Besieged
Kecommendsj Use 01
Corporation Taxes
House Passes Own Ijay Boost
By Wendell Webb J "
Managing Editor. The Statesman
The first major recommendation of the house tax committee - -the
use of an estimated $37,500,000 in corporate income tax to help bal
ance the state's budget for the next biennium - - was ready for the
legislature today.
The committee, accused last week by Gov. Douglas McKay of .
"dilly-dallying," voted 8 to 3 late Monday to limit the plan (uV tax
normally is used only to reduce the property levy) to two years, and
then voted 7 to 4 to have the legislature itself approve the action with
out referral- to the people. 1
The recommendation of the committee, which also voted to kill
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Snow accumulations all over
the Columbia basin territory pose
a serious flood threat for 1949.
The depth is greatly in excess of
normal and the water content fS
greater because the snow has been
packed and frozen. But whether
there will be floods or not depends
on the rate of the runoff, and that
deoends on weatner conaiuona m
the months an
Usually thefloods in the Wil
lamette basin are in winter, rare
ly as late asiJarch. They are due
to the combination of heavy rains
and temperatures high enough to
speed up the snow melt In the
mountains. The floods on the Co
lumbia come later. The heavy run
off of the Snake which drains
central and southern Idaho us
ually precedes that of the upper
Columbia and gets out of the way
of the latter. If there is a sud
den warm spell, as in late May
last year, to hasten the melt in the
Sockies, then the flood danger on
lower-levels is increased.
A Portland engineer, F. R
Echenck, made a study of records
a few months back and came to
the conclusion that in the past the
great depth of snow, especially if
accumulated all through the win
ter, did not usually cause floods.
because the packed snow ana ice
melt morealowly than loose snow,
The experience of last year alontf
the Columbia however gives res
idents along the river and the au
thorities crave concern. At
Washington hearing last week Lt.
Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler assur
ed a committee of the senate that
the army engineers would do all
they could to help if flood condi
tions develop. But when the great
rivers swell and overflow their
banks about all that can be done
Is to rescue people and livestock
from the path of the waters and
protect property as much as pos
sible. Real flood control is a long
time construction Job, using levees
and dams.
Jlfa best we can do now is to
hope the weather doesn't become
summery too fast; but those who
live in the path of possible floods
should be on the alert to avoid
disaster.-
Speculators in
Market During
Price Decline
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -(JFT-
Speculators apparently were ac
tive on the commodity marke
when farm prices nosedived this
month, the agriculture department
reported today. It said that deal
ings on futures markets stepped
up sharply right at that time.
Grains, fats and oils and some
ether commodities hit the lowest
marks since OPA days. But ag
riculture officials said they have
n't found out yet whether price
ed buying and selling tactics
caused the break.
Secretary of Agriculture Bran
nan ordered the investigation,
saying he couldn't see anything
to Justify the decline normally.
Today's report was on a prelim
inary inquiry. -
The agriculture department
echoed Brannan's views in a fore
cast that food prices will edge off
this year but not break sharply.
Animal "Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"Gtrbige service? How nice!
How much do you charge for
four garbage?"
Com m i ttee
! a proposed gross income lax on
business arid a 3 per cent tax on
corporation dividends, transcend
ed in importance any Monday ac
tion on the; floor of either the sen
ate or house.
But even so, house passage (33
to 27) of a bill to increase legis
lators' pay shared the Monday
spotlight. iThe bill would give
legislators i $1,200 a biennium
(compared I with $400 currently).
It now goes to the senate.
Meanwhile, legislative action
was completed on the memorial
requesting s federal protest over
the persecution of Cardinal Mind
zsenty and. on the bill requiring
persons to be residents of Oregon
to hunt oh their own property
without a license. Rep. J. D. John
son of Tigard cast a lone vote
against the Mindzsenty memori
al, explaining he believed protest
ant leaders also should be in
cluded.
The house passed and sent - to
the senate 10 bills including those
reducing the national guard age
limit from 1 18 to 17, giving pref
erence to veterans in civil service,
letting blind persons choose their
own assistants in marking ballots
and removing 1,100 acres from a
game refuge in eastern Polk
county. J3k,.
Would Return Co-ops
The senate passed and sent to
the house four bills, including one
returning flax cooperatives at Mt
Angel, Canby and Springfield to
the owners; who surrendered title
some years : ago to allow state par
ticipation in federal flax funds.
Defeated in the house was a bill
to increase the fund available for
veterans' farm and home loans. Op
ponents said it was not necessary
Present base is 3 per cent of the
state's assessed valuation. The bill
would have boosted it to 4 per cent
The house received only one new
bill Monday a substitute meas
ure for a proposal to change the
livestock branding law but the
senate got 1 3 new ones.
New Bills Entered
Among the latter were those pro
hibiting advertising signs within
300 feet of a road; putting public
or cooperative utility districts un
der the public utilities commission
er; outlawing racing bookmaking:
asking congress to admit 400,000
displaced persons and requesting
federal legislation for 1,500,000
low-cost housing units ; throughout
the nation, f
The bills io lower the voting age
to 18 and reapportion the state's
legislative representation were ap
proved by th senate elections
committee and will reach the floor
with adverse reports. The reappor
tionment bill sought to' give Mult
nomah county one-third of the leg
islative strength.' It now has about
one-fifth.
Governor! McKay's criticism of
the house tax committee came in
for considerable comment at the
Monday sessions.
Committee Chairman Ralph
Moore, prior to his group's recom
mendation n the corporation tax,
said "we are not going to be forced
into action by anyone. It takes time
to formulate a tax program that . . .
might affect Oregon for a whole
generation. . . The governor hasn't
even called me into his office to
discuss taxes." "
McKay pets Comment
Speaker of the House Frank
VanDyke said from the rostrum
that the press had "misinterpreted"
some of his remarks and that he
had "full faith" in Moore's com
mittee. Rep. John I. Sell of The Dalles, j
tax committee member, said of the
governor's statement that "I don t
appreciate the compliment."
The corporation income tax is
considered the most i important
plank of the tax program.
Other main proposals, still to be
reported oni call for repeal of the
withholding tax on income, repeal
ing the credit for federal income
taxes against state income taxes,
and referring to the people a pro
posal that the present; $50,000,000
income tax surplus be spent to bal
ance the budget, build college
buildings, build state institution
buildings, and provide more funds
for schools.!
Both the senate and house will
resume at 10 a. m. today.
(Additional details page 3)
PLANE FOUND: ALL DEAD
LIMA, Peru, Feb. 14-OPr-All 16
persons aboard a Faucett air liner
which crashed in the Peruvian
Andes last J Thursday have been
found dead,- reliable reports from
Huanuco said today. One body
was identified as that of the pilot,
William Carmichael Whyte of Dal
las, Texas.
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today and tonight with scattered rain
showers. Hirra today near 45. Low to
night near 32.
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Camp Adair
Senate Leaders
Blast 'Moral'
Promise of Aid
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -i&y-
Bi-partisan foreign policy leaders
of the U5. senate served notice
today that they would not stand
for any "moral" commitment to go
to war in the North Atlantic secur
ity treaty.
The proposed treaty. Intended to
bulwark the west against attack
from Russia, is being negotiated
now by the U.S., Canada. Britain,
France, The Netherlands and Lux
embourg. The warning that the VS. could
not be committed in advance to
fight in case of an attack on a for
eign nation was given by Chair
man Connally (D-Tex) of the sen
ate foreign relations committee and
former chairman Vandenberg (R
Mlch). They spoke out in the sen
ate after Senator Donnell (R-Mo)
had raised the question.
Donnell cited an Associated Press
dispatch, which recited the points
Secretary of State Acheson was
understood to have made in a re
cent talk with Foreign Minister
Halvard Lange of Norway.
One of these points was that, al
though only corferess can declare
war, the U.S. government would
subscribe to the principle that an
attack on one signatory to the
treaty would be an attack on all.
This would be interpreted, it was
said, as a moral commitment to
fight.
Connally said he would not favor
any language in the proposed se
curity agreement "which would
morally commit us to fight."
Vandenberg said he expects the
pact to reserve to congress "the
complete right of decision" on what
to do about an armed attack.
Observing that there would be
no "automatic commitment," he
added, however:
"Obviously, something is meant
by a. general assertion that we find
common interest in our mutual
safety."
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No-Pflot Plane Vanishes
After Three-hour Cruise
FORT LEWIS, Wash., Feb. 14
UPy- Pilotless and flying erratic
ally, a small army scout plane
vanished today after causing con
sternation for three hours in resi
dential sections between here and
neighboring Tacorna.
Seven hours after the plane's
gas should have been exhausted
officials at nearby McChord air
force base said no report had
been, received on its whereabouts.
Absence of any report on the
wandering aircraft led authorities
to believe it crashed either in the
heavily woodod mountains to the
east or In Puget Sound.
The plane, a two-place liaison
type (L-16), took off on its own
at 11:15 a. m. (PST) from Gray
field, small military airport on
this reservation. With tabs set for
climbing, it burrowed into a cloud
Layer at 3,000 feet.
Later it was reported briefly
over American lake. Still later,
Tacoma's McKinley Hill residents
heard a plane motor muttering in
the clouds.
Almost exactly at the hour
when its gasoline supply should
soon
The Oregon
Becoming Civilian9; Army Reminders Abide
Pioneer Sons
Fete Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 14 -(P)
Sons and daughters of Oregon pio
neers celebrated the 90th birthday
anniversary of Oregon statehood
tonight in a big Valentine day
party here.
Mary Elizabeth Meek, 17, great
granddaughter of Pioneer Oregon
ian Joe Meek, was presented to
the assembly os Miss Oregon of
1949. Another pioneer day name
figures In the festivities when Ja
son Lee, not a kin of the Methodist
missionary, however, made the
principal address.
Congress admitted Oregon to
statehood Feb. 14, 1859.
Norway Said
Ready to Join
LONDON. Feb. 14 Nor
wegian Foreign Minister Halvard
Lange was quoted today by Scan
dinavian diplomats as saying he
believes his country will Join the
North Atlantic alliance as a found
ing member.
The Scandinavian sources said
Lange came away from his recent
conferences in Washington with
the knowledge that the United
States will refuse priority on arms
deliveries to nations or groups of
nations outside the planned At
lantic security system.
Sweden has proposed that she
and Norway and Denmark enter a
Scandinavian defense alliance
whjch would not be linked with
any other grouping of nations.
'Spnrk of Humor9
In Parking Space
Rep. Douglas Yeater got his bill
passed by the house Monday evew
though he injected considerable of
St. Valentine's day into his argu
ment. It was a bill giving the high
way commission $5,700 to increase
parking facilities between the su
preme court and the state office
buildings.
"They need additional sparking
space." Yeater said inadvertently.
have been exhausted (2 hours and
40 minutes after the takeoff), the
sounds above McKinley Hill
ceased. No plane came down
through the clouds overhead, how
ever. Neither the smashing of
broken fuselage nor any splash
of a plane diving into Puget
Sound, nearby, followed.
The odyssey began, when ,LL
Herbert A. Winters," pilot, .step
ped out of the plane and cranked
the propellor by hand, with the
throttle at idling speed.-Cpl. Wil
liam G. Keiser, riding in the rear
seat, reached forward to open the
door as the lieutenant started back
to his pilot's seat. By accident, his
hand shoved the throttle control
to the full throttle position.
Winters was left standing as the
plane taxied down the field. Kei
ser, desperate, rolled out of the
speeding plane, breaking his leg
and knocking out teeth as he felL
The plane rose raggedly from the
field, bounced off a tank, knock
ing off at least half of its land
ing gear, and climbed to the overcast.
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Statesman, Salem, Oreaon. Tuesday. February 15. 1949
Group Okehs
$2 Million for
Detroit Project
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 - (JP) -More
millions for Pacific North
west power and reclamation ps
Jects were approved today by the
house appropriations committee.
The total came to f 25.047,000.
The house committee's action
coincided with Secretary of De
fense Forrestal's plea that the
army engineers speed construction
of 19 dams to generate vitally need
ed power in the northwest.
Forrestal said, in a letter made
public today, that the nation's
power situation was acute, with
the greatest shortage in the Paci
fic northwest. ,
Moneys given the house com
mittee okeh were included in an
omnibus deficiency appropriation
bill of $466,882,177. (The measure
has that title because it is design
ed to make up the deficit between
available funds and the amount to
be spent). The breakdown for
northwest is:
$10,500,000 for McNary and Chief
Joseph dams on the Columbia riv
er and the ice harbor dam on the
Snake river, all in Washington.
$4,500,000 for Columbia basin re
clamation projects.
$2,500,000 for emergency flood
control work in the Columbia ba
sin. $2,000,000 for the Detroit dam in
Oregon.
The house committee's recom
mendations are subject to house
and senate approval.
U.S. Sen. Guy Cordon and U.S.
Rep. Walter Norblad sent word
Monday that the house appropria
tions committee has approved an
additional $2,000,000 appropriation
for the Detroit dam project.
This would be in addition to the
regular appropriation coming up
in congress later. The congress
members from Oregon sent tele
grams to Salem Chamber of Com
merce. Judge Orders
End to Delay
NEW YORK, Feb. 14-UP-Fed-eral
Judge Harold R. Medina today
ordered the defense for 11 indicted
UJS. communists leaders to halt
temporarily its attack on the fed
eral jury system here.
The defense retaliated with a
charge that the judge had commit
ed a "plain, clear, reversible er
ror" and asserted that "we will
leave it to a higher court to erad
icate some of the errors committed
here."
TVixicab Driver
'Identifies9 Robber
f Willard Rushing. Seattle, was ar
rested by city police early Tuesday
morning at a downtown hotel on a
charge of grand larceny, for King
county, Washington. His wife, Tina
Rushing, was under arrest on a
vagrancy charge.
Rushing was identified by W. C.
Linniger, 633 Ferry st. Yellow cab
driver, as the man who robbed him
of $21 at gun point Saturday morn
ing and took off with his cab. The
cab was later located by state po
lice on a side road off the Dallas-
Independence junction in Polki
county.
OouflsiDud
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ma
n
Camp Adair southwest of Salem
a few years ago one of the na
tion's great army training een
ters. Is becoming civilianised
again. What has become of the
55,000,00-acre tract? These pic
tures help Illustrate It. Top left
shows one of two newly comple
ted homes built by Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Cooke on the E. L. Baker
farm, Daughter Evelyn, . eighth
grader at Monmouth school, Is
In doorway. But there remain
many mate testimonies to dis
mantling and pilfering, such as
the windowleaa, doorless house
at top right White oak flooring
and all plumbing and wiring
have been removed. Low
er left is one of the many signs
once dotting the military area.
A few, such as this one, remain
as a reminder of the huge man
euvers once held there. At low
er right is an anti-tank practice
type mine which Alfred Cook
ploughed up In his field and la
ter placed In a tree where he
"unloaded" It with a shot from
his gun. (Statesman farm pho
tos).
2 0SC Faculty
Releases Called
Due to Politics
CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 14-VP)
-Two junior faculty members at
Oregon State college asserted to
day they were being dismissed be
cause of political activity. They
said they were active members of
the progressive party.
The two are L. R. La Vallee, an
assistant professor of economics,
and Dr. Ralph W. Spitzer, associ
ate professor of chemistry. La Val
lee joined the faculty in 1948,
Spitzer in 1946.
Both said they would carry the
case to the faculty committee on
appeals and to the American asso
ciation of Universit7 Professors.
President A. L. Strand of Ore
gon State reported that the two had
not been made permanent staff
members and were being let loose
before they could expect perman
ent tenure.
An Oregonlan reporter quoted
Dr. Strand as saying "We have
decided we donl want either one
of them. Their very activity in
dicates we would not make per
manent members of the staff out
of them. Anybody's politics is all
right down here, but ... I don't
think I'd better say anything fur
ther. You see, I don't have to give
them a statement, because that is
precisely what they want.'
Mt. Angel Co-op Learns
Of Slight Business Drop
By Lillle L. Madsen
Farm Editor, Tha Statesman
MT. ANGEL, Feb. 14 While
business volume of the Mt. Angel
Farmers Union Warehouse co
operative was slightly down from
the previous year, the total 1948
volume was still $1,086,158.45, re
ports given by Sylvester Schmitt,
manager, and Harvey A. Michael
is, accountant, showed at the an
nual meeting, Monday.
Total volume of business In
1937, the first year of operation,
was $29,402. That year net mar
gin was $1,928.30, in comparison
to the 1948 net margin of $62,356.
71. "Value of the physical plant
was set at $145,370.74; current
assets were listed at $255,433.57,
with other assets at $20,443.62,
making a total of $421,247.93. To
tal patrons equities were shown
at $396,525.53. Improvements
made during 1948, including the
new grain elevator, were listed at
$101,083.23.
While the three speakers, all
from Pacific Supply company,
were somewhat optimistic as to
the Immediate future, they sound
ed a note of warning. Don Gilles
pie, manager of the feed and seed
division, speaking on farm crop
outlook, said he "would stick his
neck out far enough to predict a
50 cent drop in wheat prices for
next season." He said European
Price 5c
No. 289
City Backs
Bus Line
To Coast
By Robret E. Gangware
Cay tkliior. The Statesman
Proposed new bus service di
reel irom Salem to the coast won
the endorsement of the Salem city
council Monday night at city hall
The council also reaffirmed its
non - business zoning policy for
the capitol area, decided to thresh
out the Baldock highway improve
ment recommendations for Salem
on March 14 and ordered a study
of extension of North Commercial
street to the North River road
The bus service proposed by
John Ratzlaff of Albany would
start with two round trips daily
between Salem and Newport on
a tnrougn run of 2 V. hours, pro'
vided approval is obtained from
the state public utilities commis
sion after a public hearing March
21.
At Mayor R. L. Elfstrom's sug
gestion, the council ordered a for
mal resolution favoring such bus
service io De prepared for pre-J
eniauon at me rut; nearing. ine
proposed bus route from Salem
is via Dallas, Valley Junction,
Otis, Oceanlake and other coast
communities south to Newport.
Zone to Stay Restricted
Council members went on re
cord to oppose any further busi
ness encroachment into the re
stricted capitol zone from the
statehouse north to a half block
beyond Center street, at the re
quest of the state board of con
trol which indicated the legisla
ture is now considering appropria
tions for state construction and
wants assurance that the city will
maintain its capitol zone policy.
Roy Mills, secretary of the
board of control, told aldermen he
expected the board soon to ask
also that the city maintain .its
class II residential zone north
from the capitol zone beyond Un
ion street to North Mill creek.
The long range planning commis
slon has already recommended
that the state buildings area eveifeJ
tually extend that far nortn. witn
In this area a business zone e
tabllshment Is now being request
ed by Carl Engstrom and William
E. Foren for a 92-foot frontage
on Nortn capitol near union
street.
Street Extension Studied
The North Commercial street
extension study was advised by
Alderman David O'Hara on be
half of north Salem citizens who
since annexation of a north Sa
lem area two years ago have urg
ed that Commercial be Joined with
the North River road.
The city already has acquired
rlff-ht - of - way for extending
Commercial from Hickory to Try
on avenue, with the work of road
laying expected to coincide with
laying of the interceptor sewer
there. Distance from Tryon to the
river road is about 300 feet. Com
mercial street Is not Improved
north of Columbia.
Backers of the extension plan
ooint out that such sn improve
ment would greatly aid traffic
Into north Salem areas from Kei
zer. Manbrin Gardens and other
communities to the north.
(Additional details on page 2)
POEE NAMED TO COURT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -UPh
President Truman nominated
Walter L. Pope of Missoula, Mont.t
today to the ninth circuit court
of appeals, which includes Ore
gon.
and Balkan countries have sur
pluses to export; India is looking
elsewhere for more favorable
shipping connections. Red clover
seed growers might, he said, have
a "tough time" of it, too, b,-ause
of the large supply, but the vetch
outlook was "very good." Gilles
pie complimented the quality of
barley received from the Mt. An
gel plant in 1948, and laid this to
the better handling facilities.
W. B. Harris, speaking on the
importance of a sound credit poli
cy, urged the Mt. Angel coopera
tive to adopt a definite credit pro
gram. G. A. Fitzpatrick indicated
nitrogen fertilizers would continue
to be short in supply, condition
of phosphate supply was Improv
ing and potash was ample. The
importance of organic fertilizers
could not be over-emphasized, he
said, listing these as barnyard
fertilizers, composts and cover
crops.
O. J. Schlottmann, who presid
ed, Albert W. Bochsler and Ber
nard Smith were all re-elected
for two-year terms on the board
of directors. The 1943 certificates
would be called in, and 94 new
members were shown for 1948.
Music was furnished by Paul
ine Saalfeld and Eustelle Bauman,
vocal, accompanied by Helen Ke
ber; and Arthur, Margaret and
Stella Dummer, in accordion, vio
lin and piano trios.
LnJDu,
H igh way
Damage
'Worst'
Salem's weather settled down I
Monday to the usual winter run i
ram. After a brief return of icy
weather Saturday and Sunday,
the weatherman turned on the j
faucet again, adding .60 inch of E
rainfall to the year's total. t
Elsewhere in Oregon the story !
was pretty much the same. Rain t
fell all through the Willamette
valley Monday and more snow I
piled up in the mountains. Inland L
drifts canceled Union Pacific plana j
to renew transcontinental trri ,
service. Tracks were closed In the
Rocky mountains again after a I s
brief break. .; i
Fifty-five guests at Timberline T"
lodge were marooned by new I
snow piling on top of a record 200 f
inches. Fitteef automobiles were !
covered by the new blanket.
Road Damage $2 Million j
The national guard "haylift" j
stepped up its service for isolated j
stock In the Ontario area Monday, 1
flying 15 tons of hay into the area, i
Roads to Isolated ranches were
expected to be opened soon;
Meanwhile state highway engi- i
neers took survey of freeze- ij
damaged roads and estimated t
$2,000,000 outlay for repairs. R. j
H. Baldock called the winter frost ij'
the worst since the highway de-
partment began maintaining road
in 1920. Three thousand miles of ,
state secondary roads, which have '
a thin covering of macadam, suf
fered most of the damage, Baldock
Highway maintenance crew
began the big task of clearing the
Santiam highway of the avalanche ,
which covered 500 feet of . tha
route. The Job may take several !
days, a'maintenance engineer said, i
Both the north and south routea !
have been closed by a snow Slide
at Hogg rock. I-,
Stock Tell Totaled
1
By tha Associated Press : '
Whistling winds stirred up new
ground blizzards in Wyoming and
Idaho Monday as a government
count listed 178,000 head of live- !
stock dead from blizzards in four
western states. f
However. In the Nebraska- :!
South Dakota disaster area week- -end
snow and high winds moder- ;
ated and temperatures climbed.
giving relief workers the chance '
to restart digging-out operations, i
Some Idea of the previous bliz- '
sard toll was given by an agrl
cultural department survey ; that
81,000 cattle and 97,000 sheep and :
lambs had died In Colorado, Wy-
oming. South Dakota, and ' Ne- ,.
braska up to February 1. Addi- ;'
tional losses are expected. ; ' '
Hayllft Extendi f;
i The Union Pacific's newly open-
ed tracks In Wyoming drifted i
closed again between Rock river )
and Wamsutter before a train ;
went through. The U. P. had Just I
moved Its last stranded train out :
of Wyoming yesterday. j;;
The Nevada haylift, which was
to have ended last Sunday night, '
was extended two or three days !
when a number of urgent re
quests poured in. In Idaho, civil r
air patrol planes dropped food to '
two families near Twin Falls.
The week-end blizzard In I the ,
storm - distressed mid - continent f;
was the "worst In two weeks. It f
halted temporarily some relief ;
work in South Dakota, Wyoming j
and Nebraska and spread into six it
counties of North Dakota. R
After the snow came the sev- 1
ere cold. Big Flney, wyo,ihaa
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Class Leaders
Selected by
Willamette VI
Elections at Willamette univer
sity Monday filled 14 of 20 class
posts for the spring semester in
an all-school vote. Runoff election
is slated for next Tuesday, ac
cording to Albert McMullen, Tart,
student body vice president, ft
Robert Bailey. Salem, was elect
ed senior class president for the
new semester, and Richard End-
sley. Hood River, was elected soph
omore president. f
Other, students elected were;
Seniors Harry Ryan, Eureka,
Calif., vice president; Mary Wil
cox, Salem, treasurer; Barbara Mil
ler, Troutdale, secretary (uncon
tested); Morris McElwee, Salem,
sergeant-at-arms and Patricia
Holtz, Portland, publicity manager
(uncontested).
Juniors Robert Muhr, St Hel
ens, vice president; Beatrice NagL
Aurora, secretary, and Joan Clou
dy, Ketchikan, Alaska, treasurer.
Sophomores Donald Carpenter,
Portland, sergeant-at-arms. !
Freshmen Constance Bailey,
Piedmont. Calif., secretary; Pris
cilla Botkin, Bend, treasurer, and
Dan Montag, Portland, and Lois
Prediletto, Vancouver, Wash-, ser-geants-at-arms.
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Candidates running for remainr
ing posts are: - - '
Junior president, Gordon Cline,
Burlingame, Calif- and Kenneth
Holmes, Albany. Sophomores, Vice
g resident. Colleen Whiteman, Hood
iver and Mary Scott, Bend; trea
surer, Ludene Ha r grave,? Portland
and Charles Robins, Salem. Fresh
men, president, Sherman Bliss. Sa
cramento, Calif., and Donald Ben
son, Bend; vice president, Donald
Pritchett, Bend and Harry Sum
mers, Powers. f