Builles Threatens Chinese Reds With 6Weaipons of Precision
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Declares Commies
Still Seem Bent on
Formosa Conquest
WASHINGTON ( AP) Secretary of State Dulles
said Tuesday niht the Red Chinese seem bent on
conquering Formosa, but he warned them the United
States hasnew "weapons of precision" which can
annihilate their military centers.
He saidcthe LS., pledged to defense of Formosa,
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104th YEAR
' 2
State Employes Group
Calls Barrington Pay
Sur
vey
Unaccept
The Oregon State Employees Association, through its legislative
committee, said Tuesday the Barrington salary and classification sur
vey report was "unacceptable" to the association in its present form.
This was regarded by Capitol observers as a heavy blow to the
report, which is already under fire from other state, agencies and
individuals. The OSEA cumbers 6,000 state employes as members.
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He was quite an intelligent
Negro, the cabbie who drove me
out to the airport at Chicago Mon
day afternoon. He had graduated
from high school in Louisana, had
served in the Army during the
war where he was on duty in
many countries of Europe. Had
two boys, one 4, one 2; and he
was very ambitious for them. .:.
It's a long ride from the Loop
cut to the Midwest airport so we
carried on quite a conversation.
I asked him" about housing for
persons of his-race, and he said
it was quite unsatisfactory.
Negroes are pretty well confined
to sections. He told of a housing
development where he was sure if
he applied for a rental unit he
would be denied admission or
would be discouraged from press
ing his application. Ay the rental
manager, though he was entitled
to full GI rights.
Chicago was the scene pf . a
prolonged and bitter race war at
one of its housing projects, Trum
bull Park. The whites in the neigh
borhood rioted, damaged the prop
erty and had to be held under
strong police restraint for months
after a Negro family occupied one
of the housing units. Finally, after
many months, the family moved
out. On the other hand, my driver
said, there was one project where
whites and Negroes were living
together amicably. .
He favored housing where there
were no restrictions on occupants
on the basis of - color. For in
stance he would like to have his
'(Continued on .editorial page 4)
Two Burned
Fighting Fires
Two Salem men ' were burned
Tuesday in attempting to extin
guish minor house fires.
In Salem General Hospital is
Claude Trusty, 2210 Simpson St.,
who suffered second-degree burns
on his face and both hands while
beating out a burning bed and
cmains.
Treated by city first aidmen for
s;cond-degree burns of the left
hand was Jack Knedler, 1883 Wal
ler St., whose house and clothing
sustained $330 damage from a
closet fire.
Firemen attributed the Trusty
fire to a cigarette blaze which orig
inated in the bed. and the Knedler
fire to an electric heater in the
coen clothes closet. '
The hospital reported Trusty as
doing "fairly well.
Fire Damages
Farm Home
At Woodbura
Statesman Newt Service
WOODBURN A fire at the
Ben Baune house, a quarter mile
west of Woodbura, Tuesday de
stroyed the second floor and attic
before firemen Jrom Woodbura
and Gervais got the blaze under
control after an hour's battle.
Woodbura Fire Chief Floyd
Maricle estimated damage at
about $2,000. He said the fire
started on the first floor near the
furnace and . burned between
walls until it cropped out on the
root The loss reportedly is cov
ered, by insurance.
Baune is a small-acreage farm
er on thr Woodburn-SL Paul
road. All furniture in the house
was saved.
ANIMAL CRACKERS
V WARREN OOOORICM
"He'
beard It's a
gorrewui an right bat
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able'
- State Employees Association of
ficials indicated that if the Bar
rington report is not adopted by
the Legislature "the great mass
of information compiled on state
workers' jobs and dutie," can be
used by the state-civil service
commission to set up a new salary
and classification system for state
employes.
"Major faulf of the Barrington
report," said OSEA President Vir
gil O'Neil, "has been a lack of
time for the survey directors to
properly avaluate the information
they gathered. Consequently many
points in the report are based on
inadequate study."
The OSEA committee, making
its first public stand on the re
port and the entire membership.
together with O'Neu enumerated
these points against the Barring
ton report:
There has been a lack, of per
sonal contact with other states in
order to personally compare , du
ties and salaries of Oregon state
employes with those of other
states. A check by mail, OSEA of
ficials said, is not adequate.
Apparently not all of the many
thousands of employes' job ques
tionnaires were studied by survey
directors. Only sample studies
were made which did not "give
the complete picture" on jobs and
classifications.
Too many employes, and depart
ment heads, probably numbering
several thousand", are complaining
about the report.
Too many jobs have been down
graded and salaries lowered.
(Additional details on page 2,
sec. 1.)
Bill for Garage
State Policy
The State Board of Control at a
meeting here Tuesday adopted a
policy that hereafter no work on
state buildings will be paid for un
less such work is authorized by
the board.
The announcement came after
the board had voted to request the
legislature to pay a $4,429.71 bill
for replacing a leaky roof on the
n -w state motor vehicle pool
garage. Board members said they
were not advised that the roof was
defective until it had been replaced.
Both Governor Paul Patterson
and State Treasurer Sig Unander
said they had assumed the leaky
roof was replaced . without cost
to the state, until the time the bill
for repairs arrived.
Lyle F. Bartholomew, architect,
said he was informed that the
material used in the first roof was
superior in quality to most roofing
materials on the market at the
time the garage was constructed.
Governor Patterson insisted that
full explanation be made to the
legislative ways and means com
mittee in connection with the re
quested appropriation.
Secretary of State Earl T. New-
agreed with other members
of the board on the new policy.
I
Woman to Serve
As Circuit Judge
In Marion County
Marion county is about to have
a woman as circuit court judge
the first in history, so far as is
known.
The women, Cecilia P. Galey,
bweet Home attorney, was ap
pointed by Supreme Court Justice
Harold B. Warner to replace Judge
Joseph B. Felton while he is hos
pitalized for treatment of a back
ailment.
The lady judge will take charge
of the court of domestic relations
on March 21. Since Felton is sched
ul. I to be hospitalized next week,
Circuit Judge Charles Foster, Lake
cevjity, will assume his duties from
March 14 through the 19th.
Max.
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Min.
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30
21
29
40
28
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Portland
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Medford
North Bend
68
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65
69
Rosebuxg
San Francisco
Chicago
.55 IS
36 19
New York
Los Angeles
80 53
Willamette River
.4 feet.
FORECAST (from U. S. Weather
Bureau. McNary Field. Salem)
Partly cloudy with a few light
showers this afternoon and tonight
Partly cloudy Thursday. High today
near h. low tomgni near 3?
Temperature at 12:01 a.m. today
was 44. ,
SALEM PRIClPITATlOir
glare start f Weather Tear Mii
ThisTear Last Tear Normal
2101 38.64 30.38
Tbt Ortfjon Stittsmsn, itkm, Oregon, Wednesday, March
Street
4 ' "
CATLETTSBURG, Ky. This eastern Kentucky border city of some
5,000 has center of business district turned into canal Tuesday as
flooding Ohio and Big Sandy rivers hit from two sides of unwalled
Hells Canyon
Bill Filed by
30 Senators
WASHINGTON 1 Congress
was asked Tuesday, for the third
time, to authorize a federal dam
in the Hells Canyon reach of the
Snake River between Idaho and
Oregon, where three private' util
ity projects have been proposed.
Proponents of the federal pro
posal showed more strength on in
troduction of authorization bills in
both houses of Congress Tuesday
than was displayed during the past
two sessions, when similar meas
ures failed.
Thirty senators sponsored . and
four spoke for a 'bill offered, by.
Sen. Morse D-Ore), and Morse
predicted others would co-sponsor
or support the measure. The Sen
ate bill last year; had about a dozen
co-sponsors.
Four members of the House In
troduced identical bills, and two
made speeches supporting them.
The bills would authorize proj
ect works costing an estimated 473
million dollars, including a 337-million-dollar
dam in Hells Can
yon, power transmission facilities
costing 68 million and two smaller
dams and power plants on the
north fork of the Payette River,
east of Hells Canyon and north
of Boise, Idaho, costing an esti
mated 48 million.
Idaho Power Co. Is seeking Fed
eral Power Commission (FPC)
construction licenses for three
smaller dams which would flood
the proposed federal project site
in the deepest river canyon on the
continent. Its applications are be
fore an FPC examiner.
The private utility contends its
three proposed dams, costing an
estimated 133 million dollars, would
produce almost as much power
and as many other benefits as the
federal project
Sponsors of the Hells Canyon
bills, however, said the federal
dam would generate much more
power and greater flood control
and navigation benefits than tne
three-dam plan.
(Additional details on Page 10,
Sec. 1.)
FAMILIES SNOWBOUND
ASTORIA UP A resident of the
southeastern tip of Clatsop County
reported' Tuesday that some 15
families are snowbound in the
Camp McGregor area nine miles
north of -the Sunset Highway.
Eden Fails in Formosa Trace
Try, Asks Isles
"By SEYMOUR TOPPING
LONDON un Foreign Secre
tary Anthony Eden disclosed Tues
day Britain's secret negotiations
for a Formosa ceasefire have
bogged down. He called on Na
tionalist China to open the way
for a settlement by surrendering
the offshore islands.
Eden told the House of Com
mons his soundings oi reipmg
show "the necessary conditions for
progress' toward ending the China
war "do not yet exist"
But the foreign secretary said
secret contacts with Russia and
Red China are continuing in an
effort to get a Formosa ceasefire!
through "a conference or other dis
cussions."
Eden's disclosures came during
a report on bis meeting with U. S.
Secretary , of State Dulles at the
Bangkok conference and his 16
day swing through capitals of
Southeast Asia and the Middle
East
Warning that further fighting in
the Formosa Strait could lead to
"grave" consequences. Edea
Becomes Canal
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26 Perish in Crash
Of Mexican Airliner
' ' I
MEXICO CITY (if) Twenty-six persons, including four from the
United States, were killed Tuesday in the flaming crash of a com
mercial airliner near Mexico's west coast
The owner of the two-engine DC3, Compania Mexicana de Avia
cion, said there were no survivors. Aboard were 23 passengers, in
cluding two children; and a crew of three.
The plane crashed into a wooded
mountain peak shortly after taking
off from Puerto Vallarto, on the
Pacific Coast. It burst into flames
and set fire to the surrounding for
est.
The U. S. citizens board were
identified as Edd Johnson, R. S.
Hall, Dr. J. Ingler and a Dr. Hays.
The airline said their home ad
dresses were not available.
(The San Francisco Chronicle
reported -it had a - staff member
named Edd Johnson who was on
leave at Puerto Vallarta. Johnson
was formerly a correspondent for
a Chicago paper and an editor of
the- New Republican Magazine.)
The crash occurred 16 miles
north of Mascota, in the state of
Jalisco. Its cause was unknown.
Weather conditions were said to
be good at the time. The plane was
flying from Puerto Vallarto to
Guadalajara.
Flames from the forest fire pre
vented rescuers from reaching the
plane. i .
New Portland
Video Station
On Air Today
Salem area television viewers
will if they wish, be seeing a new
network telecast today when Port
land's newest station, KL0R, goes
c- the air at 3 p. m.
The TV station. Portland's third
will continue to telecast daily on
channel 12 with ABC network
shows and home talent.
Beginning today KLOR s com
plete daily schedule will be found
on The Statesman's television page.
Today's telecast will open with an
introduction by Ron Myron, studio
show director. Last program is a
full length movie beginning at
10:45 p. m. I
BETTY HUTTON WED
LAS VEGAS. Nev. un Singer
actress Betty Hutton, 34, and Alan
W. Livingston, 37, recording com
pany executive, were . married
Tuesday, i i I -
Surrendered !
urged Chiang-Kai Shek's National
ists to take two steps:
"First we would like to see
them withdraw their armed forces
from the other coastal islands.
Quemoy and Matuso). Secondly,
they should let it be known that
they . . . while maintaining their
claims, will not prosecute them
by forceful means, and wiH ab
stain from all offensive military
action. : '
Eden appealed to Red China to
refrain from attacking Quemoy
and Matsu and "to make appar
ent" that it does not intend to take
Formosa by force. ; .
Amid cheers both sides of the
House, the foreign secretary prom
ised that a peaceful Formosa set
tlement would result in the West
giving fresh consideration to Red
China's claims to a seat in ; the
United Nations.
Eden's apparent call for immed
iate Chinese Nationalist evacua
tion of Quemoy and Matsu indi
cated he still disagrees with Dul
les over immediate disposition of
the islands despite efforts at
Bangkok to smooth over the rift
9, 1955
PRICE St
in Kentucky Town
community. Truck was used in
stalled by rising water, which is
House G
roup
Votes to Hike
Price Props
- WASHINGTON un" Another
farm fight brewed Tuesday in the
House, where the Agriculture Com
mittee approved a bill to restore
major price supports at ' 90 per
cent of parity. ;
The vote was 23-11, crossing
party lines, and Chairman Cooley
(DNC) predicted House ' passage
of the legislation. ,
After a long struggle in Congress
last year, the Eisenhower admin
istration succeeded in scrapping
the warborn law calling for high
pru supports on "basic com
modities. Substituted was a meas
ure providing a more flexible sys-
tem ranging from 22Vt to 90 per
cent of parity. -
Parity is a standard of fixing
farm prices, declared by law ,to
give producers a fair return in re
lation to the price of things , they
buy.
The new House legislation would
reinstate 90 per cent supports for
wheat, rice, cotton, corn and pea
nuts. Tobacco, the sixth basic
crop, is supported at 90 per cent
under a special law.
Rep. Abernethy (DMiss) added
a dairy provision 'which would
raise the price support floor for
dairy products milk, cheese and
butter from its present level of
75 per cent of parity to 80. The
change would become efefctive im
mediately upon enactment
The House bill provides a two
yer extension of the federal pro
gram for eradicating brucellosis,
a cattle disesae also known as in
fectious abortion.
(Story also on Page 8, Sec. 1.)
Plan Would Have
Brownsville Mill
Built at Lebanon
it
BROWNSVILLE 10 A proposal
has been made that the Browns
ville Woolen Mills, destroyed bv
(ire a week ago, be rebuilt at
Lebanon.
But the owners, Chester Page
and his three sons, Chester. AI
and Raymond, said every effort
was being made to resume opera
tions nere. An ertort, unsuccessful
so far, has been made to find new
equipment
The industrial development com
mittee at Lebanon said it has had
discussions with the Pages on the
proposal to move there.
Schools to Close
For Week During
Spring Vacation
Salem schools will be closed
next week for spring vacation.
Many teachers, however,1 are ex
pected to be in Portland for three
of the five days attending the
Oregon Education Association
conference there Thursday through
Saturday. .
Superintendent of schools Wal
ter Snyder will also be out of
town. He leaves Sunday for Den
ver, Colo- where he will attend
a three-day meeting of the Amer
ican Association of School Admin
istrators, v
No. 347
evacuating drug store goods when
2 - 5 feet deep here. (AP Wirephoto)
Flood Crest
Rolls Closer
To Cincinnati
CINCINNATI un The crest of
a "major" Ohio River flood rolled
closer to the heavily populated Cin
cinnati area Tuesday but the U.S.
engineers reiterated "there ha?
been nothing like a catastrophe."
The principal development Tues
day was a revision in the U.S.
Weather Bureau's forecast of the
crest here of from 61 feet to 61.5
feel. That would be 9.5 feet above
flood stage.
The river already was in manv
low lying streets buf it still had
more than two feet to go to reach
the,, predicted . crest i due -early
Thursday., ...
From Cincinnati upstream, more
than 900 Ohio families have been
forced from their homes. The
American Red 'Cross, which calls
the situation of "disaster" propor
tions for relief purposes, said more
than 2,000 families had been af
fected in West Virginia, Kentucky
and Indiana. ,
There were no forecasts of any
heavy rains, however, and that
brightened the picture for the re
mainder of the week.
Baker Wreck
Kills Mother,
Unborn Twins
BAKER un A spectacular au
tomobile crash here Monday nieht
claimed the lives of a mother arid
her unborn twin daughters and
hurt five other persons.
Mrs. Olvin D. Hale, 19, was be
ing rushed to a hospital for deliv
ery of her babies. As the car sped
through a pass under the Union
Pacific Railroad tracks it met an
other head-on.
The girls were born dead an hour
after the crash, and Mrs. Hale
aiea two nours later of Her inju
ries.
There was no immediate police
statement on blame for the acci
dent but skid marks indicated
that one of the cars must have
been on the wrong side of the
street.
Mrs. George Hughes, riding in
the car with Mrs. Hale, suffered
critical skull fracture. Jesse
Hale, driver, suffered non-critical
hurts. He was Mrs. Hale's broth
er-in-law. Others in the car ivere
the expectant father, Olvia D.
Hale, their 18-months-old son, and
Barbara Lee, 18. All are from'
Baker.
Occupants of the other car,
Mr.- and Mrs. George Curtis, of
Baker, suffered fractures and cuts.
Stocks Drop as
rlea tor Lash
By KARL R. BAUMAN
WASHINGTON W The stock
market broke sharply Tuesday fol
lowing testimony before the Senate
Banking Committee that stock buy
ing ought to be put on a cash
basis, that there is too much spe
culation. I
However, Chairman Fulbright!
(D-Ark) of the committee said of
the market drop:
"I think it has do connection
whatever with the study being
made by this committee. I can't
imagine how there would be any
connection." - '
Some New York brokers attribu
ted the sell-off in the market to
testimony Tuesday by John Ken
neth GalbraiUj, ' professor of eco
nomics at Harvard University, who
urged "strongest precautionary
measure' to prevent a repetition
stands ready "to ..meet hostile l
force with the greater force that
we possess."
In a nationwide radio-tv broad
cast speech, the secretary of state
did not name the new weapons.
But he said they can be so pin
pointed as to "utterly destroy mili
tary targets without endangering
unrelated civilian ; centers."
This could mean "baby" atomic
bombs, or guided missiles or
something not yet disclosed. His
mention of not endangering civil
ian centers could be 'taken as a
form of assurance to those some
American allies among them
who opposevlhe use) of hydrogen
bombs .or convention A-bombs as
indiscriminate slaughter.
Warning to Reds j
It also could be taken as a warn
ing to any Red Chinese leaders
who might figure tjey would be
safe in launching an attack be
cause the U. S. wqtfld never risk
world-wide revulsion! by the use
of massive atomic j or hydrogen
weapons. Dulles was saying in ef
fect that there wou& be no heed
to use these ultimate weapons,
that others would saffice. .
Dulles' speech wai a report on
his just - completed tour of Asian
countries and the fai Pacific.
"Paper Tiger" j I
Red China, he sail, seems "de
termined to try to Iconquer For
mosa." and is spreading the prop
aganda that the Urjted States is
only a "paper tiger;?.
While practicing -restraint against
such taunts, Dulles Continued, the
United States must wt let the free
people of Asia get the idea that
"our love of peace fmeans peace
at any price." !
"We must, if occasion offers,
make it clear that i we are pre
pared to stand Dryi," he said,
"and, if necessary,! meet hostile
force with the greaser force that
we possess. ' 1
If the Chinese Communists en
gage in open armed aggression,"
he said, "this would probably
mean that they ha-e decided" on
general war in Asia."
Defense Treaties - i-
"They would thenJhave to take
into account the ; mutual defense
treaties of the United, States with
the Republic of Korea and the Re
public of China, and the forces
maintained under them.
"Thus general waf , would con
front the Chinese Communists with
tasks at the south."' center and
north, tasks which jwould strain
their inadequate means of trans
portation. "The allied nation possess to
gether plenty of power in the area.
The United States in particular
has sea and air forces now.
equipped with new and powerful
weapons of precision which can
utterly destroy miliary targets
without endangering '(unrelated ci
vilian centers." i
Wilsoa Opines 1
Secretary of Defense Wilson sup
plied the opinion at ja news con
ference Tuesday that the Chinese
Reds do not have th capacity to
invade Formosa. He laid the For
mosa Strait would fee a "more
formidable obstacle"! to invasion
than the English Channel was in
the Normandy landings of World
War II in 1944. 5 j
Sen. Mansfield ,D--Mont) said
"Secreatry Dulles has laid it on
the line the days tf retreat by
America - in the i Far East are
"The decision,"? Mansfield said,
"now lies in the hands of the Chi
nese." i i
5
Premier Nagy of
Hungary Censured
By Communists
LONDON I The Hungariaa
Communist Party 1-Wednesday
denounced Premier j Imre Nagy,
spokesman la his country for the
Malenkov policy of fbetter living
conditions. j J
Budapest radio announced Xht
party censure, which aeensed
the 59-year-old veteran' Commu
nist of "right-wing . deviation
ism." r i .
Nagy has been retorted on his
way not of favor fof some time.
Solons Heai
Unly sales
of the disastrous market crash of
1929. i
While saying there lis too much
speculation, Galbraitii added there
are some "formidably safeguards"
against a 1929-type crash. -A
reporter refersed to Gal-
braith's testimony as -' "gloomy,"
but Fulbright said: I
"It wasn't a gloomy statement
He only said we should be cau
tious. We should be cautious when
we are walking across the street."
In urging "strongest precaution
ary , measures' to avoid a bust
sucfi as occurred ia 1929, Gal
braith told the committee that
prevention rather than cure is
our best hope." !
Galbraith is the author of a
book. "The Great Oash." to be
published next month, dealing with
tne 193 crasn. ;
Retirement
Law Changes
By HECTOR L. FOX
Associated Press Writer m
x Broad changes in the public
employes retirement law won
speedy 27-2 endorsement Tuesday
in the Oregon Senate.
Sponsors said the bill, which
goes to the House, would. benefit
14,000 state, county and city em
ployes. But opponents argued
it was "speculative" in savings
to the state.
The measure contains two prin
cipal revisions. Exclusion of an
employe's first $600 of annual
income in -computing his retire
ment contribution now would be
optional. Also, employes earning
more than $4,800 a year could
continue their - contributions to
boost their ultimate benefits. .
Would Pay Less
These" revisions mean that low
er paid employes in many cases
would pay less into the system
and receive slightly lower bene-
WEDNESDAY EVENTS
10:30 a. m. Election subdis
tricting bill in the Senate. .
2:10 p. m. Proposed constitu
tion revision convention bill in
the Senate., .
7:30 p. m. Bill for doctors'1
advisory committee to medical
school, hearing before Senate
education committee, Room 309.
fits on retirement while higher
paid employes could have more
of their income covered by pay
ing more into the system.
Sen. Carl Francis (R), Dayton,
said mere was no way to deter
mine how many employes would
exercise either-option.
Doubts Claim " - - --
He asserted sponsors' claims of
A $330,000 state saving were
speculative. Several cities, he
said, including The Dalles and
Oregon City, want to ij withdraw
from the retirement plan.
Sen. John Merrifield (R), Port
land, said the estimated saving
was a maximum figure. He con
ceded it would be less in propor
tion to the number of employes
who want to take advantage of
the options. Merrifield added
that he thinks less- than 40 per
cent of those earning above $4,
800 would want to make a change.
Goes to House
If enacted, employes could re-i
tire at age 65 at almost half of
their salaries. The bill now goes
to the House.
The Senate today will debate
bills to have a constitutional con
vention in 1959, divide Multno
mah County into legislative sub
districts, and repeal the law
which .sets forth physical educa
tion requirements in schools.
(Additional legislative news on
Page 4, Sec.' 2.)
End to Ideal'
Weather Seen
Salem's weather continued close
to ideal Tuesday with a high of 59,
two degrees short of Monday's 61.
A high of 52 is predicted for to
day, which is forecast to be partly
cloudy with a few light showers
this afternoon and tonight.
The state highway department
Tuesday night reported virtually
all highways free of snow but ad
vised motorists to carry chains in
the Government Camp and Timber
line areas where plows were still
operating. 1
Icy spots were reported at Sun
set Summit, Warm Springs. Junc
tion, Prospedt, Willamette Pass,
Lakeview, Meacham, Austin and
Basque.
National Demo Chief
Plans Oregon Visit
PORTLAND m Oregon Demo
crats scheduled a dinner meeting
here on March 17 for Paul Butler,
new Democratic national chair
man. '
Butler, a South Bend, Ind.," attor
ney, will be making his first offi
rial visit to Oregon, State Chair
man Howard Morgan reported.
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