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Why did the small boy shout
"Ring," grandpa, ring," that July
day in Philadelphia 169 years ago?
and , why did i his grandpa : ring
the bell to peal out a message to
the people of Philadelphia? .
It was because on that day the
continental congress had adopted
a declaration of independence for
the 13 colonies, freeing them, as
much as a mere document could,
from the rule of the mother coun
try. Great Britain. So the bell
was rung, as its later inscription
tells, to proclaim, liberty through
out the land anl to the inhabitants
thereof." ' I ' '
But the Declaration of Indepen
dence whose signing we celebrate
today was more than a mere an
nouncement of severance of ties
with Great Britain and institu
tion .of a, new'' government It
contained a revolutionary set of
political principles. That is what
really gives the Declaration im
mortality. What are some of these
principles, which as we know have
become our political precepts?
all men are created
equal.
". ..... they are endowed by
their Creator with certain in
alienable rights; that among these
are life, liberty and the pursuit of
M. . . . !' governments derive
their, just powers from the con-
sent of the governed,
' . . . whenever any form of
government becomes destructive
of these ends it is the right of the
people to alter or abolish it, and to
institute new government,
organizing its powers in such form
as to them shall seem most likely
to effect their safety and happi
ness." 1 ?
In this document Thomas Jef
ferson put in crystal-clear Eng
lish
(Continued on editorial page)
Allies Help
Yanks Observe
July Fourth
By th Associated Press
U. S. service men and women
in the European theater will cele-
brate their first Fourth of July
todav since victory over Germany,
aided bv the hospitality and horn-
aire of their allies. I
All army personnel at United
Kinsdom bases were granted a
daylong holiday, but the U.
navy said so far as it. was con
cerned "there is no holiday." Brit
ish recreation centers were turned
oyer to Americans for baseball and
other games, and dances, shows,
ahd other entertainment in the
! . .
evening. j
Military and naval servicemen
Were invited to dances and parties
arranged by different units and
Rled Cross clubs
jThe independence day celebra
- tijon in Soviet Russia began last
njght with a concert of American
rdusic by the Moscow- state phil
harmonic orchestra in Chaikovsky
ball
'The American embassy's and
: military missions celebration start
ed early today with embassy clerks
and enlisted1 men taking a boat
ride in the Volga canal. A dance
was scheduled at 'the embassy at
J:30 p. m., with Russian, Ameri-
can British and other United Na
tions guests attending.
The Pratrue radio scheduled a
presentation of the life of Abra
ham Lincoln in honor of inde
pendence day.
Polk" County Marine
Killed on Okinawa
INDEPENDENCE, July 3.
Earl H. Wells, US marine corps,
was killed in action June 18 on
Okinawa. His wife and three
dauehters live here and hii fa
ther, M. L. Wells is at Monmouth.
His mother, Mrs. Martha Wells,
Is in Roseburg.
His brother, Marcus Wells,
rilled In thel Pacific war th
theater,
June 22, 1944. His daughters are
Dianna May, 3; Shirley Jean, 2,
nd Earlien Sharon, 8 months.
Oregon's E Bonds
Short 8 Millions
PORTLAND, July 3.HyP)-Ore-
ton's $55,000,000 E bond goal must
be reached by Saturday,-which
leaves more than eight million dol-
lars in E bonds still to be pur-
chased, j
Sales to date are 048,781,217.
Overall sales have climbed to
$161,706,507, far past the $110,-
000,000 quota.
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NINETY-FIFTH TEAR 10 PAGES
1st Auto
I' r
Off Line
At Rouge
De Luxe 2-Door
Sedan Signalizes
New Production
DETROIT, July 3.-(ff-A gray
two-door sedan, with chromium-
plat5tTSumpers, grille and trim
ming, rolled off the assembly line
i of the Ford Motor company's
Rouge plant today to signalize the
return of the automobile industry
to partial peacetime production
It was the first civilian passen
ger car produced by the industry
since February 1942, For the Ford
company it was the first of 519,910
vehicles the war production board
has authorized for 1945.
The first car was driven off the
line by Henry Ford II. Following
it in various stages of completion.
were . approximately a score of
other cars. With the exception of
a single five-passenger coupe, all
were powered with V-8 engines,
turning up 100 horsepower.
All were of the Ford super
deluxe line.
To be put into production about
October 1 are the Ford company's
new Mercury models. They will
be followed later by the Lincoln
continental and. custom-bum moa
els.
'Unless our quota is increased,"
said Ford, "employment will be
cut 50,000 to 60,000 Nfrom the cur-
rent total of 112,000
Looking to the future, young
Ford said the company's $150,000,
000 post war expansion program
provides for the construction of
four new assembly plants. Two ol
them will be at Atlanta. Ga., and
St Louis, Mo. The other! probably
I ! 11 Vt nn th act and west coasts.
will be on the east and west coasts,
but the locations were no dis
closed.
Argentinians
Threaten U.
Newswriters
I !
BUENOS AIRES, July 2-(JPy-A
telephone message for Arnaldo
Cortesi, correspondent for the New
York Times, warning him to cease
writing "tendentious news" about
Argentina was received today at
the Associated Press office, which
adjoins COrtesi's office in the
building of the newspaper La Na
cion. II
The caller identified himself as
a , spoxesman lor "captain Moret-
ti of the Argentine war ministry,
Gapt. Marcio Jorge Moretti of
the war ministry had denied re
sponsibility for similar warnings
which both Cortesi and Joseph
Newman.! correspondent for the
New York Herald-Tribune, had
previously reported receiving.
i Newman took refuge in the
United States embassy yesterday.
Governors Approve. Security;
Unemployment
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich,
I July 3-JF)-The 37th conference of
state governors will be assed to-
I morrow to approve a resolution
I endorsing the united nations world
.ecuritr charter as drafted and
asking "prompt" approval by the
United States senate.
,rhe resolution, approved unani-
mously late today in committee de-
I clares the charter "lays a firm
foundation upon which future pro-
gress of world organization for
lasting peace can be made.1
The resolutions committee action
highlighted another day of speech-
making by state chief executives
in which major problems confront-
Iing the states and nation in the
change-over from war to peace re
ceived' exclusive attention.
Gov. J. Howard McGrath of
Rhode Island tonight urged that
me . reconversion penoa oe maae
j Salem OrecpnJ Wednesday Morning.' July -4, 194S i
Salem. OrecpnJ
Women in 'Shorts5
Ignore Chiefs
Order to Go Home
DECATUR, HW July 3-ipy-Po-
lice Chief H. J. i Schepper, who
decreed that women can not wear
"abbreviated shorts' in streets or
taverns, reported tonight:;
"I got .two calls from ministers
who congratulated me but the
women are certainly mad."
Few women actually go home
when ordered and some; younger
women "tell off his officers, he
admitted. " t
. "There are going to be arrests
f this keeps up," the chief warn
ed. "I issued this order and I
mean! to make it stick."
Labor Boos and
Heckles Prime
Minister's Talk
By W. W. Hercher
LONDON, July 3.-(;p-Prime
Minister Churchill, booed and
heckled at one of the stormiest
political meetings, in British his
tory, tonight carried his fight for
conservative party, victory be
fore a crowd estimated at 25,000
persons in the labor party strong
hold of northeast London.
Greeted by organized - sections
of hecklers chanting "We want
labor," Churchill told the big open
air rally in Walthamslow stadium
that "Winners cheer and the beat
en boo," " h" 'r r '
Almost constant heckling, and
responsive cheering by the prime
minister's supporters, forced him
at times to wait several minutes
before continuing his speech.
Swapping verbal punches with
partisan opponents, the ; 70-year
pld prime minister- endured half
an hour of booing as .he made his
last major - speech of the hard
fought campaign ' alongside con
servative candidates seeking the
27 parliament seats in the dis
trict. ,j - s. . !-
"The first element of our pol
icy," Churchill told Ids stormy
audience, "is to beat Japan. The
next thing is-to bring our army
home and then we have to build
up the homes and houses shat
tered by enemy bombardment;"
Churchill promised full em
ployment for the next two or
three years as Britain starts
produce long-ieeded goods. I
to
2 Women lAcciise
Of Aiding Italian
Prisoners Escape
Seattle, July 3.-P)-Leland V.
Boardman, special agent in charge
of the
federal bureau of investi
gation office here said tonight two
Seattle women had been arrested
at Ontario, Ore., and would be
returned for prosecution under the
new law providing penalties for
the aid of escaped prisoners of
war. ' j- S
Lenora May Hodgson, 28 and
Fae Lois Burns, 20, were aecused
of turning over food, blankets and
about. $1,000 to three Italians who
escaped from an Italian service
unit here. j-.
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Grants Urged
a permanent part of the social
security structured
He suggested it as an amend
ment to the Wagner-Murray-Ding
II bill in congress which provides
for a federalized insurance plan.
He said It was needed; I
"First, because the United
States, (the wealthiest nation to
the world, can Ill-afford to furnish
less security than nations much
poorer than we: :
"Second, with state socialism
emergent as a competitive to our
system of individual initiative and
free enterprise, we must provide
our people with equal security. . .
"Third, unless we can provide
social : and economic security In
this, the wealthiest of nations, our
failure I will likely prevent econ
omie recovery of a devastated
world- ' - h .. - - - '
, Earlier Gov. Edward Martin of
Pennsylvania asserted returning
veterans want opportunity for Jobs
and not "coddlins."
Wednesday Morning.' July -
Cities
urn
July 4th
Fireblitz by 500
Bombers Knocks
Out War Plants
By Lelf Erkkson ' !
GUAM, Wednesday, July 4.-P)
-Five hundred superfortresses
sthick Himeji on Honshu and
thjree cities on Shikoku, starting
"general conflagrations' in a
highly successful Fourth of July
incendiary strike this morning,
tne 21st bomber command an
nounced. -
ombing through broken clouds,
per cent of the plane com-
ders reporting to Gen. Curtis
Lemay by radio after their
b runs described resulting
es as reaching "general conflag
ration proportions' in all four
cities: Tokushima, Takamatsuand
Kbchi, on Shikoku island, and
Himeji across the inland sea.
(Tokyo radio meanwhile ack
iwledged that American aerial
blows at the Japanese homeland
ud until May 31 had killed, in
ured or rendered homeless a to
tal of 4,800,000 persons in five of
fife empire's largest cities - - To
4a, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya
rjd. Kobe.) . ., i
. tChe mission brought to 2,400
the total number of sorties flown
bjf planes of f the 21st bomber
command against Japan in nine
days. '
Siiperfortf BUts 28
Twenty-six Japanese industrial
cities now have been fire-blitzed
bj the superf orts, which have
mide 37 incendiary missions from
the Marianas.
n their unique campaign to
wfpe out the enemy's war Indus'
tries. Ma. Gen. Curtis . Le
may's bombers are, using newly
developed American incendiary
ssiles. They are seeking out
frantically dispersed war plants
in cities which Americans never
heard of before the B-29s started
blasting the Nipponese homeland.
' fThe Kurashiki aircraft plant,
converted from a spinning mill,
at Takamatsu appeared to be the
most important military target in
thjs morning s objectives.
Mlny Industries Hit
Kochi's industries include pa
per and textile mills, a plywood
plnt, metal Working plant and
cement and chemical works.
CTokushima, largest city on Shi
kdku, formerly manufactured
high quality silk crepe, but its
tektile mills have been converted
to! war industry,
trlimeji is a major railroad ter
mlnal and military training cen
tej. Himeji'sf industrial plants
produce explosives, electric light
bulbs and matches. .
Suicide Plane and
Bpmb Brought to U. S.
Bv Battered Ship
i .
SAN FRANCISCO. July SWtfV
Wtdle the battered Liberty ship
Joiah Snelling rode anchor clear
of -bustling bay shipping, a volun
teer crew of Seabees today re
mdved from her hold a Japanese
suicide plane and its un exploded
509-pound bomb which struck her
atausonawa. ?
The navy said the ship's off!
eets were unaware they carried a
lite 'Kamikail bomb until San
Francisco damage inspecting offi
cers started clearing - away the
plane wreckage and discovered
thi fins of the explosive protrud
ing from the timber cargo.
Fifteen Seabees under Chie
Warrant Officer P. XL. Henley, of
Muskogee, Okla. carefully sawed
out the bomb and hoisted it from
the hold with the aid of a bomb
disposal crew. I - ;
Europe Needs Soap ,
To Combat Disease, i
Says Head
IWASHTNGTON, July S - (ft -
Rationing of soap to provide Eur
ope with a supply sufficient "to
combat filth and epidemic dis
ease" was proposed tonight by
Herbert H. Lehman, director gen
er&l of UNRRA.
J
On
4, 194S
Body of Goebbels
Identified; Film
To Be Shown Nazis
1 . .. - ' . .' -
. By the Associated Press
tThe Moscow radio. said today
fha the body of Dr. Paul Joseph
Goebbles, former Nan propa
ganda minister, has been "un
mistakably identified." '
The! body was carried May 1 -from
an air raid shelter under
the reichschancellery in Berlin .
by Nazi SS troopers, who at- -tempted
to burn it
Moscow said soviet photogra
phers had taken pictures of the
body to be included in a . docu
mentary film to be shown, the
German people. , '
Aussies Win
7-Mile Strip
MANILA, Wednesday, j July 4-
(JPy-A. field dispatch today dis
closed that Aussie invaders of
Balikpapan, bomb-wrecked oil cen
ter on east Borneo, have; a beach
head seven miles long 'and two
miles deep and the captured Sep-
inggan airfield already is in opera
tion. The Aussies, by securing the
last ridge facing the town; virtually
have secured its central refineries'
arid docks, long since (rendered
unserviceable by bombing and
shelling. ; I
Sepinggan airfield was captured
at nightfall Monday, putting the
allied air force within' fighter
plane range of Java, heart of the
MDutch East Indies, for the first
time in more than three years.
A second enemy airfield is at
Manggar, only six miles ahead of
the driving Australians. !
No Draft for
Striking Tire
Plant Workers
AKRON, Ohio, July S-itV&ov-
ernment seizure of strike -para'
lyzed Goodyear Tire Sc Rubber
company plants .moved a step
nearer today as the national war
labor board handed the 18-day-
old stoppage by 16,700 workers to
economic stabilizer William H.
Davis.
Sharing the spotlight With the
WLB's action, which came just a
day after that agency had erased
defiant Goodyear workers' rights
to vacations and shift differen
tials, were:
1. Notification of the WLB by
16,500 Firestone Tire Sc Rubber
company employes, on strike since
Sunday, that they "would not re
turn to work under present condi
tions, thus defying a iback-to-
wbrk-order.
2. An almost "open rebellion'
by Summit county draft boards
against recent instructions to draft
men involved in the Goodyear
strike, t
3. Announcement by four
Akron banks that rubber; workers.
unpaid I since the strikes began,
cashed ' war b o n d s yesterday
$43,000 i In excess of the normal
"turn-in" rate.
4. Disclosure by Goodyear its
plants had lost 272,000 tires, and
Firestone announced it was losing
14.400 tires and 13,500 tubes
daily.
Speaker of 'HonseJ
Goyernor for Day
Eugene Marsh, speaker of the
house of representatives," as acting
governor In the absence from the
state of Gov. Earl Snell and Senate
President Howard Bel ton, presided
at meetings of the state board of
control, the state land board and
state printing board here Tuesday.
Snell is at the Makinac Island,
Mich annual governor's confer
ence, : ; Belton, who has been in
the executive office during SnelTs
absence, was in the state of Wash
ington on Tuesday. So, Marsh,
McMinnville attorney, was gov
ernor for the : day. Under the
present law, Marsh is the last state
official In line of succession in the
absence, disability, death or res
ignation of the governor. '
On Balikpapan
":No. 85
Capital
First Troops; in
Find Girls Clean
Up Berlin Debris
By Daniel De Lace
BERLIN, July 3-(flVAmerican
occupation troops rolled into Ber
lin today, speeding through the
beaten capital's mammoth! wreck
age to the accompaniment of scat
tered waves and tears from bread
lines and work-chains of women
and girls.
American, veterans of World
war two returned the crisp sa
utes of Red army women traffic
pobce. Tears of joy came from
some Berliners, but others were
silent and sullen.
Vanguards -of a vast 4000-ve-
hicle convoy reached suburban
Zehlendorf this afternoon after
eaving Halle at 4 a.m., crossing
the Elbe river and driving through
Russian occupied Germany west
of the capital.
A red-skinned hero of the U.S.
army was the first American sol
dier to enter the Russian-held
center of Berlin as a veteran of the
Second armored . division, which
will take up positions in the A-merlcan-
occupation zone! in the
southwestern- part of the capital. ,
Ute Indlaxi Leads
He was PFCJ Harvey Natchees
of the Ute Indian reservation in
Northwestern' Utah, a 25-year-old
veteran due to return home on
points after a few more days. He
drove this correspondent to Adolf
Hitler's reichschancellery.
Girls in freshly-ironed frocks
worked in lines along tne route,
removing the debris from great
piles of ruined buildings. In an
eight-mile drive through the cen
ter of Berlin, not a single block
was seen intact. .
Hundreds of women, children
and old men queued up in front of
bread stores. ' ' "
Twice we crossed a canal that
was an open sewer which could
be smelled 600 yards away. On
the Kaiserallee a red flag flew
over the Stars and Stripes on a
pole outside the headquarters of
the German communist party, i
USSR Tells of Unity
The east-west axis In the blast
ed Tiergarten VtUl was decorated
with colossal pro traits of Roose
voit, Churchill and Stalin from a
previous Red army celebration.
The city was scattered with Rus
sian posters telling the Germans
of the unity of the 'United Na
tions. . . ' r- V. !
Most Berliners claim they have
been waiting since March for the
U5. army "to save us from the
Russians," but their ideas seemed
to reek of the Anti-bolshvik be
liefs inculcated in them by Nazi
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels. ! I ; ' .
Pric5c
Yanks
In
Ruined
When! Where! How!
I The Glorious
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9:3a to ll:e a. m. Blimp from Tillamook naval station flies over
Salem and Marion square, j j ;
19:09 a. m. Grand military and civic parade, Including childrens'
- section. Starts on State street at Cottage and winds up at
Marion square. I Reviewing stand on the courthouse lawn.
Paraders meet at 920. See line of march, page 2. All kinds
of pets "including; horses,' ponies, etc, may parade with
children. ' , - . - j -
ll.-ft aw m. te 2 p. a-tbibition of latest Infantry weapons at
, Marion square. . . i .
1149 a. m. Patriotic exercises at Marion square, Dean U. G. Du-
bach speaker of the day. . . ' i ...
11:45 a. nw Firrt selection of prize winners in the war bond con-
' test'!. j .' : i ; i. i -, --
12:99 m. Free barbecue served by the American Legion. Squadron
of 24 B-24 bombers from Walla Walla flies over Salem and
maneuvers for 30 minutes.- - i
1:39 p. m. Children's races and stunts In Marion square.
2:99 p. pu Musical program on the Legion rostrum in Marion
square. ; . -. 5 ; - ' j , ;.-;
IM p. m. Second selection of prize winners In -war bond contest
449 p. 'saw- Concert by 28th Infantry band on Sweetland field,
. 'Willamette campus. ' -.vr -y f
'449 p. m. The great show-"Here Your Irifantry" Sweetland
field. -.- r- V- -.r-.
749 p. m- Show at Marlon square. Tort Lewis professional
troupe and local talent.
tJtt p. m. Final selection of prize winners ending Seventh War
Loan drive. . ' 1 ; - . .
, 949 to 1249 mldnlxht Shows and concessions.-' . I . ;
Everything except concessions free to the public with the com
pliments of the Americ&n Legion and the Marion county war fi
nance committee. : ' j
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ion Winds Up Seventh
War Loan With Day-Long
Patriotic Program Here
Dawn of the Glorious' Fourth finds the end of the Mighty
Seventh War Loan campaign in Marion county a matter of con
jecture. But Salem and the sour-rounding country-side will celebrate.
And while 'they celebrate, j residents of -the area will buy bonds
in a last-minute attempt j to go over ! the top of the county
$2,270,000 E bond quota before the sun has set on Independence
Infantry Here
For Realistic
Show of Arms
The 39 combat veterans slated
to perform at 4 pjn. today at
Sweetland Field came all the way
from Fort Bennlng, Ga, to dem
onstrate infantry jungle fighting
to the people of Oregon.-, Salem is
the final stop on their cross-country
tour which- began last May to
boost the Seventh War Loan drive.
Nearly the entire troupe are
Oregonians. and they have a. col
lection of battel experience 1 that
ranges from the foxholes of Attu
or Anzio to the jungles of Burma
and New Guinea. Many are from
Oregon's own 41st Division and
Merrill's Marauders. The men in
this afternoon's performance of
"Here's Your Infantry" have a to
tal of 95 man years in combat
Accompanying the team Is the
83rd army ground force band, di
rected by Warrant Officer j Chan
Hall, which has been together for
over five years. Each man in the
band wears a battle star.
1 Following appearance of the
band at 4 pjh, the second phase
of the show Includes the introduc
tion of "the various infantry squads
which assemble on the field in
rapid formation and fire tne weap
on on command. In the j third
phase four Jap jungle fortifica
tions are systematically reduced
when all of the squads fire the
deadly weapons carried by an in
fantry team.)
The one Salem area man in the
unit, SSgt Don McAllister, will
warm up the place with the flame
thrower he used for 33 months in
the Pacific. He is the brother of
John E. McAllister, 1589 Elm st,
West Salem, i j
BANKS IN BILLION CLASS
PORTLAND, July 3-(PfrBank
deposits here surged past the bil
lion dollar mark today for the first
time in history. i ' - '
The figure reached $1,005,968,
349 for deposits outside the ; Bank
of California, which had a' $202,'
450,812 total for the three Pacific
coast states. " i'
Fourth in Salem
; 1 : . i
lAftir' JWf:M-
II - I
day.' Of that quota, 11.850.00a
worth had been bought last night.
The county quota of $4,320,000
for all bonds was topped by about
a million and a quarter, announc
ed Chairman Douglas Yeater, who
still hoped that the E bond allot
ment would be met before the end
of the week.
From the moment of the arrival
of a great silver blimp from the
naval station at Tillamook at 9:30
o'clock this morning to the final
selection of prize-winners and tha
closing of concessions at midnight.
there will be "something doing
in Salem every moment today. '
BLr Stow la Air
The blimp, hovering ' over tha
parade this morning, it the first
of a great aircraft show Salem -residents
1 andVlsftont tffll 'see to
day. For 24 B-24 bombers from
Walla Walla are due here at noon,
although previously booked for
mid-afternoon appearance.
New highlight hi today's pro
gram will be the appearance of
the Fort Lewis -entertainment
troupe of professional entertain
ers, famous for entertainment over
the northwest. Principally, their
shows have been put on for sol
diers, but tonight at 7 o'clock they
will perform at Marion square, .
Rex Kimmeu, American Legion
entertainment chairman, announc
ed Tuesday. Kimmell said he ha4
been working for a month to get 1
the group to appear here.
Elsewhere on this page appeana
the hour-by-hour program for to
day's celebration, while the pa
rade's line of march is outlined
on page 5.
Dean U. G. Dubach of Oregon'
State college is speaker of the
day, appearing on the 11 a. m.
patriotic program at Marion
square. , . I
Barbecue For All -
Major attractions also include
the free barbecue to be served at
noon at the square by the Ameri
can Legion, the "Here's Your In- 1
fantry'' show at Sweetland field, .
Willamette campus, 4:30 p. m. and :
three periods during which win-
ners of $4600 worth of prizes are ) '
selected from among the county's '
thousands of E bond purchasers.
At 11:45 a. nv; at 3:30 p. m.
and again at 8:30 p. m. at Marion
square winners will be chosen.
Although persons who . win the
prizes need not be present they
must claim their prizes j within
seven days. Loyal Warner, Salem
Chamber of Commerce president;
Robert FJfstrom, Rotary president;
Fred , Klaus, . Kiwanis president;
Ronald E. Jones, Lions president;
E. Burr Miller, president of the
Retail Trade bureau, and Sidney
McNeil, King Bing of the Cher-
rianav will b judges in selection .
of prize : winners under general
direction ;of Sid. Stevens, retail
chairman;; ' ' " - - - 1 ' V
Vets9 Housing
Program Asked
Of Congress f
WASHINGTON, July ! S j JfV
President Truman today posed a
$100,000,000 housing program for
servicemenv and veterans. V ; ! ;
He sent to the senate a budget
request for $25,000,000 direct ap ,
propria tion and $75,000,000 con
tract authorization for the nation
al housing agency. : . .
The need, he said, it to provide
homes for distressed families f
servicemen and for veterans and
their families who are affected by
eviction or other unusual hard
ships. . - ly.,.., ,,