Truman Signs 'Leaser of Ttpo Evils' Draft
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Congress U providing terminal
! nav for enlisted men. It Wms
argued that since officers were
getting this extra compensation
ik C. I a should Rave it too. The
latter, however, have received the
discharge allowance up to $300.
Whether the new terminal leave
pay ia In addition to tnis allow
ance a not clear.
The enlisted man has command
ad public sympathy and received
many favors. War is bad business
and the public feels that the chaps
who have to do the fighting merit
special consideration.
It ought to be remembered,
however, that the private soldier
la this war has fared better than
at any tome In history nd the
American, private better than the
private of any army. The soldier
. au gotten the highest pay in his
tory, and family allotments In ad
dition. He has had hard training
and bitter -fighting; but he had
the best camps, the best food, the
best medical care, the best cloth
ing. Thousands of GIs were better
-off -as to physical comforts than
they ever were in their lives
which is good thing.
For privates and non-coms, USO
clubs flourished and special enter
tainment was provided. In some
respects the neglected man In the
war was the army or navy or
marine lieutenant whose rank
gave him little official station so
cially and whose income was noth
ing to brag of.
I'd not begrudge the extra
compensation to war veterans.
But there is something to be said
against coddling an army. After
ail, warfare is tough business and
the officers and men who wage
St have to be tough. There must
be discipline, there must be ca
pacity to endure hardship, there
ust be dogged perseverance. Our
men. for ,the most part, showed
they had It But with all this talk
about a democratic army and eas
ing the lot of the CI. we may
impair the army as a fighting
force. i ,
Water Bureau
Employes Ask
Pay Increase
A pay Increase for employes of
the city water department .was
taken under consideration by the
Salem: water commission - last
night, after Herbert Barker ap
peared before the commission in
behalf of the workers.
. Barker pointed out that take
home pay will be heavily reduced
when the public employes' retire
ment plan goes into effect in July,
and that the requested pay in
crease of $30 at the first of the
year had resulted in only a $3
raw.
Edward Rostein was named
chairman of the committee to
study the pay raise.
Permit Sought
To Build Gym
Salem's school board will re--cjuest
a rehearing by the civilian
production administration in Port
land of its request for permission
to build a $71,000 gymnasium
building at senior high school this
summer.
This was decided last night at
the regular school board meeting
when members were informed of
ficially of the CPA's rejection of
the proposed building.
The board voted to raise pri
vate tuition rates for non-residents
of the school district for the
coming year. The raise is from
(72 to $99 for elementary school
pupils and reflects comparable in
crease in Junior high and high
school tuition.
Animal Craclccrs
. P, WAJSEN GOODRICH
"Papa, why is everybody
throwing their money down
oar hole?"
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'Bad' Bill
Restricts
Induction
WASHINGTON. May 14-(yP-President
Truman affixed a re
luctant signature tonight to s
stop-gap bill extending the draft
until July 1 but banning the in
duction of fathers and youths 18
and 19 years old.
Confronted with the alterna
tives of accepting the amend
ments or letting the whole war
time selective service law expire
st midnight, the president chose
the lesser of two evils," ss his
secretary put it.
The secretary, Charles G. Ross,
told reporters that the president
regarded it as a "bad bill." It
was passed because the two
houses of congress were unable
to get together in time on a
longer extension.
Less than six hours before the
midnight deadline, the senate
agreed to the house restrictions
on inductions, and senate Secre
tary Leslie Biffle sped the meas
ure to the White House.
Selective service announced
that its present ban on the in
duction of men 28 and over will
be continued, despite the fact that
the act as renewed permits the
drafting of men through age 29.
In a telegram to state draft di
rectors the agency also formally
halted the Induction of 'teea age
youths. It said, however, that
men IS and 19 still will be re
quired to register.
Only men 20 through 23 will be
drafted.
PORTLAND. Ore . May 1 .-')
State selective service officials de
clined to comment tonight on what
effect extension of the drsft act
to July 1 will have on Inductions
in Oregon.
Logger Kills
Wife, Self in
Lebanon Home
LEBANON, Itsy lt-vD-A 49-year-old
logger strode into his es
tranged wife's bedroom early to
day, shot her in the head and.
chest, then turned the .gun on him
self. Deputy Coroner ' Walter
Kropp 'reported.
Amos Yocubets. 49, and his wife
Edith, 33, had been separated for
several weeks, Kropp said. She
filed divorce suit last Thursday,
charging cruelty.
Mrs. Yocubets succumbed in a
hospital a few hours after her
husband's death.
Kropp reported the couple's
three children Roland, 14, Vin
cent. 12, and Darlene. 8 were
home when the shooting took
place.
Falling Tree
Kills Logger
SILVERTON, May 14- (Spe
cial )-Fritx Muntz, 22, of Portland
was killed instantly near Mar
quam Tuesday. by a falling tree.
A large tree he was felling broke
off a smaller one as it crashed and
the latter struck Muntz, authori
ties said.
Surviving are the widow, Au
drey Muntz and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Muntz, all of Port
land. Ekman funeral home, in
charge of funeral arrangements,
was to ship the body tonight to
Vancouver, Wssh., for burial.
PLANNERS TO MEET
A special meeting of the Sa
lem long-range planning commis
sion has been called for Tuesday,
May 21, to consider selection of a
chairman or temporary chairman
to succeed C. B. McCul lough, who
died last week.
Administrator Would Increase
Efficiency, Next
R. L. Elfstrom, unopposed for
election as mayor of Salem for the
next four years, came out strongly
today in favor of the city adminis
tration form of government.
Elfstrom, in a pre-election in
terview with The Statesman, said
the proposed charter amendment
on Friday's ballot "should appeal
to all thoughtful and practical vot
ers. "I have devoted considerable
time to all phases of this (city
administrator) plan, and am satis
fied both as a business man and
taxpayer that Salem's government
would be greatly improved if the
measure is approved," he declared.
"A properly-paid, full-time city
administrator should effect sav
ings in city government totalling
several thousand dollars annually.
If part of this amount could be
used toward salary adjustments
where needed for our city em
ployes, and overlapping functions
could be eliminated, every prop
erty owner and taxpayer would
benefit.
"Your city administrator is hired
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Gen. Joseph T. MeNarney, cem
. saander af Asaerlcasi forces in
it Eurepe, wke ordered a eemplete
review ef t the Lichfield deten-
: Uea caaap Peases today feUewiar
.. charges and eemnter charges of
"mishandling daring the recent
court martial.
Lichfield Gases
To BeJBared at
Army Review
FRANKFURT, Germany, May
U.Py-Gn. Joseph T. MeNar
ney said today he had ordered a
complete review of Lichfield de
tention campf cases after discov
ery of "instances of mishandling."
The commander of American
forces in Europe asserted there
would be no railroading" or un
due haste in jthe trials of 14 offi
cers and meri on charges of mis
treating soldier prisoners at the
camp in England, and that I am
determined that no one: who may
be culpable twill' escape being
brought to Justice." ;
MeNarney said an Investigation
by MaJ. Gen. i John T. Lewis "re
vealed instances of I mishandling
of the case and indicated a failure
of some intermediate commanders
concerned at the outset to recog
nize the seriousness Of the situa
tion and to direct a complete in
vestigation and take prompt cor
rective and punitive action as re
quired."' jj " -:
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Pick Beans
Sixty-four students from Grant
and Garfield "schools have regis
tered with the farm labor office
to assist in the bean; harbest,
Gladys Tumbjill. farm labor as
sistant, announced Tuesday, The
students, in te fifth and sixth
grades, enrolled In response- to a
drive currently being conducted
by the farm labor office to get
youthful volunteers for tempor
ary farm work.
Younger children are urged to
take to the fields accompanied by
their mothers in platoons or in
the family car, Mrs. Turnbull
said. From the names turned in
with the cards, recruits will also
be drawn fo strawberry and
cherry picking
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Truman At)ks Army '
Navy Settle Dispute '
WASHINGTON, May 14.-JP-Spurred
by president ,Truman,
anny and navy chiefs met today
to seek peace in their long, bit
ter row over unified ' operations.
The commander-in-chief asked
Secretary of Navy Forrestal, Sec
retary of War Patterson and their
top aides to get-together frequent
ly "in an effort to have all differ
ences ironed oat" by May 31.
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for known efficiency in coordina
tion, purchasing and executive
ability. He is responsible to the
mayor and sevefi aldermen select
ed by wards. His duties are gov
erned by thes! councilmen and
when not carried out to the best
Interests ; of th city he can be
immediately replaced.
"Business operates this way and
other cities hav found that their
affairs can be conducted success
fully in a like manner. I am hope
ful that Voters f Salem Will ap
prove this modern method of gov
ernment on Friday' primary bal
lot.; Certainly, everyone should
vol one way orfanother, t least."
Support for he city adminis
trator plan also aim from a pub
lication of the jSalem ? Civic Im
provement league, with Kenneth
Perry as secretary, which said Sa
lem would ha'4 a population of
50,000 "within tlfe next few years,"
cited the experience of other towns
which have adopted the plan, and
said the city woujd be saved "many
times'' the administrator's salary.
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On Issues
; Contracts settling
weeks-old Salem bus
the six-
strike will
be signed in Portland
today by
Union and company
Officials, it
was stated last night
by T. S.
Beguin, assistant business agent
for the striking Motor Coach Em
ployes union. It is possible, Be
guin said, that buses Will be op
erating by Friday, but
Following the signiag of the
contracts in Portland, the propo
sals will be submitted to a vote of
the Salem drivers, the
official
said.
Authorised
This development came Tues
day following a receipt of word
from the union's international
headquarters in Detroit; authoriz
ing Salem and Eugene j city driv
ers to negotiate separately for a
settlement of the dispute.
; Negotiations since the; strike be
gan April 5 have reduced the is
sues between company and un
ion to matters pertaining only to
the over-the-road drivers, but
because Eugene and Salem city
drivers and the intercity drivers
all were members of Local 105S,
Motor Coach Employes Union,
separate settlements were barred
by union rules. '
I A delegation of Salem employes
will meet with union officials in
Portland at 9 a. m. today and with
Oregon Motor Stages officials la
ter in the morning to resume their
offer for settlement ss previously
agreed upon during negotiations
in Salem. j
Attending
Attending the meeting; from Sa
lem will be Paul rl. Baker. ai
member of the union jexecutive
board; Arthur G. Eld, represent
ing local drivers; Dick j Simpson,
representing local shopmen who
struck with the drivers; and F. M.
Stewart, secretary of Salem sub
local. Eugene also will have a
delegation at the meetings, Baker
said last night
David O'Hara, Salem alderman
who moderated the negotiations
sessions between company and un
ion leaders in alem and who is
acting mayor in the absence from I
also- may attend the j Portland
meeting today. : j
The offer which had been ten
tatively agreed upon would raise
the basic hourly irate lor local
drivers from 93 cents to) $1.19.
Iran Army on
Province
TEHRAN, May 14-0P)f-Premier
Jafar Pishevari of the self-proclaimed
autonomous regime in
Azerbaijan province declared i to
night that troops of the central
Iranian government had! "moved
to our borders, but wej are not
afraid of an attack." j
As Pishevari broadcast this
statement over the Tabriz radio,
Iranian troops streamed north
ward toward the troubled prov
ince where reports said separat
ist forces attired in Russian uni
forms were holding warlike ma
neuvers. The central Iranian government
reaffirmed its -determination to
avoid civil 'war. In his broadcast
Pishevari described! Ahmed
Qavam, the premier of the cen
tral government, as a "wise and
patriotic man" and added: "He
knows our strength."
West Salem Budget
Eiror Located
WEST SALEM. May 14i-(Spec-Ial)-A
re-check of the city budget
figures today, after the; budget
meeting Monday night, showed the
total budget for 1946-47 to be
$51,560, leaving $21,385 to be ruis
ed by taxation.
This is $6120 less than the figure
as announced following the budget
meeting. The difference resulted
from an item which was Centered
twice.
The tax payers meeting has been
set for Monday, June S.
U.N. Security Council to
Tighten Secrecy Vil
NEW YORK, May 14.H7P-The
United Nations announced: tonight
that the security council would
meet Thursday at 11 a. mi E.D.T..
to consider rules which; would
tighten the secrecy of j private
council sessions and to take up
a resolution affecting the! admis
sion of Albania tq the United Na
tions, Weather
Salem -
Eugene
Portland
San Francisco
S?attk .
Max. Mtn. Rain
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; 57 49 Trace
SB SO .00
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FORECAST from U.S. U'-ather bu
reau. McNary fieldi Salem): Partly
cloudy today. li?M widely -Scattered
showers. Highest temperature 68 (1c
giees.i Light to mod?rat wtjnds thi
afternoon.
NINETY -SIXTH
Scott Hits
U.S. Food
Policies
Oregon must feed its
own
charges first, even if the
state
has to : enter the "black market
to do so. State Treasurer Leslie
M. Scott indicated before the state
board of control Tuesday in a de
nunciation of federal food poli
cies.
Scott blamed "crazy propagan
da In : Washington that we can
feed every person in the world"
for the present crisis in grain and
flour.
Scott s statement followed a
presentation by Sara Gillette,
state purchasing agent, that he
had failed to obtain any satisfac
tion from Washington officials.
based on a request that the state
of Oregon be allocated grains snd
flour sufficient to maintain its
livestock and properly feed its
institutional population.
The reply indicated that the ag
ricultural department, along with
other federal agencies, are now
operating under directives which
provide that much of the gram.
particularly wheat, now produced
in the United States, is destined
for export to starving nations.
Gillette declared that the sup
ply of flour at the state peniten
tiary would be exhausted about
June 3 while supplies at the Ore
gon state hospital and Fairview
Home would be exhausted a few
days later.
Court Rejects
School Tax
Oregon's supreme court Tues
day denied a petition for rehear
ing of the mandamus proceedings
in which it had previously ruled
that the Portland school district
has no authority to call an elec
tion for a school tax levy.
Request for rehearing had been
filed by Attorney General George
Neuner, who asserted that exist
ing school laws could be inter
preted ss permitting such an elec
tion. '
: Neuner said he sought clarifi
cation and modification of only
a part of the supreme court rul
ing which stated the school dis
trict could conduct no election at
all. He said he did not question
the court's ruling that Elections
Registrar James Gleason could
not call the election.
McKay Hurt in
Fall from Horse
! Douglas McKay, Salem automo
bile dealer and candidate for state
Senator from Marion county, suf
fered a fractured shoulder blade
Tuesday evening in a fall with his
horse during the Salem Saddle
club riding program at the state
fairgrounds.
; McKay was taken by first aid
crewmen to Salem General hos
pital, where he was reported in
good condition later last night.
Bakery Closes as
Flour Dwindles
I SAN FRANCISCO, May 14-WP)
Flour - shortages became critical
on the west coast today and at
least one independent baking con
cern suspended business because
Its flour bins were empty.
The Roma Baking company,
which usually makes about 7000
loaves of French bread daily, dis
continued baking operations in
Sen Francisco.
County Red Cross Aids
Fourteen War Brides
Fourteen war brides arriving
from overseas received help from
the home service department of
Marion county chapter, American
Red Cross, it was shown in the
department's monthly report for
April.
Also reported were closing of
29 dependency discharge cases,
grants and locals totaling $998 for
March and April, and 243 cases
handled in April.
Bitl Opening Delayed on
Dorena Dam Contract
PORTLAND, Ore., May 14-(P-Bids
for an approximate $1,000,000
contract on Dorena dam on the
Row river. Lane county, will not
be opened until May 28, army en
gineers announced today.
Engineers said the bid opening
was postponed because of a de
lay in decision on a wage scale
by the secretary of labor.
Vote Rehearing
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Salem Allotted
26 Additional
Housing Units
An additional 28 'family dwell
ing units were allotted to Salem
for the city's veterans' housing col
ony, bringing the total family units
for the city and for Willamette
university to 1i0. i
Buildings with four or six fam
ily units each are beting placed on
South 16th street linear Oxford,
both for city vetefans and for
Willamette students.! Chairman W
J. Braun of the city shouting com
mission said the latest allocation
of units will not overcrowd the
site. j
Telephone and pewer connec
tions have been arranged and wir
ing already is in progress on the
first buildings undei construction
at the site. Braun stated. Word of
the new allotment j of buildings
came Tuesday from I the regional
federal housing office In Seattle.
Unions tri Start
Ad Campaign
For Emplbyers
The central labor ! council last
night voted to sponsor the forma
tion of a concert bandj to give pub
lie performances in; Salem. A
committee will can vkss all local
unions for the necessary musical
talent, it was decided.
Councilmen also decided to be
gin next month a newspaper ad
vertising' campaign to; list all lair
employers' in regular large dis
play ads in all local i newspapers.
Members stated they considered
it a forward step to begin boosting
the fair employers instead of con
centrating their attention on un
fair employers. ;
The city council vfill be peti
tioned to provide in jthe 1948-47
budget funds for a new flxit aid
car to replace the 10-Vear-old car
donated by organized labor, it was
voted. A resolution 4'as adopted
favoring Increased pay for city
firemen and policemcin.
Wallgren to
East in Feed Crisis
OLYMPIA, Wash., May 14-(iPr-
Governor' Wallgren said late to
day he will fly to Washington,
D. C, tomorrow night if farmers
do not receive assurance by that
time they will get 3,000,000 bush
els of wheat to savej the state's
$200,000,000 poultry and livestock
industry,
"They don't understand back
there how serious the situation in
this state is," he told a committee
of 40 appointed from 1 25 farmers
and feed dealers whd converged
on the capltol today.
Siamese Twins
Die in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., Slay 14-UP)
Carol and Susan Hurse, Siamese
twins born a week agd to a Deep
River, Wash., couple, died in a
hospital today, only 25 minutes
apart. j
The 26-year-old mother. Mrs.
Edward Hurse, was sakidened by
the news, hospital attendants said.
She dreaded to have H happen,"
one reported, "although she felt
it would probably be the best
thing."
Murray Avers CIO to Close
Doors on ileft Wing Elements
By Norman Walker
ATLANTIC CITY. N.J., May
M-t-TVThe CIO Sttelworkers
unions said today communists
and socialists would not be per
mitted "to innltrate, dictate or
meddle in our affairs' In endors
ing unanimously
a poKcy state-
ment read by
Philip Murray.
CIO
President
Murray, who
also heads
the
steelworkers, presented the
statement at the opening session
of the union's "victory!' conven
tion and made it clear the policy
applied to all CIO uniohs.
The CIO chiefs declaration
was taken "as a reply! to AFL
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Owners Still -Oppose
Welfare Fund Levy
WASHINGTON, May j li.-OSoft coal operators tonight
reaffirmed their opposition to the principle of the seven per cent
payroll levy for a miners -welfare fund demanded by John L.
Lewis, shattering anv hone of immediate ttlmnt nf th nul
controversy, but the long dormant' talks between the railroad
operating unions and management i : '
were revived
President Truman interceded in
the railroads dispute in an effort
to stave ! off a nationwide! rail
strike set for Saturday
Bituminous coal mine operators,
however, reaffirmed their opposi
tion to John L. Lewis demand for
a seven per cent payroll levy for
a miner s Welfare fund.
Ne steee iaa
A report from one who attended
last night a operators meeting said
there was "no recession from their
former opposition of adamant op
position to the acceptance of a
tax on payroll or a royalty on the
coal, to go to Lewis for his un
checked use."
The producers reply to Lewis
will be handed to the UMW chief
tomorrow j after another meeting,
and to President Truman, who, had
requested a report on progress of
negotiations by Wednesdsy night.
Sole Usuea Management
Lewis had demanded sole union
management of a health and wel
fare fund based on the levy. He
said he would negotiate no con
tract '-'nowl or : later, that does not
provide such a fund." The opera
tors had estimated Lewis demand
would cost them $70,000,000 a
year. . -" -
Earlier, a house Judiciary sub
committee i approved a bin which
members said : would outlaw em
ployer payments to such a fund.
Similar legislation Is pending in
the senate, but an organized ef
fort by a group of senators stalled
off any action for several days.
U.S., Britain Vie
For Island liases
WASHINGTON, May 14-CT)-
The United States and Britain
were reported today to be making
satisfactory progress toward ! an
agreement ' on control of several
disputed, strategic ally located
Islands In the Pacific.
Acting Secretary of State
Acheson officially disclosed that
talks were under way between
Washington and London evi
dently as part of the postwar ne
gotiations undertaken by the gov
ernment to create a permanent
chain of land, sea and air bases
in the Atlantic and Pacific.
Acheson Stands
Behind MacArthur
TOKYO, iWednesday. May 15.-
(JPy-Any attempt by the four-power
allied council for Japan to dis
cuss or debate essential MacArth
ur directives before they are is
sued to Japan's government would
constitute an entirely unjustifi
able obstruction" to the occupa
tion, its American chairman.
George Acheson, Jr., declared to
day.
He replied to a Russian proposal
that SCAP (supreme commander,
allied powers) include on the
council agenda the drafts of or
ders he was. intending to issue.
TO DISCUSS LABOR OFFICE
The advisability of setting up a
farm labor office in Silverton will
be under discussion today as Gla
dys Turnbull, county farm labor
assistant, inte rvlewi Silverton
business men on the need for an
office there.
President William Green who. In
a speech last Saturday at Ashe
ville, N.C., accused the CIO of
harboring communist elements.
Green spoke In starting an AFL
organization drive in the south in
competition with the CIO's or
ganizing campaign in those states.
The steel workers, celebrating
their 10th anniversary as a labor
organization, approved the policy
statement as being "devoted to
sound and constructive American
objectives" and having "only con
tempt and indignation for those
who dare toj impugn our; patrio
tism and our Americanism."
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Byrnes Asks
Big 4 Adjourn
Until June 15
PARIS. May lf-jty-U.S; Sec
retary of State James F. Byrnes
proposed tonight , that the four
power conference f foreign min
isters adjourn until
ing meanwhile to
June IS. try-
recooctle its
differences, and that the 2 1 -na
tion peace conference be; con
voked at once for July 1 or 13.
The American secretary in a
formal statement said the confer
ence should recognize frankly that
divisions exist and ishould fulfill
its obligations te the allied na
tions by setting a definite date
for the peace conference. If the
date is not set novf. he said, it
should be set at the! June 15 ses
sion. - I .
Byrnes also. asked the foreign
ministers to sign revised ar
mistice, with Italy, immediately to
case Italy's burden.! - '
The British , and French deley
gations concurred, j The soviet
delegation, however,' sought time)
to discuss the proposals.
Students Win
Oregon state system of higher
education scholarships, each rep
resenting $73 In tuition fees, have
been awarded to Vivian May
Boyce, Carolyn Davis and Rarno
na Evans, Salem high school sen
iors. - j
Miss Boyce, active In Tri-Y.
school band and the) Aesculpapl
ans club,, plans to attend Oregon
College of Education Monmouth,
Miss Davis, Girls' league secre
tary and National Honor society
member; is to major in home ec
onomics at Oregon State college.
Miss Evans is to major in Jour
nalism at University, of Oregon,
continuing there the work she has
undertaken as a hobby in high
school, where she is a member of
Clarion and Viking staffs. She ie
a member of Science club and the
National Honor society.
Army Food Said
Bad in Nippon
n iis.is.ij. japan, weonesaay. May
lSMyTV-General Eisenhower de
cided today that efficiency of the
army forces in Japan was high
but troops ere eating poorly-pre
pared food. Two non-coms told
him the chow was fbum" and
not so good." j
Efficiency of army forces la
Japan is "far above what I could
possibly expect," Eisenhower re
ported at a press conference con
cluding his three-day inspection,
tour. And he issued prompt- or-,
ders to improve its mess.
British Loan Measure
Clears House Hurdle
WASHINGTON, May
The British loan cleared its first
formidable hurdle in the house
today as that body shelved a res- f
olution that would have nullified
senate approval of the $3,T50,000,- '
000 transaction. I
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