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EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1948
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told the Benton County
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that damage from last
Hood wai estimated at
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burled the two completed
Fern Ridge and Cottage
-prevented an estimated
Is additional damages.
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n Information from the
Engineers and the
It ol work the engineers
be undertaken in one
the expected eongres-
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pi funds.
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trici the amount asked In
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lands requested Monday
ft complete any of the
projects, although only
,16,147,000 is needed to
knstructlon of Dorena Dam
now River to completion.
request for Pern Ridge
s, while the money .asked
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tuning $79,000 of the or
1384,000 authorization. The
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dear the channel from
north.
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"seal year
MAHATMA GANDHI (center), beginning what may be his
last fast, Is flanked by Abha Gandhi (left), wife of his grand
nephew, and Dr. Sushila Nayyar, one of his medical attendants, as
he walks through the garden of Birla House In New Delhi, India,
left rear is H. S. Suhrawardy, former premier of Bengal. Gandhi
devoted Tuesday to prayer and fasting for the cessation of the
communal strife which has beset India since freedom from British
rule.
'Gandhi or Lawlessness'
Aged Patriot Starts
Dangerous Fast
NEW DELHI, India
started a life-endangering fast for communal peace in Delhi
in India Tuesday.
The Indian patriot ant, prophet of non-violence, frail
and 78, rejected last-minute appeals from Hindu, Sikh and
Moslem delegations that he give the people 15 days to re
store peace before beginning his fast. He received them in
the garden of a millionaire friend's home here.
"You must prefer Gandhi or lawlessness. You can't
have both," delegation members said he told them in Hin
dustani. They added he asserted life had no value nor at
traction without peace and love. 'v
School Board
Hears Need
There must be a 80 per' cent
growth In local grade school fa
cilities by 1953.:
Such were the findings of a re
port submitted to the Eugene Dis
trict four school board Monday
night, by Dean Lobaugh, ass't su
perintendent of schools.
Already With Us
The report which Is based on a
house to house census of the local
area, included no estimate of a
birth rate. The future pupils
whom Lobaugh took Into consider
ation are already here. If they are
to start their educations on sched
ule, here are the basic needs:
Approximately 179 classrooms
by 1953 (there are at present
105); approximately 179 teachers
as compared to the present 112;
the reopening of Gardenway
school in the Washington district
(ride , Oklahoma I and a new primary unit in the
E-,i,, ,,.,. wiui niver noaa area oy i.
IS. '.equivalent to Mor
Broken down, the building time
table reads: nine classrooms in
1948; 21 in 1949 (not counting the
reopening of Gardenway); seven
additional in 1950. nine In 1951,
seven more in 1952, and at least
ten In 1953.
As a typical example, of why
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vr and Harbor
Tpds Inadequate
construction of the Foster Creek
Dam on the Columbia River in
Washington.
Morse, who has just returned
from his home state where he
saw the Willamette River in flood
that caused millions of dollars
worth of damage, said such floods
are unnecessary.
. "I say unnecessary," he con
tinued, "because if Congress would
stop its penny wise and pound
foolish policy on flood control, the
people of the Willamette Valley
and elsewhere in the country
would be saved tremendous losses
each year from floods.
"I wish every member of Con
gress could have seen thousands
of acres of fertile land which I
saw last week under flood wat
ers. I wish they could have seen
the overflowing rivers rushing to
the sea loaded with precious top
soil that will be lost to our agri
culture forever."
l : j -.lu.ae saui ny i.su oeen iigiu-
f funn. . 1 ir,g lor more flood control money i
Aiorse said ha l.nd been fight
pushiand intended to continue.
(AP) Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi pointed to tne rem
nants of his breakfast of goat's
milk and vegetables, from
which he had been eating
sparingly, and said, "take it
away. It it time.
He timed the start of the fast
exactly with his watch. He then
rinsed his mouth with water and
held a brief prayer service for his
assembled friends and others.
reading selections from the Mo
hammedan Koran, the Christian
Bible and the Hindu Vedas or re
ligious tenets!
Normal Routine
He asked the people, including
the Hindu, Sikh and Moslem del
egations, to leave him then, and
he went indoors to follow his nor
mal routine of reading mail, dic
tating messages to his followers
and closely studying current
events in the newspapers.
. In undertaking his fast,
Gandhi said it "will end when
and if I am satisfied that there
is a reunion of the hearts of ail
communities, brought about
without any outside pressure,
but from an awakened sense of
duty."
Noting the mention of death in
Gandhi's public announcement of
his plan, some disciples said they
feared that, should he die, India's
non-Moslems would blame the
Moslems and avenge him with a
terrible slaughter.
Gandhi Trembles
Gandhi, lecturing the "Sikhs in
the garden, became so agitated his
granddaughter had to help guide
the wooden spoon in his shaking
hand to his lips as he took the
last mouthfuls of his breakfast.
"Death for me would be a
glorious deliverance, rather than
that I should be a helpless wit
ness of the destruction of In
dia, Hinduism, Slkhism and Is-
. lam," declared Gandhi, whose
following numbers many thous
ands. "That destruction is certain if
Pakistan ensures no equality of
the status and security of life and
property for all professing the
various faiths of the world, and if
India copies her.
Pakistan, mostly Moslem in pop
ulation, and India, mostly Hindu,
were created British dominions in
a partition of the subcontinent last
Aug. 15.
They now are at odds over war
fare waged by Moslem tribesmen
upon the northern state of Kash
mir, which has Joined India. In
dia has accused Pakistan before
the United Nations of supporting
the tribesmen. The case comes up
before the Security Council
Thursday.
Hindus Evacuated
KARACHI, Pakistan OP) Mo
hammed Ayub Khurro, premier of
Sind Province, said Tuesday 15,000
Hindus had been evacuated by sea
and air from Karachi and interior
district of Sind since the start of
communal rioting last week. He
said about 32.000 are awaiting
evacuation, ami uwi auuuv wu,vu
Hindus in all will remain In Ka-
Irachi. I
BPA'Requesfs
S9 Million
For 'Local' Area
Budget Includes
Southwest Oregon
The Bonneville Power, Admini
stration has requested more than
nine million dollars in cash and
contract authorizations for the
construction of power facilities
which would aid Lane County and
southwestern Oregon.
Of the total which President
Truman has asked Congressto act
upon $38,475,000 about one
third is being asked for the con
struction of new power lines and
other facilities m this part of the
state. The budget asks for $4,
654,000 in cash $4,418,000 in con
tract authorizations for this area.
Last Year's Cut
Acting Bonneville Administra
tor D. L. Marlett said the total re-,
quested budget for the 1948-49
fiscal year is more than two and
one-third times the amount of the
curtailed 1948-47 budget of some
15 million dollars. This area got
only $1,800,000 last year.
Local Bonneville officials think
the most important item in the
budget, as far as this area is con
cerned, is the request for construc
tion funds for the Goldendale-De-
troit 230,000 volt line. Bonneville
has requested $300,000 cash for
this work; $1,700,000 in contract
authorizations.
Coulee Power
This line has not been author
ized by Congress, but approval of
the budget request would mean
automaitc approval of construe
tion. It would help to eventually
bring power to the Eugene area
from Grand Coulee Dam.
The second half of this line is
the Detroit-Eugene 230,000 volt
line, for which Bonneville is ask
ing $1,975,000 cash; $1,825,000 in
contract authorizations. This line
was approved by Congress last
year, and an initial appropriation
of $166,000 in cash was granted.
The line has been surveyed from
Detroit to Lebanon, and right-of-way
negotiations are underway.
More Lines
Other "Local" projects for which
funds are being requested are as
folows:
Salem, Albany, Lebanon line,
$641,000 and $143,000. This pro
ject would provide a second line
from Salem to Albany, leaving
more carrying facilities for bring
ing power Into the Eugene area;
Eugene, Reedsport, $1,112,000
and $350,000. This is the line for
which a clearing contract will be
awarded within a few weeks. It
will serve the Mapleton area and
facilitate the serving of the Flor
ence area by the PUD; ,
Reedsport, Coos Bay, $400,000
cash, $400,000 contract;
Cottage Grove, Drain, $66,000
cash;
Detroit Dam substation, $53,000
to furnish temporary power to the
army engineers.
.
Fir Brings
Record Price
The price of Douglas Fir in Ore
eon apparently had hit a new all
time high Tuesday, after the Wil
lamette National Forest Ser
vice sold at auction a stand of
over seven million board feet at
the rate of $25.05 per thousand,
Forest Supervisor J. R. Bruckart
said he believed it was the highest
price ever obtained for Douglas
Fir in Oregon. The stana oi i.vui,
000 board feet, located about 40
miles from Eugene on Fall Creek,
was sold to the Fall Creek Lum
ber Co. The total bid price of
S179.855.75 included the Douglas
Fir, plus 4000 board feet of cedar,
and 499,000 board feet of hemlock.
'You fellas will have to use ar
mored cars to get that timber outi
of there," Administrative Assistant
Clyde Quam told the successful
bidders.
The appraised value for the
Douglas Fir was $10.70. The ap
praised value on the cedar was
$7.30, and the company bid $7.50.
The bid on the hemlock was $4.10,
the same as the appraised price.
The other two bidders were the
Associated Plywood Corp. of Eu
gene, offering a bid of $21.50 on
the Douglas Fir and a total bid of
$154,661.40, and the Springfield
Plywood Corp., offering $25 on the
Douglas Fir and a total bid of
$179,500.90. The bid differential
between Fall Creek Lumber Co.
and the Springfield Plywood Corp.
was only a nickel per thousand on
the Douglas Fir, and a total bid
difference of only $354.85.
The timber was made available
through the recent completion of a
short access road extending the
Fall Creek access road. The new
road is a mile and a half long.
"The high bid will pay for the
extension of the road, and we will
have lots of small change left
over," Bruckart remarked.
DEAD FLYER FOUND
FAIRBANKS, Alaska 0 The
frozen body of the second of three
paratroopers who vanished after
jumping to the aid of six B-29
crash survivors north of Nome Dec.
27, was found Saturday by an Es
kimo dog team driver, Ladd Field
authorities said Tuesday.
GOP Hones
Fights
Five Billion Cut
In Budget Eyed
By Lawmakers
Foreign Aid Main
Slashing Target
WASHINGTON (ff) Re
publicans set out Tuesday to chop
some $5,000,000,000 (billions) out
of President Truman's $39,669,-
000,000 budget for the year start
ing July 1.
The Foreign Aid Program ap
peared likely to be the main
target of the money saving drive.
Tentative Slash
A $5,000,000,000 slash was the
tentative goal set by Chairman
Taber (R-NY) pending a meet
ing of the Senate-House Budget
Committee to go over details of
the unprecedented peacetime
spending estimate Mr. Truman
sent to Congress Monday.
While Taber declined to specify
just what items most likely would
be singled out for cuts, he noted
that the President's estimate of
actual foreign aid outlays during
the year and his requests for
funds to finance other projects
not yel; authorized by law run
well over $5,000,000,000 (billion).
For example, he said, the Pres
ident wants half a billion dollars
to finance universal military
training legislation which Con
gress has not enacted and which
some of its top leaders expect it
to put aside lor at least another
yiar.
Taber pointed out that while
the Marshall Plan for European
recovery contemplates a? $6,800,-
000,000 appropriation for- the first
15 months, the budget says only
$4,000,000,000 of that sum will
be spent during the 12 months
starting July 1.
The New Yorker termed even
that "too much."
Pirate Gold
Is Object
Of Search
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla.
w) Eighty-year-old G. B.
Mobley started digging in the
middle of town Tuesday for
$4,000,000 in gold he said pir
ates buried many years ago.
Using a dragline, he dug a 25
feet deep hole between the side
walk and the street, about 50
feet from the nearest building.
Mobley got grudging permis
sion from city officials in Febru
ary, 1945 to dig for the gold,
location of which he said was
given him 20 years ago by pio
neer residents.
He signed a contract then to
pay the city ten per cent (up
to a maximum of $500,000) of
whatever he found. The con
tract still holds. Mobley ran
out of operating funds in 1945
after getting down nine feet.
Reports were that two Jackson
ville doctors are financing his
new burrowing job.
Mayor E. L. Bradley estimat
ed the city debt at $350,000. He
said he understood Mobley
shortly would put donw steel
pilings but that he didn't believe
traffic would be disrupted.
"If we have a heavy rain,
- though," the mayor said rue
fully,' "we'll probably have a
lake.';;
New Atomic Element
Found By Frenchman
PARIS M5) Frederic Joliot-
Curie, French scientist who heads
the National Committee of scien
tific research, has announced dis
covery of a new radioactive body
in cosmic rays which permits a
more complete disintegration of
the atom.
He communicated to the French
Academy of Sciences Monday a
note concerning the study of this
new radioactive body by four
French scientists.
You Were Right,
It Was Rather Chilly
Temperatures in the Eugene
area fell to 27 degrees Tuesday
morning, the weather bureau re
ported. This Is the lowest reading for
the winter with the exception of
one day last fall when the tem
perature fell to 26 degrees.
Chinese Leave Cities
SHANGHAI (U.B The Chinese
government was reliably reported
Tuesday to have decided to aban
don two of its most important
cities in Manchuria Mchangchun
and Kirin to the Communists,
and to concentrate on defending
Mukden.
Abandonment of the two cities,
each about 200 miles north of
Bukden, would mean withdrawal
from a narrow corridor which the
nationalist have held fine V-J
d7.
Rationing
Plaintiff Says
Meat Made
Her 'Allergic'
A suit was filed in circuit
court Tuesday by Charlotte
Bruhn, asking $2950 damages
against a national meat packer
because of (complaint claims)
"corrupted, poisoned and putrl
fied meat."
She alleges in the suit that
she bought some bologna "seal
ed at both ends, and stamped
with the company's mark,"
which caused her painful and
lasting injuries."
Alleging the bologna contained
"harmful bacteria," she said she
suffered, "injury to the lining
of the stomach, nervous system,
destruction of her ability to
sleep, weakened kidneys, shock,
and destruction of her emotional
stability, and had become aller
gic." (Just allergic.)
New Water Plan
Under Study
SPRINGFIELD Dr. W. N.
Dow, head of the city's special
water committee presented a re
port to the city council here
Monday night in which his com
mittee recommended that the ser
vices of a Portland engineering
firm be acquired to make a sur
vey of the city's water supply.
The committee, in their report,
declared that any system consid
ered should be able to serve a
population of 25,000 people and be
prepared to handle an area ex
tending one mile to the north,
east and west of the city.
Five Steps
The committee recommended
that the survey should Include
1 Source of supply; 2 Distribu
tion system, including the ade
quacy of the present system; 3
storage facilities, present and fu
ture; 4 cost estimates of a pro
posed plan; 5 methods of financ
ing a proposed plan.
The committee proposed that
the money to finance such sur
vey be considered In next year's
city budget.
The council, which took no def
inite action on the report, asked
Dr. Dow about the possibilities of
dealing with the Eugene Water
Board for treated .water.
Rates Studied
Dr. Dow said the committee felt
it best to consider the possibility
of developing a system without
the aid of Eugene because the
committee could get no definite
rate established for treated water
from the Eugene system, other
than the stipulation that it would
propably be about the same as
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Alert Driver
Gives Alarm
An unidentified motorist Tues
day had prevented a possible two-
day power failure for 600 farm
ers served by the Blachly Lane
Cooperative, after he reported a
burning switch at the cooperative's
substation near Eugene.
The motorist, whose name was
not obtained in the rush to exten
guish the blaze, called William E.
Trommershausen, Bonneville local
manager, at 7:30 p.m. to inform
him that sparks could be seen at
the Bonneville substation on High
way 99 North. An Investigation
by Trommershausen proved that
a pole-top switch was on fire at
the Blachly Cooperative subsla
tlon adjacent to the Bonneville
unit.
Trommershausen said the
motorist's prompt reporting of the
blaze prevented a power failure
for the Lane County farmers
served by the cooperative. "If I
could find the motorist, I'd cer
talnly write him a nice letter,1
said the BPA manager.
Weather
V. S. Weather Bureau Forecast:
Eugene and vicinity, fair Tuesday
and Wednesday with patches of
morning fog; warmer daytime
temperatures; cooler again Tues
day night with low of 28 de
grees. Oregon, same, with Increas
ing high clouds Wednesday and
light rain along north coast; mod
erate southeasterly winds off
coast.
Local Statistics: Highest tem
perature Monday, 39 degrees; low
Tuesday, 26 degrees; no rain In 24
hours ending 10:30 a. m.; total for
month, 8.13 inches; normal for
month, 5.42 inches; river at 7:30
a. m., plus 2.10 feet; wind at 11:30
a. m., North 6; prevailing Monday,
North 5.
Sunrise and Sunset (PST):
Wednesday, 7:44 a. m. and 4:58
p. m. Thursday, 7:44 . m. and 5
p. m.
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WedocaSar
HISh 3: a.m. T.l ft :0B p.m.
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Taft Skeptical
Of Proposed
Meat Control
Predicts Black
Market Revival
WASHINGTON W) Sound
ing a key note of Republican op
position to meat rationing, Sena
tor Taft (Ohio) predicted Tues
day it would revive black mar
kets and lead to even higher
prices.
The Ohioan told a reporter that
while he is not completely barring
rationing or price controls, he
does n' ' believe that meat ration
ing would work.
Meat Susceptible
"You have to set up just as big
an organization to ration one item
as to ration everything," Taft
said.
"Besides, meat'Is the one thing
most susceptible to black market
operations. I am afraid that we
would have a repelition of the
time when cattle were killed
widely on the farms instead of at
the slaughtering houses, with the
hides and other by-products be
ing lost.
tiigher prices
"Certainly the people who got
beef through black markets would
have to pay even higher prices for
it than they are now and a great
many people would get practical
ly none at all."
Although a handful of GOP
lawmakers led by Senator Fland
ers (Vt) have said they believe
meat rationing may be neces
sary by spring, Taft's views re
flect the attitude of Republicans
generally toward President Tru-
mans appeal for stand-by power
to restore rationing and wage
price controls on a limited basis.
Opposition '
The party skepticism and out
right opposition came into sharp
focus Monday when Secretary of
Agriculture Anderson plugged for
meat rationing and wholesale
price ceiling on meat. He testified
before the Senate Baking Com
mittee, which Is considering va
rious bills to re-establish these
wartime controls,
The committee assembled Tues
day to hear representatives of
veterans' organization and Secre
tary of Labor Shwellenbach.
Hotel Florence
Gutted by Fire
FLORENCE Fire of undeter
mined origin swept through the
Hotel Florence Tuesday afternoon
leaving the third story a total loss
and at least 11 persons temporarily
homeless.
Despite a brisk wind, the Flor
ence fire department brought the
blaze under control within a half
hour after the 1:30 p.m. alarm.
The entire building was damaged
but 11 rooms were a total loss, in
cluding the personal property of
the tenants.
The 30-room structure was par
tially covered by insurance, ac
cording to Mrs. George Chenault,
owner. It was built In 1890 by Mrs.
J. E. Morris.
The ground-floor coffee shop,
operated by Mr. and Mrs. Faye
Pitts, formerly of Springfield, and
the beauty parlor of Harold Ron
ning were damaged. No one was
injured.
Ike for President . . .
Pennsylvania Vote
Might Disturb GOP
WASHINGTON OP) The dar
ing young men on the Eisenhower-
for-president political trapeze
Tuesday threatened to upset Re
publican party calculations with a
flyer into the April 27 Pennsyl
vania primary.
Unabashed by the general's
newest but second-hand disavowal
of political desires, the Pennsyl
vania Draft-Eisenhower League
announced at Harrisburg that a
slate of delegates will be entered
for the retiring Army chief of
staff.
Second Test
Thus Pennsylvania, with 73 na
tional convention votes, offers a
possible second testing ground for
those who think Dwight D. Eisen
hower ought to be the Republi
can nominee and insist they in
tend to proceed along that line,
come what may.
The fact that Eisenhower passed
up a chance Monday to kill off
a similar move In New Hampshire
immediately subjected the gen
eral to suspicion in both major
political camps that, if he isn't
already candidate, be ie not
City Bus Fare
Increase Given
Council Okay
$840,000 Bond
Issue Under Study
WHAT THE COUNCIL DID:
- 1. Amended the franchise or
dinance under which the city
bus service is operated to prr
mit fare increases from 8 to 10
cents per single fare and from t
and Mi cents to 8 1-3 cents for
fare tokens. v..
I. Scheduled a meeting of th.
council as a committee of th
whole on Jan. 19 to consider
proposed bond Issues totalling
$840,000 and special millage
levies.
3. Heard a preliminary report
on plans and cost estimates for
the city's proposed . sewage
treatment plant.
4. Requested a report from the
I'lannliiR Commission on the
status of a rezoning petition
filed by Henry Byers of Bled
ford in July, 1946 regarding
property owned by him on
Franklin Blvd., east of Walnut
Street.
5. Approved annual appoint
ments to various city boards and
commissions as announced by.
Mayor McNutt. (See story, page.
).
6. Attended to other routine
business, acted on committee
reports, etc, (See story, page 9).
Following a lengthy discus
siun and a series of parliamen
tary maneuvers, members ol
the city council Monday nigM
approv2d an increase in far
charges of the Oregon Motoi
Stages, operators of busel
serving the city and suburban
areas.
The increase amounts to twq
cents on a single cash fare of
56 of a cent on fare tokent.
First action on the nrODosal wat
to the effect that data supporting
the rate Increase request would
be referred to the council's Judioij
ary committee with final couno
action to be deferred until Jml
26. This move was rescinded
ter the oouncllmen heard teatt
mony from A. L. Schneider Ore
gon Motor Stages general mana
ager, that Eugene was the onlf
Oregon city receiving bus lervlal
for less than a 10-cent fare.
Costa Cited
Under interrogation of 4M
council, Schneider explained ha
contention that operating costs ei
the bus company have ollmbM
roughly 80 per cent since the
company's last rate boost tr)
April, 1946. He stated that due
to extension of routes and pre
vision of additional buses (bring
ing the total in use here to SI
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New Rates Set
The new bus fare schedule ap
proved by the city council Mon
day night will be put into effect
at midnight Tuesday, A. L.
Schneider, general manager of the
Oregon Motor Stages, has an
nounced. The single cash fare will be in
creased to 10 cents and the price
of fare tokens to three for 39
cents. These rates will prevail for
all routes except those formerly
operated as double-fare lines
where the fares will now be
double the new rates (20 cents or
two tokens).
Double-fare routes are those
serving Springfield, Danebo 11-
mira, Santa Clara, Coburg and
Park-Horn Lane. Patrons of those
lines will now be able to transfer
to other city routes without pay
ment of addition fare, Schneider
said.
slamming the door on the possibil
ity.
The chief of staff himself de
clined comment. But Maj. Gen.
Floyd L. Parks, head of the Army
Public Information Division, re
sponded to reporters' prodding
with this statement, issued
through regular military channels!
"General Eisenhower will make
no statements with regard to the
New Hampshire primary. He ha
reiterated on many previous oc
casions that he wants nothing to
do with politics. He has not
changed his mind."
The Flirting?
A Democratic National Com
mittee official who didn't want to
be identified by name said that
as a result of the Parks statement
he thinks Eisenhower ii "flirting
with the idea of running, but may
not have made up his mind.
There appeared to be some pos
sibility that the highly organized
Republican leadership in Penn
sylvania might disrupt the result,
but apparently only a flat disa
vowal by Eisenhower eould kill
ott the stovement.