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. TOKYO, Tuesday, Aug. 22--Red troops hammered persistent
ly today at United Nations forces guarding the reads to Pusan and
Taezu, major allied bases in Korea. Nowhere did the communist get
rolling.., ' : : -- ' -; . ' v . .
,. The U. S. 23th infantry division, blocking the way to Pusan in
the south, was "under heavy attacks this morning," General MacAr-
IIQ3 GjOiT
Some will say it was the Aug
ust weather. Others will say it was
the long . congressional session.
Whatever the reason tempers
grew shorter , and shorter in a
conference committee considering
the rivers and harbors appropri
ations bilL On one side was Sena
tor Kenneth McKellar, the aged
chairman of the senate committee;
onthe other Representative Clar
ence Cannon of Missouri, chair
man of the house committee. Both
are democrats, but party harmony
failed to butter their relations.
Their verbal slugf est nearly ended
in fisticuffs, or even worse for
Chairman McKellar was brand
ishing his long-handled gavel
when Cannon came charging round
the table, only to be intercepted by
neutrals. Senator - McCarran of
Nevada sort of stumbled into tne
act and got under Cannon-fire
himself.
It must have been good. McKel
lar, the Tennesseean who keeps
his batteries of bile charged des
pite his age has few equals in the
ancient art of castigation. He has
vented his spleen on men like Da
vid T-j.wthait who refused to take
McKellar's dictation on TVA ap
pointments. If anyone crossed his
path the old man would fly into
a rage. As chairman of the ap-
cised tremendous power. He would
punish a contumacious or critical
senator by deleting the litter's pet
appropriation items, Certainly he
was a man to be feared.
Chairman Cannon however has
similar power as chairman of the
house committee. He may not be a
vindictive but he rivals McKellar
in stubbornness. The pair have
had a continuing duel over appro
priations measures, and last week
the acrimony reached a climax.
McKellar opened up with his Ten-
declared- -
(Continued on editorial page, 4)
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Beans; Picker
Supply Low
' The labor shortage in Marion
and Polk county bean fields was
listed as "critical" Monday as
week-long 90 degree temperatures
continued to ripen the snap bean
crop,- i
W. H- Baillie, manager of the
Oregon state employment service
in .Salem, said 6,000 pickers are
needed immediately to save the
bean crop, 50 per cent of which
still remains on the vines. More
'than 8,000 pickers are already in
the fields.
About 3.000 workers it needed
in the Independence area; 1,500
in the Stayton area; 1,000 around
West Stayton and 500 around Sa
lem. Hopyards as well as bean
fields need workers.
- Thi bean situation Is more cri
tical this year than at any, time
since the war," Baillie announced
Monday. "Unless we get large
numbers of volunteers immediate
ly local growers and the valley as
a whole will suffer a serious loss."
Baillie said the picker shortage
was due largely to a lack of mi
gratory workers this summer.
Transient workers this year num
ber only about one-half of last
year's force.
, "It's up to the home folks this
year," Baillie declared. "We in
tend to talk with Mayor Robert
JL, Eifstrom to see what can be
worked out to save the crop."
- Salem area residents may reg
ister for bean picking at the em
ployment service offices at Ferry
and South Cottage streets at
a. m. today and every day during
the next three weeks. Pickers may
also register and be transported
to fields from offices in Stayton,
Woodhurn and Independence. -.
. (Story also on page 2)
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH ,
HeatRip
tJwiyV ts aiyer.!;yrcijr
thurs headquarters reported.
American infantrymen gave way
at first on the southern flank of
this Haman-Masan ; sector, - but
counterattacked three times, "re
gaining all lost ground. A simul
taneous attack on the northern
flank of this front, where the reds
are building up for their expected
next major push, failed to dent the
25th line, MacArthurs early aft'
ernoon war summary reported. :
American armor and iiussian-
made North Korean tanks battled
some 15 miles northwest of Taegu
where the ! communists constantly
probed the northwest corner of the
120-mile U. N. defense line.
Red Tanks' in Assault
. Nine red tanks led the red as
sault against the first South Kor
ean division, supported- by Ameri
can units. U. S. tanks knocked out
two attacking tanks and. ground
forces were credited with a third.
Field dispatches said the commun
ists have lost ten tanks in this
area in three days. ' t-
A U. S. Eighth army commun
ique said the crack U. S. 27th reg
iment, fighting alongside the
South . Koreans on the roads to
Taegu, knocked out several enemy
tanks in a predawn battle with a
battalion of attacking reds.
Every engagement increased the
toll of enemy casualties, estimated
at more than 15,000 in four days.
Field dispatches "and headquar
ters reports i gave this ; picture
around the 120-mile front from
east to west to south:
- East eeast - - The South Korean
Third division has pushed nine
miles north of Pohang, east coast
anchor of the y. N. defense line.
North - - The South Korean cap
ital division advanced against in
creasing enemy pressure. ;
Northwest The U. S. 27th reg
iment and South Korean First di
vision halted repeated communist
thrusts from the north . toward
Taegu, key allied base. It . was
quiet on the U. S. First cavalry di
vision sector northwest and west
of Taegu. . - ,
West - - The reds still . held a
small bridgehead on the right
flank of the U. S. 24th division
near Hyonpung southwest of
Taegu. ..- , j
Southwest - -The U. S. 25th di
vision was "under heavy attacks"
on both flanks but had "the sit
uation in hand" in the reds' build
up area west of Pusan, the main
U. N. supply port - . -
South - - Reds attacked South
Korean marines who have advan
ced 20 miles in four days since
their landing at Tongyong in an
effort to link up with the Haman
Masan defense line in the south
west sector.- t
Red probing northwest of Tae
gu has been incessant. Associated
Press Correspondent Don. White
head said the 27th regiment, led
by CoL John "Mike" Michaelis,
threw back a small communist
force that came down the Kum-hwa-Taegu
road shortly before
midnight The Americans attacked
red infantry attempting to clear
away minefields for tanks that
followed. . ; v
Artillery Illumined the road
with flares, and U. S. machine
guns drove the North Koreans to
cover: Similar tactics "Were used
the night before in a phosphorous
lighted air artillery barrage which
naitea a red thrust on the regi
rfn, .TT
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CAP GRIS NEZ. France. Tues
day, Aug. 22 Twenty - four
swimmers six of them women-
plunged into , the water here -today
in a race across the FVigMfh
They are competing for cash
prizes offered by the London Daily
Mail. The first man and the first
woman to land on England's white
cliff coastline will collect 1,000
(2.800) each. Every other finisher
will win 250 ($700). .
The unique race began at 1:55
am. (6:35 pjn. PDT Monday). The
start, signalled by a flare shot from
a pistol, was given by Emile Ran
son, veteran French timer of chan
nel crossings.
In Channel Try
olGgafiioh fto Cite "Growing Traffic on
Portland Road in. Appeal
Traffic -congestion' resulting
from a load . of 21,000 vehicles
daily on the Pacific highway in
north Salem will be stressed be
fore the state highway commis
sion today by a delegation advo
cating completion of a four-lane
highway from Salem to Portland.
-A, state highway traffic count
released Monday shows that about
21.C00 vehicles a day are on the
two-lane highway Just north of
the Fairgrounds road intersection.
The count compares . with 9,500
vehicles a day at the same point
in 1323, 9.EC3 in 1940 and 14.CC0
in 1948. ' . . .
' State Highway Engineer R. H.
Ealdock states th&t the traffic vol
ume at this point is cow "far be
yond safe and efficient operation
capacity... , ;.. j-.: ... - -"j
" The delegation to appear te!cxa
tla highway ccrr.rr.'.sstn Lx tla
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Elm Crashes Into
Cedar 611 :
And Breaks Limb .
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- GREEN; BAY, Wis, Aug, ;21 ;
' (AVA man named Elm suffered
a broken. limb today 'when-his
i car struck a cedar tree on Wil
; low street
In addition .to the injured
arm, ErnQ Elm, 27, of De Pere,
' Wis, damaged his - car to the
extent of $300. .-.
Swift Estate
Estimated at
Near$lMUion
PORTLAND; Aug. 21-MVThe
probated will of the late Fred H.
Swift, Independence lumberman,
gave shares of the estimated mil
lion dollar estate to two former
wives and. a Salem secretary.
The bulk of the estate was left
tfk Miml fiwift Jm Va,V JJ V
Swift's first wife, and Pearl J&.
Waldorf, Salem. The second wife,
Joan Swift, New Kensington, Pa,
was left $10,0QO, and a cousin, Mrs.
Charles Schossberger, in France,
was given $5,000. -
The lumberman's first wife re
ceives 75 per cent of the residue
and Miss Waldorf, secretary of the
Independence Lumber and Manu
facturing co, was given 25 per
cent.-
Swift came to this - country
from Austria 12 years ago and to
Oregon, from Santa Monica, Calif,
three years ago. His estate, admit
ted to probate by. Circuit Judge
Walter L. Tooze, listed property in
eastern states.
Swift died of a heart attack
August 7.
MentalHospital
A survey to determine Improve
ments' required in Oregon's men
tal institutions in the near future
was approved Monday by the
state board of control meeting in
Salem.
The survey will be conducted
under the direction of the Mental
Health association of which Mel
vin Murphy, Portland, Is executive-secretary.
Governor Douglas
McKay said Monday any recom
mendations made; by the associa
tion would be referred to the 1951
legislature for consideration. The
survey would be conducted with
out cost to the state.
Awarding a contract for con
struction of a tuberculosis ward
at the state hospital here was de
ferred pending contact with the
federal government to determine
'"VI JM AOUW MSW"Wk V
equipment can be used for con
struction operations.
Roy E. Mills, board of control
secretary, explained that bids for
the structure, plus $25,000 archi
tects fees, would boost the total
cost of the proect to aproximately
$799,377. The equipment was es
timated to cost $110,000. In event
the government will waive pur
chase of the equipment at the
time of construction building
operations could ' proceed with
funds available. Mills said. Under
the setup the federal government
will allocate one-third of the funds
required. ' - .
In case the government will not
permit construction to nroceed
without purchase of the equip
ment me ooara ox control will
present the problem to the state
emergency board at a meeting
nere September 9. Tne ward would
be two stories high with a capa
city of 140 beds.
. Bids for the structure were re
ceived by the board of control a
week ago. -
(Story olso on page 5).
Imperial hotel, Portland, .at 10
today represents much of
western Oregon, although its
mation was sparked . by Salem
Chamber of Commerce.
Charles A. Sprague, publisher
of The Statesman, will be Salem
spokesman among the speakers to
be Introduced by general chair
man ' Edgar Smith, president of
Portland Chamber, of Commerce.
Sprague has taken over the local
lead in place of Roy Harland who
has been I1L
Other Salem civic leadars . In
the delegation will include Russell
Bonesteele, Floyd Eressler, Guy
IUckck,. C&ir . Ercara, . Janes
Nicholson, Mayor R. L. Elistrom,
Albert 1L GUle, Kenneth Phesiter,
James Olson, Alfred Loucks, Cay
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Aug.
22-ypy-The White House announc
ed early today that railroad unions
had refused to call off their token
strikes on some lines but there was
no hint the government would
seize the facilities. - ; -' -
Presidential Assistant John R.
Steelman, saying there "had been
no progress whatever, said he
would report to President Truman
later today. j
Meanwhile, he told ; union and
railroad representatives he would
call hem back for further confer
ences tomorrow morning.
Prestdent Trvmian called for new
peace talks at the White House as
two railroad unions began five-
day "token" strikes on short lines
and' terminals serving steel and
other critical industries.
The unions singled but key ter
minals in Louisville, and St. Paul,
and the Republic Steel Corp's own
switching terminal at Cleveland
for the first display of pressure.
About 1,000 men walked out this
morning for five days. Union of
ficials said this would make idle
about 30,000 workers, including
steel ' workers. Republic, ' warned
in advance, banked Its furnaces
and curtailed steel making opera
tions. '" ' V
"Tomorrow at 6 ajn., "both unions
will strike U.S. Steel Corp's rail
road, the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern,
Chicago, along with the Pittsburgh
and Lake Erie railroad, Pittsburgh,
for five days. The unions say that
will make an additional 50,000
workers idle, tying up large steel,
coal and iron ore movements Into
the big industrial centers. '
'OTTAWA, Aug. 21-(ff)-MaIl,
freight and telegraph services be
gan grinding to a halt across Can
ada today as hopes dimmed that
a nation-wide strike of 124,000
railway . workers scheduled . to
start tomorrow morning could be
called off. ' ;
Gark,
Sawmill Burns
PORTLAND, Aug. '21-(ff-The
old Clark and Wilson sawmill, a
sprawling ghost of this city's early
lumber boom days, was destroyed
by fire tonight , i . ,
The two acre site was still flam
ing three hours after the first of
three alarms was sounded at 7:30
pjn. and will likely be burning at
dawn.
Two firemen suffered broken
legs in their work. , 1
The firemen quickly gave up
attempting to quell the roaring
inferno of old, tinder, dry plank
lnr in the ni and a huge dry
ing shed. They turned to saving
a Willamette river dock piled with
lumber and preventing the flames
from touching a Richfield gasoline
storage tank adjoining the scene.
Nearly were about a dozen
smaller tank farms of the Rich
field and GeneralaPetroleum com
pany plants.
Assistant Fire Chief Eddie Boat
wright said hundreds of tons of
water were dumped on tne name
perimeter to confine the blaze.
Three harbor boats worked
from the river side and crews of
19 city campanies along other
sides.
Home owners - of the nearby
Linnton district played garden
hose on their house roofs.
There was no estimate of dam
age. The mill was abandoned-two
years ago.
for 4 Cane
County Judge " Grant ' Murphy,
Harold " Robertson, Ronald E,
Abandoned
Wilson
for-wones, G. T. Chambers and George
Grabenhorst.
The local chamber has obtained
endorsements - for the proposed
highway widening from the fol
lowing groups: . - . -
City, councils of Salem and
Woodburn, county courts of Mar
ion. Douglas and Jackson coun
ties, Salem Trades and Labor
council, Salem Building Trades
council, Oregon . Farm Bureau
federation, Oregon-U. S. Highway
S3 association, - Tne - i-nierpns
Courier of Oregon City, State Rep.
Douslas'Yeateran4 chnrr.ben of
commerce in Springfield, baiem.
Oregon City, Ashland, Roseburg,
Eugene, Independence, Tualatin,
Th Oregon CkrlesTnan, Salem, Oregon.
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Oregon's annoal state fair Is only two weeks off. Already workmen are preparing the grounds for this
rear's event, painting, rebuilding and remodelinrthe buildings, building new ticket booths for falr
groonds entrances. Above is one of two pools which are being prepared for the aquacade spectacle, a
feature of nightly entertainment shows. W. G. Phelps, fair publicity manarer, stands at the far edge
of the 4 by 40 pool which will be used for the diving stunts. The pools ara located ea each side of the
stage shell. (Statesman photo). - .
EoBa CaiDls
JFire, starting in a small logging
operation, sped through 25 acres
of timber land and for a time
threatened a 100-acre. field of
grain atop the Eola hills five miles
west of Salem Monday afternoon
before being brought under con
trol. ; 1 . v-
The fire, discovered about 3 p.
m, started on the Johnson-place
on : Orchard Heights road and
spread into holdings of Robert
Adams and Irvin Simmons before
it was checked by three fire truck
crews and about 100 area resi
dents. Cause of the blaze was un
determined. , .
Adams reported the blaze ap
parently started in an area where
Tommy Shipler, Salem, had been
carrying on logging operations.
Shipler had been working in the
area until about 10 a. m. Monday
when notified by forestry service
officials that operations were clos
ed because of the acute fire dan
ger. - '
About 25 acres of fir and oak
timber and two acres of grain were
destroyed by the fire, Adams said.
The burned grain was part of the
100-acres owned by Adams and
Simmons which was threatened as
the fire was driven east by a
slight west wind. !
Two forestry service trucks and
the Dallas rural fire department
pumper aided in fighting the blaze.
Area residents with tractors, shov
els and axes were joined in the
battle. , .
Fire watches were maintained
throughout the night Monday to
prevent the blaze from breaking
out anew. Several snags and brush
patches were cull smouldering in.
the burned over area late Monday
night.
Ocean Spawns
New Hurricane
MIAMI, Fla, Aug. lMflVTro
pical hurricane No. 2 made its
unwelcome aPDearance today in
the Atlantic as Hurricane No. 1,
some 3,000 miles to the north,
blew its dying gasps . at -Nova
Scotia. ..
Hurricane warnings fluttered ov
er the Leeward and Virgin islands
and a preliminary alert was sound
ed for Puerto Rico.
. At 5:30 pan, (Atlantic standard
time) the center of the storm-
packing 100 mile m hour winds-
was located about 30 miles east
of the British owned island of
Antique. , 4
It was . crawling ' on a westerly
course about six miles an hour.
NEW GREEK CABINET
ATHENS; Greece, Aug. 21 -OF
Liberal Party leader Sophocles
vemzeioe was sworn in as
Greece's . new premier . today to
head an emergency cabinet of
seven members of his own party.
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high- cloucUness -wit?i iliphtly cooler
temperatures today. Hizh W to S3. Low
tonight 43-60. .Low reiatr-e humidity
IS to 28. Continued favorabt weath
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JailE
scapee
Kenneth Orval Smith, third of a
trio of Marion county Jail inmates
who escaped August 11, was re
captured Monday in Seattle by
Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents.- . -
The other two, Richard P. Tun-
gate and Donald E. Flodstrom,
were captured Saturday in Seattle.
Smith was arrested at the home
of a friend in Seattle's Ballard
district, J. B. Wilcox, special FBI
agent reported. Smith was found
hiding behind a curtain. He dM
not resist the arrest.
The fugitive had been arrested
In Salem on a charge of holding up
a Salem taxi driver. A San Quen
tin parolee, he has a long record
of previous arrests and convictions.
Sheriff Young said both Smith
and Tungate would have to appear
before the U.S. Commissioners at
Seattle on charges of unlawful
flight to avoid arrest before any
action could be taken to return
them to Salem.
Flodstrom, being held by King
county sheriff a office for Marion
county, will be returned as soon
as he waives extradition. Young
said. If Flodstrom refuses to waive
extradition proceedings will be
started immediately, he said. -
The trio fled the county Jail
here - after sawing their way
through bars and an outside screen
on the north side of the county
courthouse.
Flodstrom, with three . others,
had escaped by the same route last
April and was serving a sentence
for the escape. Tungate was being
held to face charges of larceny of
an -auto. - - )
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Third County
Man Faced with Police
"rap, Com mi iG Suicide
VANCOUVER, Wash-, Aug. 21
(A3)- A holdup suspect drove into
a police' trap on the south end of
the Columbia river bridge today,
saw Police Chief Harry Dia
mond's revolver muz ale and
promptly committed suicide while
at the wheel of the car.
Dead is William Thomas Tate,
25, of -1505 NX ftth avenue,
Portland, salesman for a North
Carolina furniture company.'
Chief Diamond and Tate had
their guns pointed at one another
for a brief moment Then Tate
grabbed his brake, stopped the car
and fired twice Into bis chest. He
slumped dead against the wheel
as police yanked the car door
open.
The dramatic episode began a
few minutes earlier when Tate
attempted to hold up the Hastings
Auto service station . six miles
north cf here at ,423 pjn.
Attendant Clarence Hastings re
plied ; to Tate's hold-up demand
with a tear gas 'shot from a pen-dl-tTce'
casing. Ill cukkly dod
ged as Tats shot once and drove
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Slight easing of Salem's record
August heat wave was forecast
for today after the city sweltered
through its sixth consecutive day
of 85-plus temperatures Monday.
The mercury was expected . to
crest about ten degrees cooler than
Monday's high of 9? degrees. But
State Forester George Spaur wasn't
taking any chances as he extended
the logging-lumber suspension into
counties overlapping into the old
Tillamook burn. The order, effec
tive at 1 ! auoi. today, involved
Washington, Clatsop and part of
Yamhill counties. Eastern Multno
mah county was also closed.
Forest operations had been shut
down Monday in eight counties
including Marion, Polk and Linn.
Humidity readings 15 at Salem
were far under the fire danger
level much of the day.
Most of western Oregon was ex
pected to loin Salem in lower tem
perature readings today. Forecast
for Salem was for a hjgh between
bo and 88 una afternoon. Scattered
high clouds were expected to keep
a m .
xne mercury aown sugnuy.
The Dalles was the state's hot
test spot again Monday, with a
high of an even 100 degrees. Rose
burg recorded 99 and Medford 98.
Portland had a peak of 93, Eugene
98, Baker 93 and Pendleton 98.
Western International
No games scheduled.
. Coast League
Ko games scheduled.
American League
At Detroit T. St. Louis 1.
Only game scheduled.
National League
At New York 0, Philadelphia 4
At Pittsburgh S. Brooklyn a
At St. Louis t. Boston S
Only games scheduled.
off. Hastings phoned state patrol
headquarters here. City police
and Clark county deputies had
their trap laid within minuter at
the bridge, i
Traffic crossing the Inter-state
bridge was at its workday end
peak. . .
City Detective Glen Anguish
and. Sgt. R A. A. Yarnall were
waiting at the north end, looking
for a car with the fuel cap open.
They tailed Tate as he hit the
bridge, heading into Oregon. .
Chief Diamond was waiting at
the Oregon end of the bridge. For
a moment it looked, the police
chief said, as if Tate was going to
run him down, so he pulled his
revolver and aimed for. the sales
man just as Tate pulled his own
.33 . caliber . revolver. . The sales
man's car was still moving, but
in a split second he yanked on the
emergency brake and then killed
himself. , .
Papers in the salesman's wallet
had the car registered to the
Lencir Furniture cozpazry, Ltv
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WASHINGTON. Ana- 91
The senate tonleht nassH Kr-m
front mobilization hill .
would give President Tnuaaa
power to invoke wage-price-
tioning controls and other ati-
inflation curbs at any time. ,
The vote was 85 to s. ThA
llpg against were three republicana,
Senators Ecton of Montana, Vn-
jwiie oi.iMevaaa and Williams mt
Delaware.
Overriding' administration on-
position, the senate wrote into the
emergency measure a orovisiea
uxjctuxig air. xruman to put wa
una price controls into f f i
ultaneouslr and virtusiiv
the board if he invoked them at all.
The. DresidenL hnvnwr mrr.vi
have a free hand to order ration
ing or consumer goods without re-"
gard to wage and price curbs.
Mr. Truman did not ask -
gress for authority to invoke wag-
tnce controls and rationing. Bat
he said he would welcome' the?
stanaDy authority so long as there)
were no restrictions on use of it. '
The bill nOW POM in St mmnm
house conference for Ironing out of
differences between the senate
MMntM amJ U. .
vcius .ua uic oiu passea T?nwr
oy me nouse. ' . ; - '
Almost Full Discretion
The house bill would give Mr.
Truman almost full discretion to
invoke wage-price controls ami
rationing at any time. - He could
impose them across the board ear
on a selective basis.
- Like the house measure, the sow
ate bill also would authorize the)
president to , control - consumer
credit as it was during World War
.II, and to regulate real" estate
credit , on new construction and
major remodeling. ' ; i r
Neither bill, however, contain
the authority which Mr. Tmnus
I sought to control commodity epee-
unuvu.
The senate bm, like the hoanai
measure, also authorizes allnratim
of scarce industrial materials and
assignment of priorities to put -defense
production jobs ahead eel
everything else.
Anti-Hoarding Sections r
Both bills also contain an antL.
hoarding provision prohibiting act
cumulation of excessive supplies
of goods designated as scarce bj
the president Violators could bit
fined $10,000 and be Jailed for at
year. i:
Another provision in both biH
would set up a $2,000,000,000 fed
eral loan and loan guarantee pro
gram to spur defense productieaL
The government also would b
authorized to take over privately
owned plants and other facilities at
necessary.
Limits Price Ceilings
.Left in the bill was a croviskat
saying that price ceilings 'set for
farm commodities should be e
lower than:
1. The parity price that Is. tin
price computed to give farmers the
same relative purchasing power
they had in a past, favorable per
iod. - - - .
2. Or. the average price receiv
ed by producers during the period
of May 24-June 24 this year.
By voice vote, the senate adopt
ed an amendment by Senator Gil
lette (D-Iowa) designed to insure
that commodity exchanges a pel
"reasonable'', regulations for trsdV
lng, an police themselves.
The legislators fell into a shout
ing row over an amendment tj
Senator Edwin C Johnson (E-
Colo.) which would give the coaa
merce department the exelustre
right to handle the allocations asset
priorities program authorized vo
der the bill.
The showdown brought the Csse-'
defeat for administration forces. .
Overriding protests from Matoav
ity Leader Lucas (D-Ili), the sea
ated adopted the Johnson amausV
ment by a vote of 47 to 42.
Lucas contended that the Joca
son amenamen. wouia give t s
. a A . a t aav
secretary of commerce "more pewt
er than the president of the UnRss
States."
' .
U.S. Sued for
Using A-Paten
WASINGTON,, Aug. 11 -CTT-The
goverment had been sued La
the U- S. court of claims here f r
$10,000,000 damages for. the al
leged use of an atom bomb pro
cess without paying for it
Lawrence Bernard, an attorscrv
said tonight he had filed the r
for G. M. Gismnlr.l and compazr
Inc., of Pasadena, Calif holder cl
the patent risivts. '
Bernard said tha process is H"
invention of Dr. Lorlco FerccJ
physicist who holds a Kobe! prize.
The ct-i.gr til fU: p
daln trl j ti3 tizrls crr7 tzz
Truman
To Call
Signals