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, In recent years the j state land
board has granted many requests
for permission to sell timber from
lands on which the state held a
; first mortgage. Many times the
proceeds of the sale of this tim
i ber have extinguished! or greatly
: reduced the mortgage debt. Orig-
inally the loan was made on the
i farm land with no reference to
j any timber valuation. j As time
i passed the trees grew,: truck, log
: ging came in, prices for stumpage
increased! and the farmer woke
j up one day and found he had a
pot of gold in his timber patch.
1 This leads up to the thought that
' farmers with rough, i untillable
lands on their places might do well
to make these spots into woodlots
selecting species adapted to the lo
cation and possessing market de
mand. Plantings are available at
low cost at the Corvallis arbor
etum of the state college. Instead
Of waiting for nature .to go through
a long cycle of fern and brush and
then fir, the landowner could set
out and protect plantings of fir
or cedar or hardwoods like walnut,
alder, 'ash. He might not live to
'harvest the crop, but his sons
could; and. a properly "farmed
woodlot adds to the Value of a
place lor sale. As time goes on
and the virgin stand of timber in
the state is cut off the demand for
nearby woods will increase!1 When
the pioneers set out black walnuts
in the valley many years ago they
probably had little regard for the
future value of the trees' for wood,
yet in the past quarter century
these trees have been harvested
with substantial profit to ' the
owners. ... . (
l. Here is the market for trees
from the farmers' timber tract
aw timber for lumber, peeler
logs, pulpwood, cord wood fuel,
fence posts, ;
I. (Continued on editorial page)
Nevada-Given
Divorce Loses
Full Protection
x WASHINGTON, May 2l-(ff)-A
state which refused to recognize
a pair of Nevada alvorces was
upheld by ttie supreme court to
day. tin a six to three decision, it
affirmed a North Carolina , find
ing sthat the six weeks spent by
the applicants in Nevada getting
the decrees did not make them
bona fide residents of that state.
'Justice Black, in a vigorous dis
sent joined by Justice Douglas,
warned that .the opinion makes
uncertain the validity: of uncbn
tested divorce ' decrees in all
states, but Justice Murphy saw
'no startling or . dangerous ' im
plications in the judgment.'!
iThe federal system has created
legal situation whereby "one
state can. grant a divorce of. va
Jidity in other, states only if the
applicant has a bona! fide dorm
cile . . . the majority decision by
Justice Frankfurter . stated.
Nazi Plot to
Kill Ike9 Only
Gigantic Hoax
PARIS, May 21.-ffl-A gigantic
hoax perpetrated by the Germans
at the time of the Ardennes of
fensive last December; was taken
so seriously by the allied com
mand that a double replaced Gen
eral Eisenhower in the latter's of
ficial car arid a drastic; curfew was
clamped on the Paris area to foil
would-be Nazi assassins.
In an atmosphere which increas
ed steadily in intensity, military
police patrolled the streets of the
capital and at least 43 roadblocks
were set up covering all approach
es to the city. Hundreds of arrests
were made and there were num
erous casualties as SOkaliber ma
chine funs ripped Into vehicles
which ignored the roadblocks.
The story of the Nazi "plot" to
kill Eisenhower and other high
ranking Allied officers one of the
top secrets of the European thea
terbecame public property only
last Thursday, after; the U. S,
Seventh army - captured Li CoL
Otto Skorzeny, aide j to gestapo
chief Heinrich Himmler. f
In an official statement today,
Col. H. G. Sheen, chief of counter-
. Intelligence at Allied headquarters
cleared up some of the missing
chapters of the "plot? that threw
Paris into confusion for days.
We know now, he said, that
this was only a story and never
t any time did Skorzeny or any
cf his people plan to carry out
such an operation' . ;
BELIEF SUPPLIES SHIPPED
, WASHINGTON, May 21.-(flV
Another 1500 tons of relief sup
plies for allied war prisoners held
by Japan has been shipped to the
'Jlussiaa port of .Vladivostok, the
American Red Cross announced
today, , ;
Jap CouijMom AgaM
U.S. 10th
Advances
Slightly
GUAM, Tuesday, May 22.-JP-A
large force of Japanese - - some
of them wearing American marine
uniforms and using captured US
weapons strongly attacked Sixth
division marines in the Naha sec
tor of Okinawa Sunday night, but
were repulsed with heavy losses.
Fierce action, some of the hot
test of the long southern Okinawa
campaign, raged all along the
Naha - Suri - Yonabaru ' line - but
Fleet Adm. Chester WNimitzsaid
the 10th US army made advances
on both flanks and in the center.
Attacking before dawn, 77th di
vision infantry captured Tair a
Machi, north of Shuri, despite in
tense small arms fire. This statue
of liberty division already was
within 900 yards of citadel Shuri's
northeast fringes. Fighting dog
gedly all day and throwing back
enemy attempts to retake Taira,
the 77th moved south of the town
in the evening.
Three groups of Japanese, in
suicidal demolitions missions, tried
to destroy tanks in the First ma
rine divison sector. All were re
pulsed. The 96th infantry division
moved slowly south toward Yon
abaru town on the east coast al
though it was ' subjected to in
tense interlocking machine gun
fire throughout Monday; ; '
V About 35 Japanese planes, mak
ing their first strong air" attack on
Okinawa shipping in several days,
damaged five light American ves
sels Sunday evening. Twenty-six
of the attackers, which came in at
low level, were destroyed by
fighter planes and ships' anti
aircraft. WF A Removes
300-PoimdTop
Limit on Hogs
WASHINGTON, May 21 UP)
The war food administration
moved today to increase supplies
of. pork and lard by taking the
300-pound limit off the weight of
hogs for which support prices are
maintained. ' - v '
Farm state congressmen, wel
comed the action but in many cases
said more encouragement was
needed. f ;
under tne new program an
nounced by War Food Administra
tor Marvin Jones all! good and
choice barrow - and gilt butcher
hogs which takes in i practically
all that go to market will be un
der the support program calling
for a price of $13 a hundredweight
until September 1, 1944. Hereto
fore animals above 300 pounds had
not had that support .
B-29s Drop Leaflets
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 VP)
Radio Tokyo told the Japanese
people today that Superfortresses
are bombarding the country with
leaflets faimed at causing antiwar
thoughts and antagonism among
the, military, governmental and
civilian people."-
2 Heroes of Pacific War Will Appear Here
Next Week to Aid Mighty 7m
With a double billing of surviv
ors of the Philippines as the main
attraction, three of Salem's service
clubs will hold a combined meet
ing Tuesday night, May 29, to
lend impetus to the "Mighty Sev
enth" War - Loan campaign, now
under way throughout the county.
Claire Phillips, courageous wo
man captured and tortured as a
spy by the Japanese, and Capt
Robert F. Augur, who survived
33 months in notorious Bilibid pris
on at Manila, 'will give home folks
just a glimpse of what American
boys are up against in the Pacific
war. "; : ' : ' - '
Members of the Kiwanis, Rotary
and Lions clubs and their wives
will be privileged to attend the
banquet, -according to S. L. Stev
ens retail chairman. Arrangements
are being worked out by the Mar
ion county bond committee and
the Kiwanis club, - which will act
as host The banquet will be serv
ed at 6:30 p. m. at the Marion
hotel, replacing the regular week
Austria Head
"
4 '- 1 ! -
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hi
Sepinagenarian! Dr. Carl Renner,
chancellor ot) Austria In 1919,
now heads the provisional gov
ernment of Austria, set up In
liberated Vienna with the bless
inc of Soviet! KossU and with
oat consaltation with either the
United Stated 'or Great Britain.
A: social democrat, the 74-year
old statesman is reported to be
vigorous andj healthy.
Cliiriese Open
Drive Against
ap Lirelme
rlA l-.'-.h-i-.
CHUNGKING, May 21-(P)-Chi-
nese troops, in preliminary coun
ter-offensive blows against an esti
mated 2,000,000j Japanese troops in
China and Manchuria, launched a
new drive in jthe south against
Japan's vital lifeline to Indo-China
the high command announced to
night. ;
The Chinese bffensive 330 miles
south of Chungking and 150 miles
north of Indo-China already has
ripped out one
major bastion! in
the Japanese
supply corridor
the heavily:forti-
across China
fied Kwangsi
rovince rail town'
of Hochih, a cdmmunique said.
The new drive, supported by
the U. S.p4th air force, coincided
with- a call by the national Koum
in tang congress for a speedup of
China's general offensive. In the
highest estimate of Japanese fore
es ever made by Chinese sources.
a Kuomihtang announcement said
there were 2,000,000 enemy troops
earfisoning China and Manchuria.
Mayor
Names
Budget Group
SILVERTON.
Mayr-TSiJecial)
May6r George
Cnnstenson, at a
special meeting of thf Silverton
city 'council Monday night, ap
pointed his" budget committee,
which was followed by approval
from city council members.
Oh the committee - are R. B.
Duncan, t F. Tucker, C. B." An
derson, Earl Adams, I. L. Stewart,
Elmo Jdhnson 4nd L. C. Eastman.
They will meet June 4 to present
the year's budget to the city
council for approval.
ly luncheons of the Kiwanis and
Rotary clubs. .
Captain Augur, 33, lived in
Portland before joining the army.
1
1
V
.Capt.- Robert Avgvr
Federal
Airp
ort
Aid-Urged
' Project Thought
Too Large for
iC.
i Single Regions
Legislation for federal aid for
development, . construction, im
provement, maintenance and re
pair of public airports was urged
here Monday by representatives
of 15 Oregon cities and communi
ties and persons interested in pri
vate aviation who met with mem
bers of the state board of aero
nautics and the civil aeronaujtics
authority. The group wired Oregon
congressmen and' asked that civic
organizations follow suit I
Airports constructed with fed
eral funds as wartime investments
with the understanding that they
would be community operated If t
er the war emergency are, in rnny
cases, too large for municipal op
erations, it was generally agreed.
"Too big for a single community
-too big for a single county! or
state transportation by air j in
yars after the war will be a nat
ter for national and international
development!" declared M. j E.
Sweet," Eugene.' ' !
Not Prepared
Cities, counties and the state of
Oregon are not really prepared to
take advantage of federal aid if it
now
congress, J. K. Roberts, Redmond,
member ofthe state "board of aero
nautics, maintained. '
The small airplane, rather than
the heavy, expensive "job" is the
craft for which landing facilities
must be provided in the immedi
ate postwar years, it was agreed
l?y flyers attending the , session.
They pointed out that air' lfhes
are no more likely to i set dqwn
transcontinental planes at snjlall
communities than are railroads to
stop transcontinental speedlhjiers
at such places, but declared that
feeder .service may be possibli if
airstrips are developed. I
Closer to Cities
Modern airports will be cldser
tof the hearts of cities, declared
Lane W. Wilcox, supervisor! of
airports, Seattle.' Tom Stevenson
of the Corvallis airport commis
sion,' spoke of the necessity If or
landing strips along the coas o
serve vacationers. Sweet suggested
that bv "hollerine" oersona :iri'
terested in aviation might injtlu-
ehce the forest service to construct
the strips they are planning; as
part of forest protection installa
tions near vacation spots as well
as near the forests. "
"Attending the meeting, held
Monday afternoon in Salem Cham
ber of Commerce, were men
women from Portland, Salem, Ore
gon City, , Marrisburg, Florence,
LaGrande, Redmond, Corvallis,
Albany, : Eugene, McMinnvllle,
Tillamook, Dallas, Albany, and Mt
.Angel ;:; " 5 - . ,
SLOVAKIA HEAD CAPTURED
pITH THE" U. S. THIRD ARMY,
May 21.-(P)-Dr. Stefan Tiso, pre
mier a of Slovakia, since August,
1944 was captured at Krems-Muen
ster Sunday night, it was announc
ed today.
Loan Drive
He left Jan. 18, 1941, for overseas
duty with the coast artillery, and
19 months later lost his left leg
in the final actions on Corregidor.
In May, 1942, he entered Bilibid
prison, from where he was i re
leased early this year to return
tq the United SUtes. I
A faint idea of Captain Augur's
battle experience may be gained
from the following list of I his
awards: Distinguished Service
Cross, Silver Star, Purple Heart,
and Presidential Unit Citation in
addition to area awards. : jj
t Those who read ; recent mga
zine articles on Claire Philifcps'
amazing adventures need little In
troduction to this woman who for
more than two years managed to
help thousands of American pris
oners before undergoing . prison
tortures for nearly nine months.
By running a night club Mrs. Phil
lips made money , and secured in
formation from Japanese officers
all of which - was iupied ove to
guerillas and the Americans
through undcrground .sourccsi' ; ,
Cap
Ml
Sporting a heavy beard. Dr. Rob
ert Ley, German labor minister,
Is shown after his capture by
191st airborne infantry division,
45 miles front Berchtesgaden,
Germany. Photo by AP Pho
torrapher James Pringle with
wartime still picture pool. ;(AP
wire photo via sirnal corps radio)
GIs Over 40
Made Eligible
For Discharge
WASHINGTON, May 21P)-
GI's 40 years or more now! are
eligible for discharge it they apply
for it. i t
The war"department announced
this today,' barely a month after
an "earlier decision to allow those
over 42 years to leave service.
Moreover, a further reduction in
theag? level is! introspect! the
'vV. "I
that for the present it was holding
to the 40 year level because re
lease of men younger; than that
would jeopardize operations and
slow down the release' of combat
veterans under the point system
of discharge. j
In the case of the 40-41 year
olds, commanders will be j per
mitted to hold them for not inore
than 90 'days if replacements' are
not available at the time the -ap
plication for discharge is made.
About 30,000 enlisted men in
the army are in the '40 and 41
year age group. - Approximately
60,000 are 42 years or older, j The
average age of an army man is
between 25 and, 26
DeGaulle Oks
Closer Ties
With America
WASHINGTON, .May ll.jUPy
Geheral Charles De Gaulle agreed
today to the meeting with Presi
dent Truman which .the American
executive had suggested in cordial
words last week. . V ,
Georges Bidault, French foreign
minister, announced De Gaulle's
approval of thej idea In a State
ment bidding strongly for American-French
collaboration in! the
postwar world. ' f" f . . ;
The twin American and French
moves were accepted las, indicat
ing a strong inclination on both
sides; toward ; closer 5 relations.
There had been friction for a! long
time, first over American elay
in ' according De Gaullo's regime
full acceptance j and (later jover
failure to count the French leader
in on British-Russian-American
conferences of war and peace.
2 Salem Men
G)ming Home
Capt John FY Mitchell, ! 1100
Chemeketa st, and Pvt Gordon
E. Duval, 1175 Market st, with 78
other Oregon and Washington! men
liberated from nazi prison camps
arrived at Fort Lewis on Tuesday,
the Associated Press reported- -
Pvt Walter S. BalL Detroit! Set
Eldridge G. Gaston, 209 First stJ
Newberg; and PFC Oliver G. Sey
mour, route . twd, Woodbunr, are
also members of the group, most
of whom left! Tuesday night for
60-day furloughs and leaves at
their homes, the AP said. :
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wiUi ' occasional light ahewerw and
eentinned cold U-mperatares, Maxim Dm
toUy near Cettcc.
Charter
Possible
By June
Compromise Due
I On Trusteeships
To Speed Work
By Douglas B. Cornell
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 -(IP)
A regional peace-keeping system
moved forward, a plan which
might have retarded world peace
enforcement was discarded, and
the , United Nations conference
rolled along tonight toward com
pleting a new world charter the
first week in June.
Secretary of State Stettinius an
nounced the ; goal of the confer
ence now is to finish a charter
early next month.
A subcommittee discussed, gen
erally applauded, and decided to
vote tomorrow on a formula to
include in the charter permission
for the Pan-American and other
regional group of states to act
against an attacker up to the time
necessary measures are taken by
the security council of a world
organization.
And Belgium withdrew an
amendment which some delegates
said would, have crippled the
ability of the security council to
prevent war. It would have given
any party to a dispute before the
council the right to ask an inter
national court whether a recom
mended or proposed decision in
the council "infringes on its es
sential rights."
Specific steps taken today to
ward a compromise on another
big problem trusteeships added
to the chances that the confer
ence might finish, its momentous
enterprise in another fortnight.
; ; A . move to promise either even
tual independence or self-govern
ment to colonial peoples - under
international rule was reported to
have been agreed-upon substan
tially by representatives of the
British and American delegations.
Cost of 1945
Legislature
Was $195,424
Cost of the 1945 legislature
which covered 69 days, to set an
all-time record, was $195,424.38,
Secretary of State Robert- S. Far
rell, jr., reported here Monday.
This does not include the cost of
printing the session -laws and leg
islative journals. - '" .
: The cost of"the:1943"session,
which continued for. 59 days, was
$17971.97. Salaries ior the 1945
session totaled $157,293.95 v as"
against $134,991.10 for the 1943
session.' Printing of bills and cal
endars increased from $14,384.42
at the 1943. session to $19,313.38
at the 1945 session.
' Stationery and supplies for the
1945 s session cost $5693.91 com
pared ; to $83182 at the i 1943
session. - .
Truman Values Medal "
Above U. S. Presidency
WASHINGTON, May 21 JP)
Said the commander-in-chief : to
the sergeant: "I'd rather have that
medal than be president of the
United States."
That's what :. TSgt Jake W.
Lindsey says he was. told today by
President Harry Truman, an over
seas veteran of world war If
; The president presented the con
gressional medal of honor to Lind
sey before a joint session of con
gress today. (See story on page 2).
! .
Budget Group
Integration of
By babel Chads .
City Editor The SUtemun
Recommending integration . of
the city foremen's new retirement
and pension. system . (outlined in
charter amendment adopted last
year) with the new employes re
tirement act (HB 344 adopted by
the 1945 state ? legislature), the
ways and means committee of the
Salem 'municipal council Monday
night took the first step toward
pruning to' legal limits the; pro
posed city budget I
-. Under the ; proposal submitted
by the committee, the city would
contribute $10,000 ;next year to
the firemen's retirement fund. Un-
der the pension amendment adopt
ed by the voters of Salem (which
the state law provides may be ad
justed to come under the ; state
system) the city would next year
have been required to contribute
$21,595.33. - . -. '
i The fact that the systems are
not identical, - either as to em
ploye contributions or age. of. re
By Lyiin Heinzerfinj:
TRIESTE, May 21iAP)-i.YiigoslaT troops were evac
uating southern Austria tonight and high allied officer ex
pressed optimism that an agreement would be reached on
Trieste - - second sore spot irritating relations between Mar
shal Tito and British forces, j :.7f
- The Yugoslavs began moving out of the Austrian pro
vinces of Carinthia and Syria - - zones of British military oc
cupation which they previously had declared had become
a part of "greater Yugoslavia" along with disputed Trieste
and Istria in northeastern Italyt L
They moved out quickly in
trucks brought in by the British
Eighth army and it was expected
that they all would be over the
border by nightfall.
The Yugoslavs had infiltrated
into Austria after advance parties'
of the Eighth army had entered,
and at Ktagenfurt had seized a
newspaper plant -'
Field Marshal Sir Harold Alex
ander in a message to his Mediter
ranean command had included
southern Austria in the zone
which he said Tto apparently In
tended to occupy by force of arms.
Would Negotiate I
(The Luxembourg radio broad
cast a statement it said was car
ried by the Belgrade radio declar
ing that the Yugoslav government
was ready .to negotiate direct with
Italy for a settlement of the Tri
este question. i
(This account said that Yugo
slav did not plan the lone occupa
tion of Trieste and the Istrian
peninsula.) j
The orders to move were issued
after an; officer of the third Yug
oslav army conferred with Gen.
C. F. Keightley of the British Fifth
corps. . j .
i The Yugoslav-controlled news
paper II Nostro Avvenire publish
ed for the first time today Alex
ander's message to his troops : on
the gravity of the dispute over
Trieste, but the tone of its editor
ial was conciliatory.
Editorial Friendly "
"The maintenance, of peace Is
the task of everybody," the editor
ial said. "Now less than ever must
we yield to the , intrigues of bur
enemies, who always have tried
In vain to spread "discord among
thcijaito";::-. &.V-vv-.iv
V For all that, the same confused
situation, existed in this Italian
port -which the British want to
Supply their occupation forces in
Austria. j
. It is a7 dual occupation and nei
ther the British nor the Yugoslavs
are able to perform a satisfactory
job. M
(In--Moscow the Russian press
published accounts of the Trieste
situation without comment but
the British press declared that
such disputes increased the need
for an early meeting of the big
three. " ' h
Truman Urges
Spading Gut j
i WASHINGTON, May 21.-p)-President
- Truman'- recommended
another $92,119,000 - reduction in
war -expenditures - today, in addi
tion' to-a "previous saving of $4,-
265,000,000. --. - ' V
f The-slices- included $9,400,000
from the FBI's emergency-fund.
i-i Among the other cutbacks were:
Office of war information $4,750,'
000; censorship $5,107,000; office
of strategic services $14,000,000;
office of 'scientific research and
development $18,000,000; federal
works agency $6,400,000; war fund
administration $2,000,000, and 'de
partment of commerce $3,000,000.
Polk County Sells 40
Of Seventh Loan Quota
;': , DALLAS, May 21 More than
40 per cent of PoUC; county's
$786,000 quota in the Seventh War
Loan was sold the first week. This
was the statement of E. J. Page,
county chairman. Polk county's
bond quota la $450,000 or more
than the total county quota in the
Sixth War Loan. ' - V " 1 '
Recommends
Pension Plans
tirement, will be cause for strife.
But the cutting of $11,595.33 from
a budget which calls for a levy of
$80,828.20 above the. per cent
legal limitation" will be a heavy
factor. ' v r ' i r''"
: Budget committee members
Monday night tentatively cut $1000
from the bridge fund, added $1000
for band concerts and $5000 for
additional street lightings and un
animously; voted in favor of ap
pointment of a sub-committee! of
three from their number to whom
should be entrusted the task of
recommending budget cuts. ';j '
The possibility that certain ex
penditures budgeted in the limited
general 4und might be taken out
of the street tax fund, suggested
during the budget meeting -which
preceded the regular council ses
sion; is "out" Alderman Lloyd T.
Rigdon, head of the street com
mittee, declares, pointing out that
the street tax funds are entirely
spent elsewhere. - - : ! "
(More about Council on page: 2
Suit Dismissed
i .
To Invalidate -
Law on Budget
Judge George R. Duncan Mon
day dismissed a suit by Oregon
Business & Tax Research, Inc., to
invalidate, the budget law passed
by the 1945 legislature to permit
tax levying bodies to set up a cash
working account to be used be
tween the time taxes are author
ized and collected. -
House bill 403, the plaintiff con
tended, as signed by the governor
did not contain amendments
which had been passed by the leg-'
islature.
tin his opinion the court held
that the "enrolled bill, properly
signed by the presiding officers of
the senate and house and the gov
ernor was conclusive as the valid
ity of the bill as far as its enact
ment is concerned, u n 1 e s si the .
journal record of either body .
show affirmatively that the bill,
failed of passage through lack of
some constitutional requirement. '
I PORTLAND, May 21P)-F. H.
Young, counselor for Oregon Bus-.
iness and Tax Research Inc.," said
today it j will "appeal to the state
supreme court a circuit court ml- ,
fng dismissing its suit to invali-
date theU945 local budget law.
; f Young ' said the appeal of to
day's Salem court's decision would
$Jelay work on 1945-46 budgets by
tax levying bodies. : r
Election Seen
As Imminent
In England
BLACKPOOL, England, Tues-'
day," May 22.-JT)-Great Britajn'a
first general election in ten years
appeared imminent today after
laborite ministers rejected Prime ,
Minister Churchill's proposal for
extension of the coalition govern
ment until the end of the Japanese
war and opposed a proposed ref
erendum cn continuing the pres
ent parliament.
Political observers at the labor
party's national, convention here
predicted that Churchill would
announce in parliament later to
day that King George VI intended
to dissolve the parliament in three
weeks and that the election would
be held July 5.
' SThedate was the consensus t
informed British political writers.
The coalition government form
ed In' 1940 Just before Dunkerque
when Britain was fighting with
her back to; the wall,' appeared
likely to crumble In the wakt of
developments.
House Votes
Special Medal
Roosevelt
(WASHINGTON, May 21.-JP)-Ai
"special" medal of honor" for
posthumous award to Franklin D.
Roosevelt was voted by the house
today, after a. republican objected
to a "congressional medal" for the
late president
' 'Language identifying Mr. Roose
velt as "commander in chief" was
stricken from the bill, which now
goes to the senate. .
IThe house parliamentarian said
the award of a "special medal of
honor" probably would mean the
striking of a new design.' ,
jThe measure, by house demo
cratic leader McCormack, origin
ally proposed to award the late
president a medal similar to the
one presented by President Tru
man today to TSgt Jake Lindsey.
It was blocked when first brought
ufa two weeks ago, by the objection
of Rep. Robison (R-Ky).
Selective Service May
Not Draft Men Over 30
! WASHINGTON, May 21 P
The Washington Post' said tonight
that selective service is consid-
ering an order "virtually halting -the
drafting of men over 30 years
of :ageJV: v---
MaJ . Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
draft director, -declined comment, 'i '
fTheiPost'said that under the'';
prospective " order men over 30 "f;
engaged in "useful'' work would X"
be frceof all draft pressure. '
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