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WASHINGTON (fl - Farm lead
ers in the House moved Friday , to
halt the decline in beef prices and
stabilize the cattle market general-
A House Agriculture Subcommit
tee agreed on a four-point program
based . principally on increased
government credit to livestock pro
ducers. i "The situation is not critical just
yet, and it is nothing like as bad
as the 1930's," Rep. Hope (R
Kan.), chairman of the full Agri
culture Committee, said. :
But he added that if the banks
tighten up" Congress may have
to act swiftly to bolster confidence
in the cattle country.
The subcommittee ' urged im
mediate action to provide enough
credit so that battle producers can
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Ex3 e w E) e v0 Dopnmi eimfts
- Numerous transfers of property in a four-block area centering
around the Salem School Office building continued Friday, giving rise
to increased rumors of impending business development.
Legal ownership of 10 parcels
Our Marion County Representa
tive, Mark Hatfield, met a re
buff when he crossed the corridor
to the Senate few days ago to
try to pry out of committee one
of his bills dealing with nomi
nations of candidates for delegate
to political conventions. He not
only found the bin was in a com
mittee deep freeze but another
bill had been amended to alter
Its purpose greatly. Returning
Mark remarked ruefully, that he'd
have done better to stay on his
own side of the capitoL
What he was learning was that
while the House proposes, the
Senate disposes. For the real seat
of government In Oregon resides
in the state Senate. Governors
march by in parade and the House
undergoes rather rapid metamor
phosis, but the Senate, quieter,
more august, like the brook runs
on and on. Yott might "say that
Oregon is governed by "The Sen
ate plus Henry Semon, .with at
times the Speaker of the House
added. v
For proof of this note the at
traction of the Senate to House
members. In the present body the
following served apprenticeship in
the House: Bain, Helton, Brady,
Bryson, Chase, Geddes, ' Gibson,
Hounsell, Loennig, Lonergan, Neu
berger. Marsh, Walker. It is not
only the. four-year term which
attracts them but the greater
power and prestige. A senator is
one-thirtieth of the Senate and
representative only one-sixtieth.
, In fact for those who can afford
: the time and the extra living ex
' pense, being a State Senator is
just about the best ; job in the
state government.
Oregon's Senate is distinguished
for the continuity of its leader
ship and its enlightened conserva
tism. In spite of, the fact that
(Continued on, editorial page, 4)
Auto Turned
Over in Crash
' A two-car. crack-up at Court and
I3th Streets about 3 o'clock Fri
day afternoon flipped one car over
on its side and injured both driv
ers, but not seriously. s
! Police said Mrs. Edna M. Hat
field, 29, of 927 N. Church St, was
driving a 1946 Ford north on 13th
Street when it collided with a 1949
Chevrolet driven by Evelyn Sid-
dall. 44. of Route Z. Box 441, Salem.
which was going east on Court
Street..-'- " .
Mrs. Hatfield suffered a bump
on the . head, ' bruised right knee
and shock while the other driver
received cut fingers of the left
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carry their herds through the "crit
ical market period."
Subcommittee Chairman Hfil (R
Colo.) said the aim was to pre
vent forced marketing and the liq
uidation of foundation herds
which future production is based.
. The three ; other points In , the
program! v
li Prompt controls over foreign
imports like the cheap beef which
recently came .in from New Zea
land.
2. Emphasis on meat as an item
in the federal: school lunch pro
gram.
3. A step-up in the military pro
curement of beef.
' Hope said -. the full Agriculture
Committee will meet Monday to
consider the emergency measures
recommended by Hill's ' subcom
mittee.
Mumm for
already transferred has been taken
by Salem Title Co., apparently In
trust. Officers of the firm would
make no statement regarding plans
for the properties, their eventual
ownership or "who paid approxi-
mately $300,000 to date.
The city's two bus terminals,
Rrevhaunrf and Trnllwsv th
largest business firms among more
than a dozen in the area, bounded
by Center, High, Union and Cot
tage Streets. .
Approximately six full lots out
of 36 have been sold and recorded
wxu
ce. Another four lots are owned
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by Salem School District.
Revenue stamps on deeds al-
ready filed indicate a total price
of some $241,000. Another full lot,
involved in a semi-trade, carried
no stamps but could be estimated
to have brought some $50,000, in
comparison with known deals.
In the block with the school
building (the senior high school
until 1937), which has been "on
tne marxer xor several years, pro-1
perry has been sold by Mr. and
Mrs. Vera W. Miller, Mr. and Mrs.
P. a. Quisenberry, Mr. and Mrs.
Norman K. Winslow, Asel C. Eoff
and Keith Brown.
In the block to the north, sales
were by Lizzie Z. McAlvin, Mr.
man , avai . fiujru xi. juciiau vu
Rose F. Stiff. 'I
To the east, between Center and
Marion, sellers were Mr. and Mrs. would get a thorough going over
Charles F. Wilson and Mr. and in the House fish and game corn-Mrs.-
Clifford B. Beritson. The mittee.
block north of that had property That committee heard sports
sold by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. men emphasize Friday that they
Bower and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey wanted guarantees any closure be-
J. Eisner.
PGE Approves
Rate Hearing
Time for the Portland General
Electric Coompany to file an an-
swer to the complaint of Kep.
roe,,SeetH?d fnd TUe' The game group also heard con
Lillie M. Sweetland, asking a derM opposition to a biSXt
a complete hearing on the need of ,n inToT , JLZ ZL5Z1
SlSZZ J1 SofronSrne
cebeboMan:
Public Utilities Commissioner
Charles H. Heltzel announced Fri-
j- i i
The complaint also asks the ut.1
Cities commissioner to impound all
money realized from the surcharge I
f.nf Uie?. '.2
the Mountain States Power Co. al-
so imposed the surcharge them- Li"1! " " m sxern
plaint was limited to Portland P"8 represented by one mem
General Electric. . Der
JThe Sweetlands explained they
are customers ot the latter com
pany.- r
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Runs Amuck,
Kills Gunner
SATJ ; DIEGO. Calif.' If) One I
Navy man was killed and another I
critically, injured Friday when a
small radio-controlled drone air
plane went out of control and
struck the destroyer USS Repertus.
The drone a sort of oversized
model airplane with a four foot
one-cylinder gasoline engine hit
the No. 1 gun turret.
A Navy spokesman said the de
stroyer s gunners had been using
the drone as a target-in anti-aircraft
firing practice when radio
control of the drone was lost.
Daily Speller!
(The follewtnt werds are among
those from which will be chosen
the words for the 1953 Oregon
Statesman-RSUU Spelling Con
test Tor 7U and - SUi graders -of
Marion, Folk and part of Tamhill
County: - r':v
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Senators
Give Up
Days Off
By HECTOR I FOX
Associated Press Writer
The Oregon legislature, near-
Ing the half-way mark of what
many observers still believe will
be a 90-day session,' forgoes its
week-end respite for the first time
thfe session, with the Senate con
vening at 9 ajn. today and a joint
committee airing controversial
frainmaking" legislation.
The House of Representatives
as a body adjourned Friday until
Monday morning.
The Senate's calendar Saturday
has the House-approved . bill to
permit withdrawal tf presiden
tial candidates whose names have
been placed on the ballot without
I their consent; Also up for action
ad joint memorial calling for
statehood for Alaska and Hawaii,
Bills Far Apart
Tn proposed weather modifi-
cation bills would license and reg-
ulatecloud-seeding activities, but
w r apart m purpose, une
would create a state weather
modification board which would
Issue permits to require posting of
bonds: the other would put licens
ing under the public utilities com-
missloner, who would require pe-
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riodic reports on activities of li
censees.
"The bills are sponsored by leg-
lslators from Southern Oregon,
where rainmaking experiments
have brewed differences between
fruit growers and farmers,
The Senate Friday defeated, 23
to 7, a resolution to create the of
fice of lieutenant governor, but
the issue did net die there. Sen.
1 Jack Bain, Portland, teamed with
ben. uougias x eater, saiem, to ln-
troduce another measure that
would merely substitute the title
of lieutenant governor for presi
dent ox the senate.
Back Hunting Bill
The Senate also gave unanimous
approval to a bill to let the gov-
ernor Dosroone ail nununff sa.
sons durinz oeriods of hld forest
fire peril, but it appeared the bill
cause of fire hazard would be
state-wide.
Sportsmen argue that hunting
season - contusion the past two
years, was aggravated by closing
only part of the state and per
mitting, hordes of hunters to con
gregate in open areas. They be
lieve this condition would be
solved bx
an "all or nothing"
closure. -
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Bus Speed Limit
Other bills an Droved bv the
Senate Friday would ease the log
jam of cases in circuit courts and
restrict school buses to a top speed
of 45 miles an hour. The judicial
legislation provides lor an admin
istrative assistant to the chief jus
tice ' of the supreme court : who
would check on dockets. The chief
justice also would have broad
powers In reassigning circuit jud
ges to free crowded dockets. :
Sen. Ben Day. Gold Hill, clans
o introduce a bill extending the
deadline far applying for the state
soldiers bonus to next June 30.
Day said many veterans ! missed
the December deadline because of
re-enlistments i
(Additional legislative news on
page 3.)
Stock Speculation Controls -Loosened
by Reserve Board
WASHINGTON IR The Fed
eral Reserve Board Friday night
eased its control on stock-market
speculation, thus moving the Ei
senhower administration : another
step toward its goal of a ' freer
economy.
The board reduced the 'margin
requirement for stoclr deals from
75 to 50 per cent. This put the
requirement back to the ' pre - -Korea
level. .. , - ; tx;
' It means that a person wishing
to buy stocks, or sell them short,
needs to put up only 50 per cent
of the" rioney in cash out of his
own pocket. The rest may be bor
rowed money. , - " V "
However, Board Chairman ' Wil
liam " McChesney Martin Jr who
was once president 'of the New
York Stock Exchange, Is . known
to be strongly opposed to infla
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Courthouse Framo Goes . Up
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on the steel skeleton or the new Marion County Courthouse. The
men (from left). Art O'Burn, Bill Adams and T. Tye, are en the
ground floor this week, and plan to be working en the second story
by Tuesday. The white streak on the left; la a red hot rivet.
(Statesman Photo).
Republicans
Block Social
Security BiU
WASHINGTON (f) Republicans
on the House Ways and Means
Committee Friday sidetracked
President Eisenhower's request for
prompt action to extend social se
curity benefits to millions of per
sons not now covered.
Democrats promptly contended
the move was another clash be
tween the President and members
of his party in Congress. The
Ways and Means Committee al
ready nas challenged the Presi
dent on tax policy.
But Republican committee mem
bers said the Democratic conten
tion was "shopworn." They de
nied any break over social secur
ity and promised harmony and
coooperation with the White House
in that field.
The Ways and Means Commit
tee created a special subcommit
tee headed by Rep. Curtis (R
Neb) to undertake a deep-digging,
thorough survey of the entire so
cial security, program.
Ren. Reed (R-NY). chairman of
the full committee, said the study
would take months to complete.
He added he - expected it would
preclude action on social security
legislation this year. He said he
opposed "piecemeal" legislation
until the new survey is completed.
Cow, Car Collide;
Damage for Both
A cow and a car collided Friday
night and both were damaged.
John C Baker, Turner, Route 1,
told state police. he was blinded
by lights from an oncoming car
in the , Turner-Salem Road near
Paradise Island when suddenly a
cow loomed in front of him.
The cow, owned by Otto Natl an.
Salem, Route 4, Box 14, was
downed but dead and - the car
swerved into a ditch. Baker was
not injured, said police..
tionary use of credit, and to have
the other board members behind
him on that subject. It was there
fore assumed that: , - .
1. Martin and the board 'mem
bers feeV that their actions over
the past 20 months have taken,
the inflationary kick out of the
money market, - and that the mar
gin requirement can be eased back
to its. pre Korea level without
danger of a speculative boom. -.
2. The 75. per cent requirement
was an emergency, measure and,
in the opinion of -the board,' should
be r junked - as - soon as possible,
rj, . This, In the opinion - of the
board, is a good time to take the
action," because the stock -market,
after a post - election boom and
a snakeout two weeks ago. is by
and large back- to Its pre-election
leveJL - - r? -
Thm Orgco. Stcrteamcm Salem,
Portland Iron workers start riveting
Tornadoes Ripj
Southeast Area
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. (J) i- SmaH
rtornadoes ripped from f leaden
skies killed a housewife and in
jured at least 10 persons In Missis
sippi, Alabama and Louisiana Fri
day. The U. S Weather Bureau had
issued an advance warning that
tornadoes were possible in a broad
belt across the Deep South.
Blonde Oregon
Coed Testifies
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In JelkeCase
NEW YORK UT The state
rested Its vice case against Minot
(Mickey) Jelko Friday with the
testimony of blonde Pat : Thomp
son, an ex-University of Oregon
coed who hustled her way Into
cafe society. f
The trial then was adjourned
until Tuesday when the defense of
fers whatever testimony it has on
behalf of the 23-year-old defendant,
heir to oleomargarine millions.
General Sessions Judge Francis
L. Valente reportedly is ready to
throw his courtroom open if the
defense wishes to offer any testi
mony. He barred press and public
during the state's lurid details of
high priced vice In cafe society
circles.': --'' , 1 ' 1 ' I .-
One of the three girls named In
the nine-count indictment 1 against
Jelke was Miss Thompson a tan,
23-year-old with a demure look for
one' of her profession. , i
Raised- in Oregon, Miss Thomp
son came east in 1951 and fell Into
the clutches of Richard Short, an
admitted procurer. They : went
through a marriage ceremony in
Mexico ' and Short prcmptly put
his new bride to hustling, r
The state claimed Jelke moved
in as a supplier of customers for
Miss Thompson and "day after
day he got after here to find out
how she was doing." ' ?
Labor Bill Change
Opposed by Taft t
WASHINGTON LB Repeal of
the Taft-Hartley Labor . Law's : con
troversial injunction provisions
was urged by Sen. Ives (R N.Y.)
Friday and promptly opposed by
Sen. Taft (R Ohio), co-author of
the law. ' 1 ' '
I certainly wouldn't abandon
the injunction procedure,!' said
Taft. - . - . V '
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roaECAST (from U-S. weather bu
reau. McNary field, Salem) r Partly
cloudy today, clearing totUfht. -Partly
cloydy Sunday. High today M-35 de
greee. low 32-S4 derrees. Temperature
at 12:01 auaa.' was 33 rdecree
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Qracaau. Saturday. rbruary 21,
WfflBsa-1
Gen. Smith Yields
To McCarthy Bid
' WASHINGTON UP) The Senate Investigations Subcommittee
rowed with the State Department Friday over what Chairman Mc
Carthy (R-Wis) called hamstringing and intimidation. And the sub
committee apparently came out on top.
The senators fought it out be
hind closed doors with Gen. Walter
Bedell Smith, undersecretary of
state and No. 2 man in President
Eisenhower's new team at the de
partment. All the signs afterward
indicated . the general beat a re
treat. -
With Smith nodding agreement.
McCarthy told reporters the de
partment from now on is going
to give the subcommittee full co
operation, and even name a liai
son man to help line up witnesses.
Saturday the subcommittee is
going to have a huddle with Don-
old B. Lourie, -undersecretary of
state for administration, over the
intimidation issue.
Matsoa Demoted
McCarthy contends the depart
ment took punitive action against
Security Agent John E. Matson,
demoting him to a beat-pounding
job, after Matson testified recent
ly that confidential papers relating
to homosexuals and a suspected
Communist in the Foreign Service
were missing from the files. .
One of those Matson has said
is responsible for bis reassign
ment, John W. Ford, director of
the Security Division testified Fri
day that Matson had made many
inaccurate statements before the
subcommittee including untruths
and half truths.
Harry Call for Smith
The subcommittee sent out a
hurry call for Smith after uncov
ering what seemed to betwa con
flicting orders put out at the State
Department on the same . day,
Feb. 12. .
The one that stirred up Mc
Carthy, one , he said was signed
by Ford as security director and
would hamstring the subcommit
tee's efforts to dig into State De
partment activities, left it to the
discretion of an employe whether
he would talk informally with
members of the subcommittee
staff without a senator being pres
ent. Fog Due to Run
With Rising Sun
Spring Is just around the corner
for the next two days anyhow
.The weatherman sees a fair
weekend coming up with consider
able sunshine and temperatures
continuing about the same. There
will be some fog in the mornings,
he predicts.
Meanwhile, the Willamette river
and Its .tributaries were falling
slowly, with colder temperatures
keeping melting of snow in the
mountains to a yntnfmiTp.
WALKOUT AVERTED
SAN FRANCISCO Ifl Walkouts
by deck . officers and radio oper
ators on West Coast ships in a
wage dispute were averted Friday
at least until further negotiations
early next week.
FERON VISITS CHILE
SANTIAGO. Chile W Argen
tina's President Juan D. Peron ar
rived here Friday night for a seven-day
official visit. He was greet
ed by Chilean President Carlow
Ibanez. v , .
Voice9 Official Proposed 'Free Love9 -Farm,
Witness Tells Seriate Probers
WASHINGTON (fl Perturbed
senators were : told Friday that
some Voice of - America radio
scripts have 'catered to Commun
ism . and that - a voice ' official
wanted to go in for what the sena
tors called "free love."
Virgil H. Fulling and Michael
G. Horneffer, both of New , York
testified to a Senate Investigating
Subcommittee they personally
knew of scripts aimed at .Latin
America and France that were
"damaging", to this country , and
"helpful, to the Communist. cause.
: Fulling ;said he believes .three
fellow employes of the. voice, Don
ald Taylor, Bob Goldman and Har
old Berman, are 'friendly .to the
Communist cause." He wouldn't
say whether it it his opinion they
are -Reds,-
In New York Taylor, Goldman
and Berman all - denied - Fulling' s
charges. They said they never had
been associated with Communism
in any- way, but had dedicated
themselves to fishing it. :
' Barry . Zorthian, chief of - the
Voice's news branch and in charge
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1953
PRICE
no
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Three More
In Annual
Spell Contest
Brush CoUere Emmy McDan
iel, 14, who likes ; ports, dancing
and movie stars, won top spell
ing honors at
School this year.
Emmy is in the
8th grade and
i i ine aaugnier oz
' I Mr. and Mrs. L.
Lf iO. Gritton. Rbute
( 11, Box 399, Sa
" , Mlem. She was cer
tified for The
Oregon States
man - KSLM
Emmy McDanielbr Principal Ra.
leigh Carothers, and will compete
in semi-finals at Mt. View School,
Friday night, March 13
Kennie Ruth Carlson. 12. whose
garents are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
. Carlson, 2280 Wallace Rd Sa-
iem, xoot aecona place in spell
ing at Brush College, . and third
place was won by Amy Anderson,
1 Jt daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.
O. Anderson, Route 1, Box 349.
saiem. Kennie is in the 12th grade
and Amy the 8th.
o
Buena Vista Jessie Arden. at 11
years old, the youngest entry thus
far in the 1953 Oregon Statesman.
KSL M Spelling
contest, has been
ing champion of " f
Buena Vista 3
School by Prin-
cipal June Horns.
Jessie is in the i
7th grade and re-
Bidet with her
grandpar e n t s, '
Mr. and Mrs. C. t
W. Arden, Route h,
1 Tn,Nn(iM
She wUl compete . Arden
in the semi-finals of the contest
at Independence, Tuesday night,
Jtiarcn 10.
Second place In spelling at this
Polk County school was won by
David Breeden, 13, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Bredeen, Route 1, In
dependence, and third place by
Jean Hall, 13, whose Parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Kaymona nail, also
Route 1, Independence. Both are
In the 8th grade. - .
POLICE ARREST MAN
-A Salem man was arrested by
city police late Friday night on
a charge of disorderly conduct
following a fight-, in a downtown
restaurant. He was Identified as
Charles W. Early, Jr. of 557 N.
Commercial St.
VANDALSJXAKE FLARES
A carload of vandals stripped
street barricades of Hare pots in
the Saginaw Street area Friday
nicht and rolled them along the
pavement, city police reported.
of the work done by the three
accuse men, called them effec
tive anti r Communists" . and
"among the best editors" on his
staff. . v ; ,. - :
A third witness. Miss Nancy Len
keith, told of being invited to join
what the senators described as a
free love "collectivist group" the
day she went to work for the Voice
in December, 1951.
. Miss Lenkeith, 30 - year - old,
London - born doctor of philosophy,
(aid she was fired from the voice
on 40 minutes notice the day after
she broadcast a favorable review
of f Whittaker Chambers' book,
"Witness,.' the account of a Com
munist who was converted to anti
Communism. Subcommittee Chairman Mc
Carthy (R-Wis) wouldn't allow her
to go into details about the col
lectivist group proposition she said
came from -Troup Mathews, then
acting head of the French section
of the Voice. McCarthy said chil
dren were watching the hearing
on television, v :
But the senator made public
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No. 352
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Schools Close
As Snow Piles
Roads
By The Associated Press
Blizzards ripped across South
Dakota, Southern Minnesota, East
ern Nebraska and Northwest Iowa
Friday night, choking roads with
windblown snow and bringing traf
fic to a halt.
; Fifty-mile-an-hour winds piled up
to 14 Inches of snow drifts in tho
Northern States. The snow was so
bad that plows were withdrawn
from the roads, their crews unable'
to find roads. .
Schools were closed and meet
ings cancelled in the storm-swept,
areas.. A cold wave was forecast.
Meantime. Wyoming. Colorado.
Western Nebraska and Western
Kansas, battered by raging snow
storms ,. Wednesday t and Thursday
continued digging out. Sun melted
some of the snow cover in Colo
rado Friday, '
Bisrhways Closed
At least nine deaths were blamed
on the storm in the Co.orado -Wyoming
area. Five of them were
caused by traffic accidents and
four others, - all in Denver; were
blamed on over exertion due to
shoveling snow.
Three major highways In Colo
rado were closed by drifting snow
but were reopened by mid-after
nun . v m?$
ii ii n v
High on
noon Friday. Highways over tho
higher mountain passes were open
but all were snow - packed and ,
slick and driving was slow and
hazardous.
Snow Drifts Deep
In Wyoming, the snow left the
southern part of the state about
3 a. m. (MST) Friday morning,
with 12 inches of snow at Cheyenne
reported as the greatest depth.
" High winds and drifts, .however,
piled up to three to four feet deep
along open highways in both states.
- A school bus taking 11 children
home from Sterling. Colo.. Thurs
day afternoon skidded into a drift-
ed-over ditch. The driver had al
ready dropped four of them at
their homes, and found overnight
lodging for himself and the other
seven at a farm house a quarter
of a mile away from his stalled
bus.
Travelers Stranded
At Sidney. Neb., the snow was
drifted to the top of a theater
marquee. About 40 stranded travw
elers spent Thursday night in the
Sidney City Auditorium.
Also in Nebraska two westbound
Greyhound buses headed for Norta
Platte bogged down at nearby
Maxwell and were reported run
ning low on fuel. A supply was
being sent them. Two-other buses
were reported stranded west ot
North Platte but passenbera wsre
In no immediate danger.
Mussolini Foe
Dies in Rome
ROME UH Francesoo Saverie
Nitti, 84, who served twice as Ital
lan premier before Mussolini i
Fascist movement drove him inte
exile, died here Friday. I
A bitter opponent of Fascism.
Nitti left Italy in 1924 to continue
his attack against the movement
from abroad. -
He returned In 1945 to become
central figure In Italy's stormy
political rebirth.
testimony Miss Lenkeith had given
previously, when she said she was
"sort of stunned" at Mathews sug
gestion it "could e arranged" for
her to have children, even though
she had no husband.
In New York, Mathews called
Miss Lenkeith's testimony "such a
tissue of fabrication and vicious
falsehood, it staggers the imagina
tion." ; "It is personal, private, slander
ous attack made under immunity,"
he said. 'I am at a loss to ac
count for it. I don't know whether
to feel sorry for the woman, or to
be angry at her."
Matthews, a decorated WorlJ
War H veteran, said the only pos
sible basis.be could imagine f.r
her statements was his interest la
cooperative veterans housing, tra
der federal-state laws.
"I have always thouiht th-i
cooperative projects mac rosril
better neighborhood , t ;vc' -ments,"-.
he said. 'Tut f ra :
nothing , llarxist cr cc'.lictl". ' :
about it. It is about as cell ret:. :
as a town meetia."