The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, May 11, 1950, Page 1, Image 1

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Th Oregon Statesmen Satan, Oregon, Thundery, May 11, 1S50
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President " Airs Four-Point
Plan to Benefit 'All People-
1 By Jack Bell
- PENDLETON, Ore., May 10-P)
President Truman said tonight that
real $4,000 a year income is in
eight for every hard-working fam
ily within ten years.
. He emphasized that he was talk,
lng about doubling in terms of liv
ing standards the present average
$2,000 yearly Earnings of one
fourth of American families in the
low income bracket, not just bal
looning the amount In cheap dol
lars. -" -', . . . "
This goal can ' be - reached, the
president said in a public address,
by lifting the nation's output of
goods and services to $350,000,000,
000 by 1960 a gain of one-third
over present levels.
In the fifth major speech of a
fi nno-mile tour covering Iff states,
Mr- Truman outlined a four-point
nroirram he said would be "for tne
benefit of all the people and not
A California legislative commit
tee ii getting into the act, probing
lor reds around the University of
California campus; and this Just
' after the faculty emphatically ap
proved ban on communists as
teachers and accepted a plan for
a statement of non - communist
affiliation. The ' committee came
up with a shocker on its second
day when an ex-red testified she
had attended a closed CP meeting
In theJiome of Dr. J. Robert Op
penheimer at , Berkeley in 194L
She- identified him by a photo
graph. Dr. Oppenheimer promptly
denied the accusation of commu
nist connection; tnd it seems ab
surd on its face. If he had been
linked with the reds It would have
come put long ago, for Dr. Op-
penheimer was one ot the top
physicists on the atomic bomb
project, and the FBI surely has
X-rayed him for colorl Oppen
formerly on the fa
culty of the U of C, but now is
director of the Institute for Ad
! vanced Studies at Princeton.
Tf the bandvina about of these
charges were not so serious one
would say they are reaching the
silly stage. I am reminded of what
the history books tell of the later
period of the reign or terror in me
vonrh revolution. So many peo
ple were being Informed against
. and sent in the tumbrils to the
immotine that some wag coined
this declension: ,
I am suspect '.I . '
You are suspect
He is suspect
We are suspect . c
You are suspect
' They are suspect." .
! Tn other words, everybody sus
a xtrv. If m hat far ft had
reached the ridicule stage: and
' rirfieule Is often the savior of
' (Continued on editorial page 4)
Cops Save Burglar
From Angry Victims
NEW YORK, May 10 -0?V A
rescued by police" today from
16-year-old burglary suspect was
. SO angry Bronx housewives who
mobped him after his arrest on
charges of illegally, entering an
apartment.
The suspect, Julius Morera, told
detectives as they whisked him off
' to Jail: "Gee, I'm glad you guys
got here in time.
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EGYPT BANS "UFE
CAIRO. May 10 -UP)- The coun
til of ministers -: tonight banned
Life magazine from Egypt for
ever. All .issues now on sale will
be confiscated. No reason was giv-
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SALEM PRECIPITATION
Thla Year Lt Year Normal
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Animal Cracltcrs
B WARREN GOODRICH
"Oh. yth? We, Betty Cr
U$ on h$ two legiT
OtF
mo cms
just for the special interests."
He called lor:
I -Private owners of Industry,
with the government helping
through resources development,
tax policies, housing and small
business aid, to meet "the urgent
need for further investment and
improvement in industry plants
and methods. .
2 An expansion of purchasing
power through the development of
new markets and raising the liv
ing standards of the poorest fam
ilies. .' ' '"-... - : ' .
. 3 Maintenance of a "sound bal
ance in the programs of our 'gov
ernment with a reduction in taxes
and' the balancing of the federal
budget just as soon as we safely
can."
... .4 Improvement of American
economic relations with the rest
of the world.
Mr. Truman said he" wants to
Nebraska
Mecede; IS CliBled
By the Associated Presa
Floodwaters born of torrential' rains receded in southeastern
Nebraska Wednesday after taking a toll of 18 lives and hundreds of
thousands of dollars of property damage.
The ebbing waters yielded up 13 bodies of the IB persons counted
victims. Observers said some
bodies may be buried in debris
and silt and never found again.
The biggest cleanup job is at
De Witt, about 30 miles south of
Lincoln, which Sheriff John Te-
sar described as "one big mud
pie. - - But many communities in
six counties were devastated.
; Women and children were urg
ed to move out of Winnipeg to
lighten the burden of the Mani
toba capital's fight against the
still rising waters of the Red river.
Winnipeg's population is 350,000.
While Morton said his request
was not an order, more than 10,
000 residents of a , southern sub
urb. St Vital, were ordered to
pack up and leave within three
days. The order came from May
or El wood Bole.
Royal Canadian mounted po
lice announced plans to remove
all remaining persons from both
banks of the Red river between
Winnipeg and the U. S. border
some 65 miles to the south.
Flood refugees had been pour
ing into Winnipeg, and Morton
said the congestion was overtax
ing public utilities and was "un
desirable from a health stand
point Clark County
Sheriff, Aides
Found Guilty
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 10
UP)- The sheriff of Clark county
and two of his deputies were
found guilty of drunkenness by a
six - man justice court jury to
day.
Sheriff Earl N. Anderson was
fined $100, and his deputies, Wil
liam Scott and Arthur Swick,
were fined $50 each.
The jury deliberated one hour
and 50 minutes, after hearing evi
dence for two days.
The sheriff himself admitted
that he and other deputies had
drunk a fifth of whiskey after the
day's work on March 25.
The original complainant. Gray
ston Crull, had charged the men
were intoxicated when they went
to the H. E. Cusic, sr., home the
night of March 25 to investigate
a report on the kidnaping of Jo
Ann pewey.
Life Term! Given I
Ohio Student for
Slaying 'Brother9 .
COLUMBUS. O.. May 10 -fP-
James D. Heer, whose drinking
spree at a college fraternity party
led to the slaying of a fellow stu
dent, was sentenced to life im
prisonment tonight. - !
, A Jury convicted the former
Ohio State university freshman of
second degree murder..
Jack T. McKeown, 21 -year-old
managing editor of the univer
sity's student newspaper, was shot
to death last Nov. 12 after a home
coming party given by Delta Tau
Delta fraternity. .
McKeown was trying to disarm
Heer after he emerged from the
fraternity's house waving a .45
caliber automatic pistol. Heer,
also 21, was a fraternity pledge
McKeown was a member. .
Red Probers Invite ;
Oppenheimer Denial
OAKLAND, Califs May 10-CP)
A committee - investigating com
munism today Invited Dr. J. Rob
ert Oppenheimer to deny "under
oath" that he attended a com
munist meeting In Berkeley . in
Oppenheimer. former head o:
the Los Alamos atom bomb labo
ratory, was named yesterday by
a committee witness as one of
group which attended an elite
communist section meeting at his
home la Berkeley. .
stop red ink government spending
just as much as anybody else and
would like to see a tax cut. . ,
One- thing he is, not goin to do,
the president said,' Is to slash gov
ernment expenses at the cost of our
national security or national progress.-
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"As long as I am president," he
said, "we are not going to put
dollars above world peace."
He said one of the favorite
themes of "the boys who are al
ways trying to run our country
down instead of trying to build it
up, is that the government takes
all our gams away by high taxes.'
"But the truth is that the an
nuai per capita income or our
citizens after taxes has increased
in the last ten years by more than
40 per cent," he said.
Earlier today, the president spoke
at Boise, Pocatello, and Nampa,
idano, and in Oregon at Ontario,
Baker and LaGrande.
Floods
Green Wants
Higher Wages,
Lower Prices
PHILADELPHIA, May 10 -UP)
AFL President William Green as
serted today only higher wages
and lower prices can ward off
widespread unemployment. '
And then he pledged that. In
1950 the nation's largest labor un-
on will conduct an all-out drive
to bring higher pay for workers
and reduced cost of consumer
products.
'That s sound economic policy.
Green told a news conference fol
lowing a closed - door session of
the union's national executive
council.
"The Increased purchasing pow
er which will result from a high
level of wages will broaden the
market for all types of goods and
services as well as stimulating in
creased efficiency in business,"
Green said, adding:
"Business must recognize the
necessity for continually lowering
prices, or face hostile reaction
from the rest of the community.
There were other major devel
opments at meetings of the ex
ecutive council, and at a conven
tion of the Pennsylvania Federa
tion of Labor:
The executive council endorsed
sections of the Hoover report
which call for the elimination of
the general counsel of the national
labor relations board and. which
call for reorganization of the la
bor department. r-
(During senate committee hear
ings on the NL.RB plan, the form
er president informed Senator
Taft (R - Ohio) the Hoover com
mission never had recommended
wiping out the independent status
oi tne, klrb general counsel.)
BOND QUOTA LISTED
PORTLAND. May 10 -UP)- Ore
gon's quota in the "E" bond drive
opening Monday was set today
for $5,892,000. The national quota
for the May 15-July 4 drive is
$650,000,000.
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Marlon County Clerk Harlan Jadd (seated) and Assistant Clarenee Haverland are bosy these days not
nlng ef U n an addressinc machine, lists ef registered vatefs wanted by aspiring candidates. ; By law,
counties are required to provide such lists at a fee (approximately 1 cent far each voter's name and
aooressj. roe uw aoes noi speciry in wnas lorrn tne lists most be prenaea tit was passea. long oe-i
fore an addresstnc machine was Invented). Bat officials say It Is cheaper for the eennty te de tt M
cards and envelopes provided by candidates than te de it on paper provided by the eennty. ;
BreaksIUng
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WASHINGTON, May 10 John
W. Snyder, secretary . of the
treasury, who annoanced to-
nieht that a million - dollar
counterfeit ring had been brok
en by the secret service. :
MilKonDoliar
Counterfeiting
Ring Smashed
WASHINGTON, May 10-UP)-
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
announced tonight that the sec
ret service had smashed a million
dollar syndicate which passed
counterfeit, money in 28 of the
43 states; and in Canada.
The arrest of two 'men in Buf
falo, N. Y., appeared-to wind up
the case, Snyder said.
Secret Service Chief U. E.
Baughman said the group had
printed $500,000 in Canadian bill
counterfeits and about $500,000 in
U. S. money counterfeits in the
course of its operations..
Month of Work
Baughman said the syndicate
was broken up by the secret ser
vice after four months of inten
sive work. ")
Baughman told a reporter,
however, that about $45,000 in the
counterfeit U. S. moneyfake $10
and $20 federal reserve -notes
was passed on victims in 23 states,
before the ring was broken up.
Another $280,000 was seized be
fore it was put into circulation.
he added, and further counterfeit
notes may now be in the hands of
"passers," although members l
the syndicate claim they were
destroyed. (
Many Arrested
More than 10 men have been
arrested as having principal roles
in the counterfeit syndicate,
Baughman said, and another 64
persons have been picked up in
various cities on charges of act
ing as passers.
He described tne case as prob
ably the most important crack
down against counterfeiting in
years. , .' (
The syndicate's counterfeit
passing operations extended across
the country Jrom "Connecticut to
California, and Maine to Texas,"
Baughmann said.
Sunday Openings
Slated at Capitol
Summer-time practice of keep
in the capitol open on Sundays
for! touring visitors will begin
Sunday. Mar 14. according to
James McGilchrist, capitol guide,
McGilchrist said Mary Lee, Wil
lamette university junior, will as
sist him on week ends. Last sum
mer Sunday visitors at the state
house averaged about 600 per
Sunday. The building will be open
from 10 ajn. to S pjn. each Sun
day. . i
Voters9 Lists to
.Money:
Trapped Well
Rescue Team
Fails Effort
By Minutes
By George Cornell and Ed Creairh
NEW YORKy May 10-VP)-Well-digger
Dominick Atteo died in
agony today just five minutes be
fore rescuers freed him at the bot
tom of a 20-foot shaft. He had
been trapped there for 26 hours.
Half - bunded, the 49 - year - old
father of six children had fought
off pain and exhaustion, until the
last by what doctors described as
a superhuman effort of will and
courage.
Workmen tunneling under a
Brooklyn garage reached Atteo s
side at 1:10 pjn- and an hour later.
despite a minor cave-in, reported
the writhing, moaning prisoner was
"99 per cent clear." N
Death from Shock
But the last shovelsful of earth
and stone were dug away too late.
Grey r faced with fatigue. Dr.
Harold Berson emerged from the
garage floor excavation and shook
his head. ;
"He died 'just five minutes, be
fore I got to him." said the doctor,
who had been lowered repeatedly
into the collapsed well to attend
the trapped contractor. "I thought
he was going to make it. His cour
age and endurance were beyond
belief." ; "
The 25-year-old Dr- Berson said
that death resulted from shock and
exhaustion and not from the rescu
ers' activities.
Son Accuses Crews
Police applied artificial respira
tion for a long time after the body
was brought to the surface even
though the doctor said their action
was useless. -
The body was brought to the
surface at 2:40 p.m.
Atteo's attractive, 32 -year -old
second wife, Marie, who wept and
prayed at the well throughout the
long vigaL went into hysterics at
end, screaming and striking "out
at spectators. '
His son John, 28, who lowered
the cigarette that touched off an
explosion badly burning the en
tombed man last night, bitterly ac
cused the rescue crews of waiting
too long before starting the trench
that ultimately reached Atteo.
Classen Hop
Drier Burns
Statesman Ncwi Servica
DALLAS. May 10 (Special) A
hop drier on the Henry Classen
farm, six miles north of here in
the Salt Creek district, burned to
the ground late this afternoon.
The drier had not been in use
for several years and was not in
sured, the owner stated. There was
no estimate made of loss, but neigh
bors moved to safety some farm
machinery.
Mrs- Classen said that she be
lieved the blaze started from
Sparks from burning of blackberry
brush in a creek bottom about 50
feet from the drier. Power was dis
niDted bv the fire for a short time
on Mountain States power lines.
Dallas rural fire trucks answered
the call but arrived too late.
Campaigners
Bill Trimmefl
Legless Girl Awarded
$4,000 Yearly Income
SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 -UP)
Plucky Imogine Wittsche, who
will be 15 in August, said today
she was very satisfied" with the
$160,000 settlement made by the
owner of the speedboat which cut
off both her legs last June 27.
At the University of California
hospital, she smilingly displayed
her agility with crutches and the
one artificial leg she is able to
wear. It will be several months
before she can wear two. Her legs
were sheared off below the knee.
. The settlement, made by Phil
Davis, wealthy Oakland motor car
dealer, was approved in superior
court today at Placerville. A dam
Railroads Struck; j
Operations Stifled
CHICAGO, May lO-iTVLocomotive firemen struck today 'on four
key systems that carry more than a third of the nation's rail pas
sengers and a fifth of the rail freight. j
' The strike crippled operations on these lines in the east, west and
Defense Week
Observance
Set in Salem
Salem will observe National
Defense week and Armed Forces
day next week.
Under the general slogan,
Teamed for Defense," all branch
es of the military establishment
are combining efforts this year In
the first Armed Forces day, Sa
turday, May 20.
In Salem the observance is be
ing planned by reservists of all
services under chairmanship of
Comdr. Carl H. Cover, head of the
Marion county reserve officers'
association.
Dignitaries Due
Dignitaries coming to Salem for
special occasions during the week
are Rear A dm. Howard H. Good,
commandant of 13th naval dis
trict, and Vice Adm. Thomas
Gatch, retired, a native of Salem
now living in Portland.
Major public occasion announc
ed to date will be open house at
both the navy-marine training
center and the navy air facility
on Armed Forces day proper,
Other open house programs are
being planned.
Comdr. Cover said Wednesday
that local stores have agreed to
display .the colors all week and
that many stores will have ap
propriate window displays.
Clubs to Feature
National defense programs will
be presented at local meetings. In
cluding the Salem Chamber of
Commerce luncheon Monday and
the Rotary club luncheon Wednes
day. Admiral Good will speak at
both. At Rotary's meeting, he will
be introduced by Admiral Gatch.
Admiral Good, whose headquar
ters is now at Seattle,. has been
a navy officer since 1912. He was
in command of the heavy cruiser
New Orleans, under repair at
Pearl Harbor, when the Japanese
attacked. He took his ship to the
battle ; of Coral Cea and later
commanded a cruiser division at
Midway and in the South Pacific.
Comdr. Cover's planning com
mittee includes Maj. Herbert Neil
son, Robert Boardman, CoL Carle
Abrams, LA. Comdr. D. N. Morey,
Capt Richard Reynolds, Lt CoL
Robert Irvin, Comdr. Wallace Hug
and Maj. Leonard Hicks.
JENKINS NOMINATED
WASHINGTON, May 10 -UP)
Ray L. Jenkins has been nomi
nated : by President Truman as
postmaster at Toledo, Ore., to suc
ceed tne late Kosemary scneneK.
Wt STERN INTERNATIONAL,
- A Salem -T, Yakima .1 . -,
At Vancouver a, Taeoma .
r At Victoria U.-TH-Ctty 2
At Wenatchee 2, Spokane 4
COAST LKAGUat ' '-
At Portland , Sacramento 4
At San Francisco S, Oakland I
At Hollywood s.- Los Angeles 4
At Seattl 4. San Dtefo
AMERICAN USACCB ,
At Philadelphia 4, Cleveland
At Washington 7, Chicago
At New York-St. Lotus, rain. .
At Boatoa-rjeylt, rain.
NATIONAL tXAGCM
At Chicago a, Boston I
At Cincinnati 4. Brook
At Kt Tjviiia Nnf
Dklyn I
fork l
At yttUburga-PnHa4elphte. rain.
- Digger
age suit seeking $320,000 had been
brought there. - i
Judge George H.Thompson also
approved allocation of the settle
ment money, to be administered
by the Bank of America as guard
ian of the estate, in this way:
To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wittsche
of Roseville, the girl's parents,
$20,000 for past and future care;
for attorney's fees, $41,475; for
court costs, $1,750, and for I mo
gene, $96,755. - j
The Wittsches attorney, Albert
E. Sheets of Sacramento, said the
settlement would give Imogene an
income of $4,000 a year ,for life
without diminishing the principal
soutn and disrupted service on
some - other railroads that lease
tracks from the struck roads.
There were no signs of early
settlement.
The national (railway) media
tion board gave up the peace strug
gle as hopeless, several hours after
the strike was under way. The
board sent a report on the dead
lock to Washington. i
The brotherhood of locomotive
firemen and enginemen stood pat
on its demands for an extra fire
man on multiple diesel locomotives
and on small switch dlesels now
operated by a single engineer. The
carriers declared they would not
compromise,' even if the strike
spreads to other lines, j
The struck : railroads provided
emergency service, wherever pos
sible, using supervisory personnel
as nremen.
The union's strategy In calling
the strike was to avoid creating an
emergency that could justify gov
eminent seizure-
The effort of the strike was al
most instanttaneous. Coal began
piling up at western Pennsylvania
mines served by the struck Penn
sylvania railroad.
The Fisher body division of Gen
eral Motors corp. and the Midland
Steel Products Co. curtailed oper
ations in Cleveland, forcing the
layoff of 9,000 employes.- ,
Bridge Pier
Bids CaUed
New bids for construction of, the
five, piers for the new Marion
street bridge In Salem will, be
opened Friday at 9 ajn. In Port
land by the state highway com
mission.
Low bidder on an earlier call
refused the contract because of an
error in its estimate of $172,679. .
- The- project is among about $2.
500,000 worth of work for which
bids will be opened Thursday and
Friday at the monthly, commission
meeting, i
Others Include a new James
street bridge in SUvertori, a 90-
foot steel span on existing piers
over Silver creek, and a new
South Yamhill river bridge on
Three-Mile Lane highway near
McMinnville, a 4)90-foot span of
reinforced concrete and steel.
Politics on Parade . . .
Who's Running for What in the May Primaries!
(Editor's note: Comments la -this
cries are made by or (or the candi
dates wt thank rettrtcUen, and saay er
may net reflect the eplnlom of tnla
aewtpaner). . .
- Today's subject: ?
, Howard "Latoarette
""I - Candidate' f of
United SUtes Senator
- Oregon needs democrats 4n con
gress who want to work in har
mony with the administration for
the fullest devel
opment of the
state, Howard F.
Latourette of
Portland declar
ed in announc
ing ' his Candi
da c y for the
democratic nomi
nation for U. S.
senator.
Wi have six
republicans in
Washington,' two LataoretU -senators
and four representatives,
who simply don't want to get
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Economy Bloc
Hands Truman
aior
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The house economy bloc, in a mud- -denj
upsurge of strength, tonight
cut! an estimated $1,000,000,009 ofl
$29,496,883,504 "one package"
bill; and sent the measure to the
senate. - -
The vote on final passage was
362! to 21.
The estimate of the savings was
made by economy advocates. Some
others disputed that the rata
would run as high as a billion dol
lars, but there was no doubt that
the; vote was a major setback for
the Truman administration.
Cats Substantial
Counting cuts made by the
house appropriations committee
before the bill reached the how
floor, the measure is now roughly
$2,118,000,000 below the cum re
quested by President Truman. It
will stand at about 28.406 OOO OOO.
ii. uie esamaiea cuts, siana up.
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w ith republicans sparking the
drive, the chamber first made a
blanket $600,000,000 cut in the
omnibus bill. ,
The "economy bloc" claimed an
other savings of up to $400,000,000 .
by forcing through an amendment ,
to reduce the number of civilian
federal employes next year. ,
Failed Until Today
I Until today, the republican cam
paign to chop a billion dollars
from the big bill had failed com
pletely. In fact, during the month
tne bill had been under debate.'
the house had added $451,833,340
to it. w .
; A 11C U1U J.I11XI1CCTS HUUUSli Oil JTO
eral agencies for the fiscal yea
starting next July 1.
I Late today the republicans made
a last desperate -.drive land vtm
enough support from democrats te
score a victory. .
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Relief Position
Bids Former
Area Pastor
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Statesman Neri Service
MT. ANGEL. May 10 The Rev. .
mtuiii -fieiuei. luiuicr jjuoi tip
St. Mary's Catholic church here,
has been called to Europe by the
primate, of the Benedictine ordvr
TT.I1 1 . .
as a special European renei di
rector. I The announcement came today
from the Rev; Thomas Meier,' ab4
bot of Mt. Angel abbey.' HeibeL
now pastor of Sacred Heart
church at Tillamook, will leaved
Tillamook May 21 to spend six
months in Europe. The Rev. Vin
cent Kappert, - assistant pastor at
Mt Angel, will take Heibel's plate,
i Two weeks ago in Portland.
Heibel received a special papal
medal for his past work in aiding
destitute 'persons in Europe. A
special papal audience has beea
arranged lor him when he ai rives
in Rome, where he will start his
special duties.
Meier and Frank List
Two Million Profit
I PORTLAND, May 10 -ff-The
Meier and Frank company re
ported today its department store
earned a net profit of $1,842,113
for the year ending January 31.
This was down from a net of $2y
503,518 the previous year. Wet
sales were $41,119,662 down frona
$44,172,498 for the year 1949.
along with the ' administration,
Latourette said. "President Tr-man-wants
to help us if well let
him Instead ef constantly re baffl
ing every offer." ' ' 1 -Latourette,
who ; was !elect4
democratic national commstc
man for Oregon in 1938 and
ed until 1944; said he believes hat
contacts in Washington wouM a
especially valuable as senatos ts
gaining the, benefits waiting s
Oregon- when welcomed by a
democrajUc senator.-.
Latourette, nattvt tt Oregon
City, is a practicing attorney i
Portland. He long has bees a
leader , In democratic . affairs 1m
Oregon, servini as rcpresentath
from Multnomah county and lass
speaker of the house ef
sentatives. f"-: ',',!
As democratic national
imitteeman for Oregon, he attuiat
ed an national conventions of fa
party and ; became intimately
acquainted with national leader
(Tomorrow Lenis A. weee)