOght fire In the cutting room
of a company which makes docu
mentary movies for the ministry
of Information.' Another" was that
the blast might have been caused
by a faulty gas main the reason
which has been attributed unoffi
cially for the two other recent
explosions.
t ,
Pays Off in .Points
PORTLAND, Nov. 20-j"P)-The
city water bureau sent a Portland
housewife the regular $3.34 water
bill. - viv, - - , -
She mailed back three dollars in
currency and 34 raticgi pciats.
Explo
n(
3 FfQKg
RAF Bombers
Pound Plant
At Leverkuseri
By ROBERT N. STURDEVANT:
LONDON, Nov. O--BfiUsh
heavy bombers, striking for the
third night at the sources of vast;
quantities of " Germany's -w a r
chemicals ;! and poison ' gases, last;
night pounded "Leverkjisen," an in-;
dustrial suburb of Cologne, and
today lighter allied planes follow
ed .up r with a daylight ? foray!
against other , targets;' ; .; V,, -r" - f
The "principal goal for. the RAF
last -night was a group of plants
belonging to the great I. G. Farb-
enmdustrie Chemical trust, known
to produce ingredients used in
the production of poison - gas al
though not the - gas - itself. The
town's importance as a source of
explosive chemicals is rated along
side Ludwigshaf en, which the
RAF has blasted heavily on both
the preceding nights. - j
In peacetime it is the center of
a great dye works employing as
many as 1 0,000 workers. It had
been bombed four times before by
the RAF.
It was estimated unofficially
that as much as 1000 ' tons of
bombs may have been dropped
on this Khineland town and oth
er objectives In western Ger
many during-the night's opera
tions. This Indicated that the
RAF, force involved was some
thing less than half of that ree
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Laval Bloc
Thought Due
To
. ; By JAMES F. KING
i LONDON,' Nov 20P)-Belief
grew in Londoh' tonight ' that Col
laborationist Pierre . Laval's Vbloc
might, collapse in -the face of the
reported defiant determination of
the Vichy chief of state Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain, to lead con
quered France back to democratic
government. ;.Vy
lifting a week-long blackout of
all mention of Petain, the Vichy
radio went to elaborate lengths
today apparently to quiet mount
ing French home front unrest -to
create the impression that, the
87-year-old I marshall ; still was
functioning."
f A Berlin foreign office
spokesman . was quoted in a
Swiss dispatch as having given!
guarded confirmation of reports
' of a crisis at Vichy, The spokes-!
man added, however,' that ru- t
mors that Petain has resigned,!
"so far as Is known at the VTU- i
helms trasse, are nonsensicaL t
t 'The Morocco radio in a broad-
i'ast recoraea Dy tne Associaiea
tress saia mat a . woman s vuicr
announcing, that "Marshal Petain
has ; resigned was heard on the
Vichy radio just , before the 7 30
a. m. news bulletins. . V 1 s
! Out of the conflicting welter of
rumors , from unhappy Vichy, the
report of an open break between
Petain and , LavaL. his German
supported chief of government,
appeared to be substantiated.
l?resent Postwar j
Program Advised, I
Stricldin Reports !
! A; comprehensive program, in
yolving both immediate and post
war projects, will be recommend
ed ', by the advisory committee of
ihe Northwest States Develoomenf
association, Charles E. Str icklin,
state engineer, reported here Sat
urday ioon his return from Spok
ane Wash, where he attended a
two-day meeting of the committee.-;
-
State Highway Engineer R. IL
Baldock also attended the meet
in jr.:
Strlcklin said . the; program,
when completed, will be inbmit
ted to the governors of the five
northwest sates, including Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and
Montana.'"''".1" ' :.v
Considerable discussion , center
ed on proper safeguards for the
protection of salmon in the Co
lumbia river and its tributaries. '
: Most of the projects to be rec
ommended by the committee In
volve future power and reclama
tion projects.
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AIas$etl Infantry
East
of Zhitomirr
Byl JAMES D: LONG
LONDON, Sunday, Nov. 21 1
( AP) Hed army t r o o n k M
crumpled !a massed German I;
tank and iinfantry attack is !
bitter fig&ting east of Zhito
mir ;yesterday 6laughterirf-;
1000 nazis,' overran German
defense : 1 positions to wided i i
their newly; won' bridgehead f
at Cherkasi, - and ,; gamed in their t
drive towaijd the manganese cen S
ter of Nikopol, Moscow announced i
early .today vu- '" jf ' . . ;j -: f
The Russian midnight bulletin" f j
said a total; of 4000 Germans were r
killed in fighting which saw sov i
let . troops beat: back G e r m a ' l
counter attacks at two other main' f
points and) gain ground in the i
lower Pripet river rea west of
Chernigov; j and to the north ift :
the Rechitsa region . west of air U
most - encirtled Gomel. In the
Rechitsa area alone 1200 German :
were kUledlas the Russians went ; ;
over tot the attack after blasting t
nine consecutive nati countet-ati' I;
tacks. l si-H--- I II - i i &ii
Hoping ltd capitalize to the full i
fMst Vtn 1h I nermanS canlnre Will i:
day of the strategic rail and high i
way junction of T Zhitomir, Mar v
shal Frltx! Von Maniistein launch i
an assault n the area of Koros- y
tyshe-,nl5 fniles to jthe east. : i i
S y I e forces, f lghtlnc nearg ll
the scene lof the greatest Rus-J ;
sian setback of the 1943 esm-j r
palgn, met a thrust; of 000 Ger-
man Infantrymen and 60 tanks ;
in one sector, the war bolletinj 1
recorded !' jhere , by the soviet: 1 1
. monitor, said. 1 ' - ' J.,-..-fe ii
. i: ,! I. j 5 1 t i . Nut I
In : the "fierce j. engagement i .
that followed the Russians burned v
out 32 enemy tanks, killed 800
Germans' and "forced the Hitler
ites to ; retrat, the communique
said, indicating that h the initiative f'
in the a r est had passed again ti ,',
the red; array troops . , j l
-A'J(ocl perman 'tactical errof I.
also was Reported in another sec-
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Wilsnpkehs
Alumuia Plant
In Salem l4rea
?
-I t-
-
Word; tMt -: Charles E. Wilsonj i
execuuve vice cnau-man 01 j umj- f.-.
war production board, had signed f
the order designating' Salem as the i
locality in which ah alumina-froml
clay pilot plant shall ;be built, was lj
received jSajturday by the Salerpi
chamber of commerce in tele-J
grams from Congressman Harrif !
Ellsworth, pre D. 1 E. Woodrin
who Is 'secrfetary to- iCongressmar f
James W. Mott, and Sen. Rufu g:
Holmani j , r j v - r. ;:
Wilsoh wfas not at the nationai
capital when the order was pre-:
pared Wednesday by Arthur H g
Bunker chfirman of WPB's alu-f
minum f andj magnesium division? M
and final signing was delayed un v.
til Wilsons return. ?
Approval by the war depart
ment now s required as well as
arrangements for financing by th4
defense :platt corporation, an AsS
sociatedt i'.Pjr e s s li dispatch saidlll
Meanwhile O. Gallagher, presi5 If
dent of Colombia Metals corpora-; f
tion. In: a letter written prior t4 i
Wilson's action said prompt step
toward construction would be taki
en as soon t as me company was j
officially advised of! the decision?!
Speculation as to t the probable
site , to be selected has been cur f j
rent here ince the Wednesday ii
': t-.. i
ufluuncenuji dui cnajnoer 01 com
merce officials, ha ve indicat'ecl I
there if ! little likelihood of a.'
authoritative announcement in thi.f f
connection mtil the; .property ha
been purchased. It (vas reported i
that the initial - operation would t
require about 40 acres but tha'f t
about 240
240 woi
ould be; heeded even4
tually
Legislator May
Serve
As Lerat Advisor
For. Slate. Board
A member of the,
ture also rday serve
state legislaj
as legal ads '
viser for the, state Aboard of opf
tometry'exacminers wjthout violat
ing the: state constitjution, Attorf y
ney General I. IV
held here Saturday, f
' Van Winkle said a
Van: Winkld
legal advisof)
for the i optometry board is not
considei'ed i lucrative officer un-j:
der the:;con$titutior4 j
The opinion was sought by Secf-j
retary of State Robert S. Farrc.
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