IF MEIEE nrorrm The Weather FORECAST (frm V. WtaiMt knru. MrNirj flH, il)t MoitlY funny today with high 0; purtly cloudr tnnifh and Thuf day. L4w tonight U; high ThundtJT 0 T-rtiir M It:M t .' tefef in tl. lAttM rrrirrTATTO ' Hurt Mart of Wtalhfr ftt - I This Tear Lart Vtar Normal MSI 11.2 M-M POUNDBD 1651 While President Kisenhower is making good slridos toward re covery from his recent intestinal operation, one notes expressions of doubt that he should run again fur the presidential office. The Repub lican high command bluntly as sumes he will run. Lrn Hall told reporters: "Kisenhower k Nixori, you r,an paste that in your hat." This attitude would deny to Kisen hower the privilege ol making his own decision It serve the party ill because it wets down any talk of an alternative in case Kisen hower does announce he is not go inr tn run. True, the external signs point toward his announcement that he will stay in the race. He is visibly making an effort to transact public business and plans to fly to Pana ma (or a meeting with heads of Latin American stales in July. These signs do not point toward a renunuation of candidacy; but they do not commit him to running again cilher. He surely, as Stewart Alsnp wrote in Monday's States man, i.i making his own "reapprai sal" of his future plans. Republican governors at Atlantic City joined in a fine tribute to the President and his administration ami pledged their support for his (Continued on editorial page. 4.) Salem to Fete Franzen at Close of Work City officials, c nployes and former employes- of the citv w honor retiring City Manager .1, L. Franzen Friday afternoon at a re ception and party in City Hall. It will be Franzen s last official work day as city manager, but he will be staying on several weeks to help break in new city manager Kent Mathewson. from Martins ville, Va. Franzen, Salem's first citv man-i aqcr, came here Jan I. 1!47. from Oregon City. The reception Friday will be from 2 to 4 p.m. in the City Coun cil chambers. City employes from all departments have been invited Slid former employes- are welcome and urged to attend. Special invi tations will go out tn former City, Council mwiibers who served wiih Franzen. Refreshments will be served ; Committee chairmen assisting' Miss Mary Brady in arrangements include Miss Betty Marsh, Mrs i Lois Mahaffev. Mrs Delia Colver, I Mrs. Phyllis Scharff. A public reception honoring Franzen is ficing planned for July : IB with Salem Rotary Club as sponsor and former mayor H I. Elfstrom as chairman. Move to UHF Band Charted WAMIIM.ION T - the l cil - rral Communications ( ommisMon (FCC i Tuesday moved tn end the mixture nf I'HF and VIIF te!r-i vision channels in a score, of cities It also charted a course toward possible long-term shift of all. or a major portion oi. i v to tnc uiiralas KovaUk Jr. Brooklyn, N.V.. h'gh froemrncv U HF1 channel numbered 14 through 83. The commission s;nd it has made no final determination on a I HF shift, but invited comment on the possibility to be suliiiiillcd by Oil i. The ul. in would involve a h ngthv transition period, possibly over 10 years. During that period FCC sug-" gcsleil very high licqucncy VHP i( stations now operating on channels numbtred 2 through 13 might be i required to broadcast on both VHP and HIP channels. j V.I1I Siai IM1S nave l-lltoinnei ni major difficulties in competing with HF stations. mmm KORTHH'KST 1 KAI.I K At V akim.1 o-.l S;i 3-2 At Tri-Olv :t, F.iinrn.' 2 At VVro.il. lire !l l.rw it"H 8 PACIFIC t OAST I 1 K At )'n tin""! '. Seattle :' At llulhwooU 10. S.m Ki.nu Ki'O 8 At fcan Olefin 1. Sin I ;t!iien!u ! At Vanc(v.jer-I.es Amine-. ian NATIONAL l.tKV.Vr. At Brooklyn in, ('iilrafio 5 At N-w York 3. St. Lmiu 0 At Philadelphia 4. Miluaukrp 2 At rithwrgh-t'inrtnnati. rain AMKKH'AV IHtirr. At t'hli acn 4 U.isl.ei 1 At Kansas ritv 4, -.e Y'rk S At PrtrrHl 2. VVashi":-1nn 2 '-ainl At I Irvrland 4 ll.iltiMu.rr 1 WILBERT Hi k Ht 106th Year 48-Foot Aluminum Strips Used for Roofing IP lVHtx&h Mw t& -K' .XVc w These 48-foot pieces of aluminum roofing sheets probably the longest ever corrugated in the North westleft the Western Aluminum Corporation plant in Salem Tuesday morning bound for the new Holt Kquipment building in Independence. Western Aluminum Salem branch manager Gail Howard said the longest piece produced previously was made in Seattle. It was 47 feet long. Shown loading the roofing sheets Tuesdav are (front tn back) Douglas McAlpine, Western warehouse employe; Parrel Tennis, Willamette Valley Transfer driver, and Howard. (Statesman Photo). 5,000 Jehovah Witnesses to Meet in Salem (Photo on page .". See. 11 A Northwest district assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses will bring nearlv 5,000 Witnesses to Salem ..- 'n - .. . .,,.. ,...,H Tnoc U. .-., II .is amim.m.u (lav hv ..fli. i .lc ,.f Iho rr in mis group The1- four-day Bible education program for members will be con ducted at the Slate Kairgrounds grandstand. Those taking part will he from more than W) congrega tions in Nerlhei'n California. West ern Oregon ami Washington. Convention director will he John iiieen. ti i II e u 1 1 iiinositi in r,u.rn ohfornia and Southern '(,,.,, ,nn r llammeilon is pn.simnc ,inisrr f the Salem enngregotioii The instruction of Witnesses is sponsored by the j yVatchtowrr Bible A: Tract Society, , prim.lr., speaker w ill toe Nicho- a district director of the Witnesses, All congregation members arc con sidered active ministers in the Wit ness program and all attend at least one .general assembly a year. Salem's will be one of three dis trict assemblies in the West Coast area this ve;ir. the others sehed- tiled for Albany. Calif. July III 22. ami Spokane the same dates as the Salem meeting (,irl IT CfM Doctor Mhfrr(l fr i CLIFTON FORGK. Va. -When Dr. (Who Paul Arcabnto i 72. of Alderson. W. Va Sharon Ann Kirhy, 20. married 01 Ainer-!tnr here the other day he had ; son. reason to he proud. Dr. Arsahrile. who litcd him self as a farmer and doctor, sai.; hr delivered his bride at the time n! her birth. Ike Toyed With 3rd Party Idea, New Book Declares NKW YORK f - A book about; WASHINGTON' if - Sen. Mc ii, 1. !,. ,,i,misiraiion Clellan 'D-Ark' Tuesday rallt-d which has drawn senatorial at- tention reports the President once ,,,. -morp secret" than Mime seriously toyed with the idea, of the administration has withheld fnrminc a thud parlv. from Concress Vexed at what "powerful rijjh! J The demand from the chairman winfi" Republicans were doinu to;of the Senate invrsticalinns sub- his program in tt")3. Kisenhower ! committee came after While "even went so far as tn try to House aide Maxwell Rahh turned think up a name" lor the new down an invitation lo testify be- partv, said White House forre- fore the subcommittee . . . -,iving spondent Robert J Donovan of "there is nothing I can add' to the New York Herald Tribune. A name never selected, but of his staff "leaked" official docu- A( T0 p-jyr CLOSFD from the third party discussion. , ments ,0 author Robert J. Dono- Detroit. Mich. 4- Studebaker said Donovan, came such phrases van d,l.,j r., ,,i,j t a... as "oroBressive moderates" and Donovan is author of a forth-: kard Co?. 1lsc;,osfd Tu.a.? "dynamic conservatism" to de- serthe Kisenhower s idea of what the RoDubirafi partv should be Aware of Fate Aware of the historic fate ol "snlinter" erouos. Donovan add- ed the President gave up the idea, concluding "his best hope of attaining his goals was In per- severe in trying to give the Re- I publican party a new viewpoint land new complexion." 2 SECTIONS-20 PAGES 1 1 k4ATry&pr House Interior Committee Approves Hells Canyon Bill WASHINGTON 'J Hells Canyon Ham legislation, symbol of op position to the administration's electric power policies, cleared the j House Interior Committee Tuesday j Democrats forced through the proved by the rules committee, is tack on what Democrats term the hovver administration The bill would authorize a fed eral dam in the Hells Canyon , . , ,,, ,.,, ,,,. . Ml CU II III me .man. f, 1 no luano-uregon border where the Federal Tower Commission FPC' has licensed the construc tion of three smaller dams by the Idaho I'nwer Co. Courts Testing Validity of the license is being tested 111 the 1' S. Court of Ap- power croups, including the National Hells Canyon Assn., recently asked the court to stop construction work by Idaho Pow er until alter a decision on legali ty of the FPC license. Idaho Power lawyers, in an ar gument filed with the court clerk Tuesday, asked the court to up hold the FPC license saying six million dollars have been spent on the dam. The House Hells Canyon meas ure is identical with a hill, spon smed by Ml senators, which was approved by the Senate Interior Committee a week ago. Deadlock Broken Ilotise Intel lor Committee Dem-! ncrats were jubilant alter the long deadlock was broken by Tuesday s 1 Kl vote The outcome hmced on 1 the vote of one Iteptinlican mem-1 l . ..J.J ...,iu .i r ner, woo suieu iui 11 lk-uiu- , rrats ' Rep. rhenoweth iR-Coln1, for: , merl an opponent of the Hells" . ('anvon hill, was persuaded to vnp fm j( m hr hol(1 flf g,,,inf; Colorado Frying Pan - Arkan as reclamation project sprunR Irom the roles committee. He said he was persuaded by House Speaker Sam Itayhurn 'who was anxious to iH the Hells Canyon bill out of the interior, committee " ! upon the White House to explain how an author not conies of dut u his denial Monday that he or any coming book on the admimstra- tion, "Inside Story Id wrote it while on leave ol absence as White House correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune "Inside Storv." MrClellan said dearly is based on access to mm utes of cabinet meetings and o'her official documents more se- cret than some the administration 1 has refused tn make available to; I the subcommittee. I alter a year-long deadlock. committee a hill which, if ap expected to touch off a flour at "giveaway" policies of the Kisen- Income Taxes 50 Per Cent Ahead of '55 Personal income tax collections for the lirsi l months of the hicn nuim are $20 million higher than during the same period a year ago, Hay Smith, chairman ot the .Mate lax ommission. saiu uies-i. day. The increase was a gain of, 50 per cent. "Full impact of the increased j ! surtax was not felt until April and I May," Smith said, "The large in crease in the May collections was due to the fact that many of the returns made in April could not he processed immediately a n d were not inihiocd in the May re port" Totals for the pi-nod ending May l 31 were Sltt.llO.O.'iG compared with I $41,707,754 a year ago. The ligure rellected results of the 45 per cent (surtax applied to income taxes by the l!bj Legislature ( orporate income lax collections , were also up witn April totals ai 1 o lion nm mnrA .. ..1. MniU t.,. s.-n. c,,,,.. in 1953. Total corporate excise taxes for the first 11 months were $I",7I2. 7(14 compared with $13,304,- 031 lor last year . . nlrSllKUl lllVllOS Arrol as Test for Allianv Ordinance Stalcsnian News Srrvlif . I HVM 1 1., . v:ilrsm:in invited an '.lhanv policeman t; arrest linn Tuesday and the police man i In i i I til ly obliged. Involved is Albany's city ordi nance hanninK otit-ol-town peddlers which Robert Ivan 1'ruc.sdcll. 35, Spriimlield. said he was putting t;r a "friendly test". T,r. salesman invited patrolman r ,,1 i.-,n. 1. 1.. ..,.,..,,,- hm. 1,. .,' ,h,iny store where I'ruesdell nl1((, a s'.,,.s p1t (r n, pholo- graphic sluriui which he represents he pnlu cman arresled I'ruesdell onk hurt to police court where a heannc was set (or Thursdav. Meanwhile. I'ruesdell said tied .A temporarv injunction which wn,. prrml, mm to-solicit in AI- )anv ponding his trial it has completed its run of 1956 marl, 1 V.,,, ,rA ,,! ("'.....r.r ...nnlr " ", ;;'i'P" anu uiiu on itioeiiniieiy some j mni i,s l,',r'l"t J'1'"'' No definite date was disclosed for a 'tart on IM7 model cars. SIK" LKADKR DIES CHILLIWACK. R C 4" -The only Sikh archbishop in North America, Harnam Singh, died in a hospital next at the age of 70. The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, June Senate Adds $1 Billion for Jets Ike Given $33 Billion Road Bill Signature on Highway Plan Expected Soon WASHINGTON if -The 3.1-billinn-dollar highway bill, biggest non-defense spending program in history, was passed by Congress Tuesday and sent to President Ki senhower. Congressional action was com pleted by an 8!M roll call vote in the Senate. The lone dissenter was Sen. Long 'D-I.a1. Karlier in the day, the House passed the hill by Voice vote and without debate The roadhuilding program in cludes just about everything Ki senhower requested, except for bond financing of the federal out lays. Congressional Democrats succeeded in substituting t a x boosts to help pay for the 13 year program. "Irgent" Item Kisenhower has listed Die high- ATLANTIC CITV ,F Ueptib way bill as an "urgent'' item on lican governors put their second his program for Congress. Sup-1 term support tor 1'residcnt Kisen portcrs of the legislation expect ; hower in writing Tuesday while a him to sign it promptly, perhaps survey turned up strong backing this week. jn slates with Democratic Eover- The hill provides for a $14,800.- 000. 000 hike in taxes tn he levied on highway users in the next It", years These will go into effect July 1 if r.isenhower signs it by th?! 1"n,;L . i ,, i "Nf oi i ne ia doosis woiiiu auu , 1 cent to the present 2-cents-a- gallon federal tax on gasoline and motor fuels. , Compromise Devised j The measure represents a com - promise worked out last week, of I diffusing bills voted earlier by the two branches - Some Congress members have termer! it "the greatest governmental construe : tion program in the history of the I world " Its major feature calls for a ! 41.000-mile network of interstate i rm.rl,;nku in ,-...1 cw.r.,.. 17 1 .. hiilmn dollars The federal gov-: flll AMlltlinin.1 l si .-.win. 4.1 ernment would pay !K) per cent of the hill the slates I he rest The system would connect 42 "" ,n ,,r 'ld" dn,"u'V dl . states capitals and 90 per cent ofi,'"'al ,0 lhe a U""e P;ak ' lhw all dies of over 50 Olio papula-. J" i,ni1 aPPp' 0 r!n ! ., toward new record levels this i. ... Uiimmer , i at nances New and increased loves' nnart , from that on gasoline, are: 1 A new tax of 3 tents a pound on retread rubber and a 3-cenls-a-pound hike in the 5-cent levy on tires. 2 '' per rent increase in the S ncr cent excise tax on trucks i nH lr. ,..., , A n.w ,.,, , lljq 1 000 nounds on trucks and i busrs weighing more than 26.000 pounds and registered for use on i highways. Stale Highway Aid Awaits Ike's Signing Federal aid highway funds total ing $51,100,000 will be received by Ori.onn s n n n :s I'roiHrnt as soon Kisenhower signs the new highway ; i(iwln0 th,r y,- tnn, ,. . .. . ..;i"ml" l'M.V ini'N nill i,0pUy Hignwav r:neineer w. c. niiuaiiis saiu lucsuay. 1 Autborization for immediate al location of ltW-rifl allotments as soon as the bill is signed has al ready been received by the 1'. S. Bureau of Pnhlic Roads. Oregon will he allocated tl.l.fiOO -noo for interstate highway con struction in 1!C7 and $1 .RfKi.non lor construction of non - interstate rentes. Williams said. The ltl.rH1 1 allocations will he Sl'i.fioo.ooo fnr; 'non - interstate and $23,100.(101) lr t lhe interstate systems including hiuhways 9 and 30 Action is expected on ine i;i;h-:hs j program by (lie highway commis- sion lo get projects under way in .Jtlgllst. Willamette River Days Queen Coronation on Monday Night Plans for a colorful corona tion of Willamette River Days festival queen next Monday night and fnr the gala public outdoor dance Tuesday night have been completed, it was re ported Tuesday. Winner of the ticket selling contest for title of "Queen of the Willamette," will be an nounced Monday at 8 p m. at a program on the Capitol Mall. Tickets are on sale now. Rosarians to Attend Adding color to the eeremonv will be the appearance of tho Portland Rose Festival queen and her court, attended by a group n( uniformed Rosarian' (iov Klmn Smith will he on hand for the program and mas ter of ceremonies will be the Vote of Senators Aims to Put!Solous Reject Woodburn WASHINGTON ir-The Senate Armed Services Committer ap proved Tuesday an appropriation of SI3.50S.OOO fnr the projected (realer Portland Air Base seven miles west of Wnndliurn, Ore. It wnuld provide fnr operation and training, maintenance, supply, administrative, housing, and com munity facilities, utilities and ground improvements and land acquisition. The committee also approved $258,000 for storage l.irilltiet at the Army's I'malilla Ordinance Depot and $1,130,000 for the Air Force's contemplated land acqui (X)I' (Governors Hack Kisenhower nors for Adlai K. Stevenson to' liiinnun Nrwt Service oppose him. LABISH CENTER A. J. Har- Gov. Averell Harriman still was' rjs was elected chairman of the in their pitching for the Demo- mne-membcr board of directors cratic nomination, though. "elected Tuesday night for the Tnc New VorlH,r invi,od a" the newlv formed Labish Water Con- Democrats attending tne bum an nual Governors' Conference to i cocktail party in his hotel suite -including those who like Stev jenson. 1 - .,, Livins Costs Back at Record ITCn-li rii'mlisnn Illy II. liliniDin!? A Jll I 111 Jllllllf 111, O C 7i 7 -n ,, ... ,1 " -imsc. l v-.s i.r-l.iv oil; costs. II' 'IMVTnf ,n f . : ' ; lhl' Kcrnmrnt reported Tues- day its living cost index rose a 'lose election were Noble Hag whooping four-tenths of one per lnl. 12: 1-cslic Klampe pnd Wil cent in May -- largest increase liam Heilman, 10 each; and Sam fnr any month in three years. , ltamp, P.. The Labor Department's index Nominations were made from J 1 ' l!)47-''!, hasf period, matching the; record set in October 1953. Liv-! ing costs in May were 11 per cem n'Kn(r lnan a ear r At the same time, the take- nome P3? '" lanory worK'" on Miiiiiwii.il. ! ing June 7, was organized to plan Kuan Hague, labor statistics 1 Hood protection for the 1.2(H) coinmissioiiei. said virtually all acre area northeast of Salem in major consumer cost items are which land and crops have re moving upward and seem sure to qurntly been damaged bv back- continue on that trend through the summer months Since tootl is a bit; item in the index, the upward spiral miuhl lie halted when more plentiful 1 all crop harvests come in. Food prices particularly "'increased- in May, continuing la ments heard from housewives fnl- to the erncerv stores 1.3 per cent hike in food in May was the largest monthly oars killed a fisherman on the boost in three years However, , Wolf River near here Tuesday as food is slightly below last year's he and a companion rowed to level and nearly 5 per cent below Har(j shore to seek safety Irom a I its AtiKMst 1 052 peak The Weather m BultV-i""' Meiii... a Man Mm I'rfr .Nurl'i ll.'h.l '. u... . 1 s.m I'mm -i-. Ij aiuvih-s 'N','," '' r Wlllanrrtt Klvrr King Ring of the Salem Cher nam, T M Jenny. The Portland court will ar rive in Salem to meet (iov. Smith and the Salem court at 4 30 p m. Monday Both courts, plus the governor and Mayor Robert White and other digni taries, will be feted at a dinner at 6 o'clock in the Oregon Room of Meier & Frank store. Band Concert A 7 pm. band concert at the Mall will precede lhe corona tion Tuesday at 8pm, on the eve of the Jiilv 4 River l)a fesh Val. a public d.mce will lie held on the large west portico of the Marion ( 'mints rmirlhou-e in downtown Salem Fxhibitmns nf folk and square dancing will be held. 27, 1956 Base in High Gear sition, operation, training, main tenance, housing and utilities at the Klamath Falls Municipal Air port. Action of the Senate Armed Services Committee in approving a M3.5OX.0O0 appropriation for the Woodhurn Air Rase apparently portended a year's step - up In plans Tuesday. The 113 million figure was the one originally announced as con templated for the first 12-month.' expenditure at the French Prai rie site, and was to have provided for construction work to begin late this summer. Harris Elected Labish Flood District Head trol District V TV f'nnmlpr wn alerted viee I I...;- ' j rJ n,.i. .r.. i (lldll llldli, nu .vnr tary-treasurer, in the board's first meeting following the district election in Labish Center School. Dibby Leads Tally Harris and Coomler earh re ceived 21 votes in the district election. Boies received 17. Leading vote-getter was Max Dibby with 22. Other directors eteetod were () A Muss 21- N'a- ,h,n Kur,h- 20; W'illard Aker, 18: Krank Weinman 14; and Jim Jackson, 13 Most of the elected directors are onion growers. Jackson, how-1 ever, w ho does not grow onions, was a leader in a move .gainst formation of the district. For Flood Protection Defeated candulates in the ur in mi; oireiuiK atteiiueu by 26 districl residents, mostly onion growers. Election was by ballot. The district, which was brought into existence by Marion County ( ourf following a public hear- water from the Pudding Jtiver, Holl of Follows WVl Oar To Kill Fisherman AI.MOM), Wis. i - A bolt of ightning which apparently struck lhe water and traveled up wet storm I The dead man was 45-vear-nld j (icorgc Nelson ol Almond. I Nelson's companion. .1. (' .lor-1 v.i nseii. also ol Almond, was tin- j able to till authorities what hap-' pined lie s.ihI In- ;mil Nelson! niiliieil storm clouds approaching an (lei nil il to seek shelter As Iht y girt close lo .shore, Jorgenseii .said, he turned around ami Nelson was bent over bis oats, badly bin net! anil dead. Festival tickrls will not required fnr either the en "na tion or dance. Featured activities nf the River Days festival will begin next Wednesday with a parade through down'own streets at 10 30 o'clock. Other activities include a noon picnic at Bip-h Pasture, boat races on the Wil lametle River, a h.irhei ue and nighttime fireworks dispbv. Sheet banner announcing the festival, Salem's first Inde pendence Dav celebration ill many years. w !i ip t.nmir row 1 he River I1 - coir ' .f ei::ht princesses will atrpe.i r on KLOR'TY in I'nrlland I hurs.l.iv A I I 1 .1 Ji rrr r 10 v w ni no ." ' ih,i n-.ih mo.t, nn mth t hr 1 re . t-u. 11 r..n,. .. Portland Rose court. PRICI 5 Last month, however. It was an nounced that only slightly more than $3,000,008 would be asked from the current Congress just enough to begin property acqui sition. It was nnder stood actual construelioa was to be delayed a year. Tuesday's action f the Senate committee, apparently represent ed another change in plans. Con currence by Congress In the com m It lee reeonimendatloa w I d I meaa a aearlv-lmmrdiate start project which eventually Is esll-; , . . . ., . . iwwiwio mated to cost beUee. W.OOO.OOO . and $64,000,000. Ceremony to Fete (tlas Line Arrival PORTLAND '( Portland Gas i Coke Co. will hold a ceremony i here Aug. 16 to mark the coming' of natural gas into this area. It will be on Sauvie Island, north of here, near the firm's metering station. National financial leaders, government officials and Pacific Northwest public . officials will participate. The pipeline to bring natural gas from northern New Mexico is expected to be finished sometime late in August. Ike Asks Vet Pension Boost Plans 'Slowed' WASHINGTON W The House, squaring off Tuesday for an elec tion year battle over veterans pensions, heard a go-slow plea from President Kisenhower. An Kisenhower letter, dated May 30 before the President was hospitalized for abdominal sur gery, was read to the House by Rep. Ayres (R-Ohioi. The Presi dent had written the letter to Chairman Teague (D-Tex) of the House Veterans Affairs Commit tee. In it. Kisenhower said he was convinced that findings of his commission on veterans benefits should be carefully evaluated "be fore such basic and far-reaching pension legislation as you mention is acted upon." The three rival proposals, which will be voted on Wednesday, are: 1. An omnibus bill approved by featuring a $105 a-month pension plan sponsored by the American Legion lhe administration says it would cost l' billion dollars the first year and a total 148 bil lions by the year 2000. 2. A last-minute "compromise" sponsored by Rep Dorn L)-SC) with Legion and Veterans of For eign Wars backing It would low er the pension proposal to $!K) a month and cut the estimated first I year costs in half. 3 A "compromise" by Teague which wnuld knock out most ofl"w "e 85 registered Tuesday, the nnn-serv ice-connected pensions jC'ooler weather will be accom called for in the other bills and concentrate on service-disabled veterans This wnuld cost some 200 millions the first year. Hnhonie Plague Causes Death of California Man SAN FRANCISCO If - Hubonir plague was confirmed Tues day as the cause of the death of Andrew Sukacs. 43. of Port Hue- neine. Calif . who died last night, I'm General Hospital Monday at Corona Naval Hospital. 1 morning following a sudden illness The announcement was made bv hum-- in condiion hr Malcolm II Merrill, head of! '"'" night and able to hav lhe Slate Department of Health. at;us,,urs- a,u,ndan,s sa,d- I'.erkelev 11 was the first reported human rase el the plague in California) cmr,. I'll? I II is possible he was he was infected 'Pjwhm he went to the Sespe Gorge in Ventura County on a fishing trip June IS. He Was hospitalized June ?2 Various forms nf rodents carry the plague infection, which is transmitted by fleas to the blood stream of one animal to another. Hoy killed as Swing ItreaUtf I.i ml) of Tree ItOSI Rt Rf; ? Ronald Dwayne l.'fet 1. :ts killed Monday nich! when a tiee 1 1 m W on which .1 smg v. is f.is'ened broke The boy was hit on the head and chest by the limh. He was I i the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jcllcri, who live north of Drain. I No. 92 Ike Estimate of Funds Needed By HILMOT HERCIIER WASHINGTON (AP)-Th Semite rejttl President Ei senhower's assessment of the nation's air power needs Tues dav and voted nearly a billion dollar more than he wanted for the Air Force in fiscal 1937. The 48 40 roll call vote ws smashing victory (or Seriate" Denv ocrats, who refused to accept as Frances of administration lead. ers ,hat ,he Air loTC "ld hav enoUKh monpy ((j Russia in the itrusefe for air iu. premacy. j Voting was preceded by a bit ter attack on Secrrtary ot De fense Wilson, who ias called in ept, vain, arrogant and contempt uous of Congress, j '. Improved Plaa j s The extra AlrlForca money, most of it earmarked for im proved aircraft, . was added to tho Defense Departmet's budget (or the 12 months beginning next Sun day. Then the Senate passed the SJ billion dollar defense measure on a routine roll call vote of 88-0, The big bill provide about lot billion (or the Air Force, 10 bil lion for the Navy and Marino Corps and 74 billion for the At my. The balance would go lor miscellaneous Defense Depart ment needs. May Bo lmpoaaded - The House ha yet to act on tho controversial air power Issue, which is sure to reverberate la the election campaign this fall. If the House approves the extra money, it remains to be seen whether Kisenhower will spend it or impound it. as President Tru man once did with additional Air Force funds voted by Congress. While the Senate was voting more money for deiense, the Brit ish government announced In Lon don that it had trimmed SO H mil lion pounds (about 140 million dol lars) off its IS billion pound (about $4,200,000,000) defense bud get as an anti-Inflation measure. Forty-three Democrats and five Republicans voted for the Senate amendment adding 960 millioB dollars to the Air Force budget. Both Morse and Neuberger of Ore gon (avored the larger figure. Forecasters Say Warmer Day on Way Area residents baked Tuesday in the hottest temperature so fat this month, but the mercury la expected to ooze about five de grees higher today, McNary Field weathermen said. A break in the heat is expected Thursday, however, with the tem perature sliding to about 80, ten degrees cooler than today's ex pected high and five degrees be panied ny partial cloudiness (un ing tonight, weathermen said. The high temperature of 85 Tuesday was far from the 95 re corded May 17, the hottest day to far this year, but it wai tht warmest sir.ee May 29. Northern Oregon beaches will be fair today with a high tem perature about 6368, Associated Press reported. Deputy Slrieken Herman Doney, Marion County Sheriff's deputy was taken to Sa- I PAYROLL I.MS KNOWN PORTLAND P - The Portland loftier of the U.S. "Department of 1 !'.. r.. r.,,,,,rla T,,na,,. Ik-t . u . 1' . . .... J-il Z Oregon had a 77 per cent gain in manufacturing payrolls from 1947 to 1W4. Today's Statesman Page S. Classified 17-19 II Comes the Dawn ... 4..... I Comics 1 .... II Crossword 17 II Editorials 4.... I Home Panorama . 6-7 I Markets IS II Obituaries 17 II Radio, TV 16 II Sports 1M3 II Star Caier 4 I Valley News , 14 II Wlrephoto Pes 16 11