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BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1949
No. 76
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Truman Urges
Congress Give
Defense Power
President Asks Great
Increase of Authority
For His New Secretary .
Washington, March 5 IP
President Truman asked congress
today to give the secretary, of
defense greatly increased author
ity to enforce unification of the
armed forces.
Mr. Truman recommended many
amendments to the 1947 law
which brought the army, navy
and air forces under a single de
partment. His message to the
senate in general was along the
lines of recent recommendations
hy the Hoover commission.
Control Noted
Mr. Truman said that the re
sponsibility of the secretary of
defense for exercising direction,
authority and control over the
affairs of the department of de
fense "should be made clear."
"Furthermore," the president
said, "the present limitations and
4 restrictions which are inappropri
ate to his status as head ot an
executive department should be
removed."
The president recommended the
creation of four news posts an
undersecretary - of defense and
three assistant secretaries.
The presidential recommenda
tions followed on the heels of the
appointment of Col. Louis John-
Json to be the new secretary of
defense., He will succeed James
jForrestal on March 31.
1 Johnson Takes Over
I Johnson, an advocate of a
strong military establishment to
Keep the peace alrecdy has
plunged into th. work of taking
over control of the defense or
ganization although Forrestal's
resignation is not effective until
the end of this month.
Four top officials In the army
and navy departments also have
left in recent weeks.
I The president asked, in effect,
Jthat congress give more authori
ty to Johnson so that he could
f knock heads -together- to achieve
more real unuicanon.
To Carry Burden
His new undersecretary of de
fense would be his "straw boss"
'to carry part of the burden of
loffice.
The Hoover commission recom-
.mended demotion of the secre
taries of the navy, air force and
'army to undersecretaries or as.
sislant secretaries.
J Mr. Truman, however, said "I
,om not recommending the. blank
et transfer of all statutory au
thority applicable to the depart
iments of the army, the navy and
, ihe air force to the secretary of
'defense." And he said he was not
: .suggesting any change in the
.present legal assignment of com-
Jbat functions of the three
ranches.
if
Hospital Group
Approves Plans
I Prineville, March 5 The board
Of directors of the Pioneer Me
morial hospital association Thurs
day night accepted an approval
a of p'.ns and specifications made
' Tuesday night, when E. G. Har-
fington of the Portland i-xn of
, architects, Roald, Schmeer & Har
rington, was here to make their
rresentation.
Ralph Brown, secretary of the
board, says that publication of a
"ll for bids, to be opened here
rj April 1, will be first published
'lfxt Thursday. The campaign
"ymducted here last fall when
Louis D. Barr of Oakland, Calif.,
was adviser, resulted in pledges
aggregating S3S2.G50. A substan
tial portion of those making do
nations to the hospital paid in
Cash. Others are meeting their in
'.. stallment pledges promptly, the
hospital association office reports.
-J Brown says that rivalry be
jlweon bidding contractors, Includ
ing some of the most responsible
building contractors of the state,
s expected to be keen. At Burns,
, where bids were opened on a hos-
lunds, supplemented by federal
aid, 15 contractors submitted of
fers. The low bid on the hospital
there, which will be for 35 beds
and the same size as that planned
fnr Pt'lnnt.llln ni COOO 77 nr
some $3,000 under estimate, ac
cording to Architect Harrington.
I'OH EK ASKED FOB DEFENSE
v New York, March 5 iU'i Gen.
thvlght D. Eisenhower has called
for greater power to be granted
the secretary of defense to en
able him to bring about the true
' -Ainification of the armed services.
. In a speech last night to mem
bers of the New York City Bar
. association Eisenhower declared
he present law was "wishv-
Jvashy" and permitted "an en-
inched bureaucracy" to hold
lito their vested rights.
Modem Automatic Signal
System Approved for Line
Deschutes Gorge Route Being Improved to
v Speed Traffic; Re-ballasting Under Way
A modern automatic .signal system is to be installed in
connection with improvement work now under way on tho
Deschutes line, according to information from the office of
E. F. Stanton, vice president and general manager of the
S.P. & S. Railway Co., Portland. The improvement program
on the Oregon Trunk line of the S.P. & S. will cost $1,500,
000. When the program is completed, all passing tracks and im
Williamsons Visit
Capital of Mexico
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Williamson
and daughter, Margaret Ann, re
turned last night from a month's
business and pleasure trip that
took them as far south as Mex
ico City, with side trjps made in
Mexico to the tropic lowlands and
mines in the high mountains. They
were away from Bend a month,
and drove to Los Angeles. The
trip to Mexico City was made
by plane.
Making their headquarters in
Mexico City, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liamson and Margaret Ann stayed
with friends in the Mexican cap
ital, and made trips to various
points of interest. Williamson,
operator of Eddie's garage here,
had an opportunity of checking
on the reports that American
made cars are being shipped out
of this country, and found that
the rumor is definitely without
basis, so far as Mexico is con
cerned. Few new cars are in evi
dence, and big garages usually
have only one car on display.
These cars cost from $500 to $600
more than they do in the United
States, and there are few buyers.
New Cam Viewed
On the return trip, Wil.lamson
stopped in San Francisco for the
first showing of the new Chrysler
cars and declared they are out
standing in appearance. The local
showing has been set for March
11.
At Northrldge, in the Los Ange
les area, the Bend couple visited
with Mil. and Mrs. HarryH. Dace,
formerly of this City. They also
stopped at Williamson's ranch at
Willows, Calif.
Senators Demand
Flood Allotments
Washington, March 5 llPi West
ern senators Friday asked the
senate deficiency appropriations
subcommittee to allot $22,500,000
to safeguard their areas against
floods threatened by. melting
snow.
Army engineers figure $22,500,
000 is needed to repair levees,
stockpile and place sandbags, and
other precautions, as well as for
actual fighting of floods should
they occur.
Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry, R.,
Neb., told the subcommittee it
would be an "investment in the
national welfare."
Lt. Col. H. C. Gee. chief of the
army engineers' flood control di-J
vision, told the subcommittee that
plans have been made to use the
money to help the waters from
the melting snows pass safely
down the rivers of the west.
POWER TROUBLE NOTED
Trouble on the line north of
Redmond resulted in some inter
ruptions of power service in Bend
this morning,, about 7:30 o'clock.
Service was temporarily impaired
in parts of west Bend and in the
north part of town. Cause of the
trouble was being sought by line
patrols.
House Social Welfare Committee Urges
Passage of Oregon Old-Age Pension Bill
By Eldon Barrett
lUnited I'rciu Staff Correaitondent)
Salem, March 5 'IP. -The house
social welfare committee today
recommended passage of its old
age pension bill after the state
supreme court ruled that counties
must contribute set amounts for
public welfare.
The court's unanimous decision
held the welfare commission can
require counties to levy up to 4 'a
mills to pay their share of the
state welfare load.
Rep. Joseph E. Harvey. R., Port
land, said the court's action clears
the way for house action on his
committee's bill for $50a-month
old nge pensions.
The bill provides for paying
pensions out of state, county and
federal welfare funds. The fed
eral government requires that the
state maintain a uniform welfare
system before it will contribute
match money.
The 1947 legislature set up a
formula for requiring counties
to pay specified amounts, accord
ing lo need. The welfare commis
sion was delegated the power to
decide what the need is in each
of the 36 counties.
The court ruled specifically that
Malheur county must pay $13,-
portant stations along the
Whole line will have been pro
tected with a modern automa
tic signal system.
To Eliminate Bridges .
In the reconstruction program,
a number of bridges will be elim
inated by fills, notably the bridg
es near Kaskela and Lockiti in
the Deschutes gorge. These bridg
es are being provided with mod
ern underpasses, while others,
like those at Culver an.d Opal
City, in Jefferson county, are be
ing built over drainage culverts.
Fills that have already replaced
trestles and bridges on the S.P. &
S. system in the past two years,
in addition to those now being
constructed on the Oregon Trunk,
would cover a distance of three
and a half miles.
Tracks Constructed
Several spur tracks have re
cently been constructed In the
Bend Industrial area, and addi
tional trackage has been provided
at Prineville Junction, north of
Redmond.
The many . miles of passing
tracks are being re-built with
heavier rail, and the entire line
from Bend to the Columbia river
is being re-ballasted with volcanic
cinders and crushed rock.
That these extensive improve
ments promise better service to
Bend and Central Oregon is al
ready indicated by the fact that
train No. 102 now arrives at 6:30
in the morning, instead of 7 a.m.,
permitting outside mail to be in
cluded in the city's early morn
ing deliveries, rail officials point
out.
Highways Soft;
Loads Reduced
Effective Monday morning at 8
o'clock, a load limit will be placed
on the Fremont highway, with
maximum weights to be reduced
50 per cent, because of soft road
conditions, state highway depart
ment officials have announced.
This will be the fourth midstate
road covered by load limits since
the start of surface breakup, due
to frost conditions.
Limits are now effective on the
Bend-Sisters road, the McKenzie
highway between Sisters and Red
mond and the new Prineville
Madras road. As a result of the
reduced limit on the McKenzie
highway, operations of the Tite
Knot Pine mill in Redmond have
been suspended. That mill ob
tains its logs from the Sisters
area.
Senate Passes
Timber Measure
Salem, March 5 (tJ'i The sen
ate passed and sent to the house
Friday legislation to forbid sale
of state-owned timber in value of
$500 or more except to highest
bidders at public sale.
Sen. R. L. Neuberger, D., Port
land, co-sponsor with Sen. Robert
D. Holmes, D., Gearhart. said:
"One of the greatest tragedies in
our history is the looting of pub
lic timber."
"This is an attempt to require
competitive bidding in all state
timber sales."
901 as its share of the 1948-49
welfare budget. The commission
set that amount as Malheur's
share.
Malheur officials had refused
lo pay It, declaring $39,879 svas
ample to meet their county needs.
'Ihe court took original juris
diction and heard the Issue en
banc. Justice James T. Brand
wrote the opinioji.
Malheur officials contended the
1917 act was an unconstitutional
delegation of legislative imwer.
"If there be any delegation of
legislative power, and we think
there is none," the court said, "it
would appear to be a delegation
by congress to the state whose es
timates and appropriations fix
the amount the federal govern
ment must contribute ... to wel
fare funds."
Harvey told the United Press
yesterday that his committee
"took a chance" and introduced
the pension measure. He said a
decision for Malheur . county
would hae "thrown a monkey
wheneh into the machinery'' and
the bill would have had to be re
written. In brief the measure provides
that all needy persons over 61
Drastic Soviet
Cabinet Move:
Ousts Molotov
. Vishinslcy Gets Foreign :',.
Minister Post; Experts
Surprised by Shakeup :
Washington, March 5 (in Amer
ican diplomats speculated today
that Russia's failure to extend
communism beyond eastern Eu
rope's Iron curtain proinpted,the
drastic soviet cabinet shakeup,-
Experts on soviet, affairs con
ceded they were caught complete
ly off guard by the "release". of
soviet foreign minister V, M.
Molotov, and foreign trade mln
ister A. I. Mikoyan from the key
posts. They did not profess to
know why the tough-talking An
drei Y. Vishinsky got Molotov's
old job. - .:
Policies Strained '
But this government has sus
pected for many months that re
buffs lo Moscow's scheme of rap
Id world domination would de
velop strains on soviet policies,
and that .new tactics would be ap
plied. Officials said the Russians
may now be preparing to embark
upon a program designed to con
solidate their postwar gains in
eastern Europe, rather than to
expand their orbit of influence.
But they insisted that any new
change in soviet policies would
be !.n tactics not in objectives.
They warned against any hope
that Russia has abandoned her
long-range program of world
domination, j
Acheson Silent
Secretary of state Dean G. Ach
eson and former secretary George
C. Marshall, now in New York
to address the overseas press
club, iiad no comment on the
Molotov-Mikoyan ousters.
Most congressional experts also
declined to discuss the cabinet
switch. But those who know Vish
insky from international confer
ences feared that his rise to the
post of foreign minister means
only more trouble between the
east and west. ... .
r , Iflojscow's headaches, U.- 8. ex-
pens, coniena, nave pyramiaea
higher and faster than anticipat
ed by the Kremlin and the west
ern powers. They said the north
Atlantic security pact may 'have
forced the Soviets to come face-to-face
with the need for new
strategy.
New Mark Set
In Shipments
Setting a new record, 815 cars
averaging 360 sacks b'f potatoes
were checked for shipment from
the area In February, W. R. Stan
ard, shipping point inspector, has
reported. Had it not been for the
car shortage, an additional 200
cars would have been shipped,
Stanard believes. Last year, 271
cars were shipped in February,
total shipments for the season up
to the end of February was 3219
cars, a new season record.-
Movement of potatoes was rap
id in February because a large
volume had been graded In cel
lars and warehouses in the cold
month of January.
GLEEMEN TO END TOUR
The Bend Gleemen will wind up
their season's concert tour next
week with appearahceu at the Ma
dras high school auditorium Mon
day and Thursday nights and at
the Bend high school gymnasium
Tuesday night. All programs will
begin at 8 p.m. and their final
appearance will be the Madras
concert Thursday.
years of age have it least $50 a
month, including social security
and other benefits, and lt provides
exemptions for a $1,000 car and
$1,000 worth of Insurance.
The house passed, 53 to 4, and
sent to the i.enate a bill Increas
ing fees for several types of
liquor distributor's licenses and
legalizing the "master locker"
system for private clubs, trains
and steamships.
The bill would permit the sale
of liquor In unopened bottles at
state prices to passengers of
trains and steamships, and also
In private clubs for consumption
on the premises.
Other measures passed hy the'
house and sent to the senate
would allow rural school districts
to have emergency funds and vole
twice on budgets if necessary;
require banks, if they close on
Saturday, to stay open Mondays
if Sunday Is a holiday.
Other bills passed by the sen
ate hnd sent to the governor
would allocate highway funds to
cities twice a year Instead onre;
place tukreys and poultry under
the livestock act; Jet cities name
streets In platted areas up to si::
miles from city limits.
Girls
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Five Bend high school girls, first year students, are enrolled this year in the woodworking class,
with Paul Smith as instructor. The girls are pictured here operating turning lathes. From the left
'they are Nancy Ferguson, Beth Ann Donner, Helen Dacy, Roberta Fredenhagen and Margaret
Hanson.
Rising Temperature Causes
Threat of Floods in Midwest
Waters Rise in Four States' as Springlike
Weather Warms Nation From Coast to Coast
(By United Press)
! Most of the nation was promised a springlike week end but
the mild temperatures greatly increased the danger of floods
today over the midwest.
More than 80 families fled their homes as the Boyer river
flooded near Missouri Valley, Iowa. Ten motorboats and row
boats were used to reach families cut off by the high water.
Flood waters rose in four midwestern states today as
springlike weather warmed fne nation from coast to coast.
Floods harrassed river val-
ley dwellers and caused prop-ly ,. -A"' " f :.
efty.dafnage in Kansas, Iowa;
Wisconsin and Illinois.
The worst trouble spot was the
town of Missouri Valley, Iowa,
where the steadily rising Boyer
river forced more than 1,000 per
sons to flee their homes, many of
them in rowboats and motorboats.
Levee Burets
' A levee protecting the town
had burst at three places, and
only one highway from the town
was open. Thousands of acres of
farmland were flooded in the sur
rounding vicinity and farmers
feared some livestock losses.
At Dennison, Iowa, the body of
a 10-year-old boy was recovered
from the East Boyer river, which
was subsiding after flooding yes
terday. In Illinois, the Galena river
swirled over its banks In a flash
flood which sent water spreading
through the streets of Galena.
Flood waters stopped just short
of the shopping district. Employes
of the post office, however, had
to wade to work.
District Floods
In southwestern Wisconsin the
Pacatonica rose four and one-half
feet above flood level and the
overflow seeped into the business
district of the town of Darling
ton. Merchants were forced to
move their merchandise to safe
places and close their stores.
Trains in the area were halted.
At Kansas City, river observer
Ralph Aldrich warned lowland
residents along the Missouri river
I irom jueavenwonn, nun., 10 near
homes.
Aldrich said that Ice was break
ing up along the Big Muddy from
above St. J-osep'n to Rulo, Neb.,
and Its movement threatened to
push the river out of Us banks.
Tacoma Renews
Battle on Dams
I Tacoma, Wash., March 5 HI''
A new battle over power dams
I shaped up here today following
Hie move by the Oregon state le
jgislature in refusing to set aside
I the Oregon half of the lower Co
J lumbia river as a fish sanctuarv.
n. iiiiciuj, iiiuiii,i,ii- vii
public utilities, and Tacoma's city
light department proposed In a
telegram that Gov. Arthur Langlie
have the legislature review its
recent passage of the Washing
ton fish sanctuary bill before the
session ends next Thursday.
The proposal followed the Ore-
gon legislature's action In which!
i miinon aoiiar power dam on
the Deschutes river In Oregon was
given a go ahead.
A fight in thp Oregon legisla
iture between fishing and power
Intents was similar to the battle
i at Olympia, where Tacoma's ef.
I forts lo build dams on the Cow
jlltz river were defeated In favcr
ot a fish sanctuary.
Learn Art of Woodworking
W h n Br n fgiy
vre?y .- v viumit
To Appear in
Bend Bulletin
Beginning Monday, The Bulle
tin, through an exclusive arrange
ment is to use L. H. Gregory's
widely read "Greg's Gossip" un
til tho Oregonian resumes publi
cation, or until other arrange
ments are made.
Gregory, dean of northwest
sports editors, will start his col
umn as coast league baseball
teams prepare for the opening of
the 1949 season and Oregon high
school quints square off for the
state championship tourney.
"Greg's Gossip" will appear
daily in The Bulletin.
VETS GET TAX CUT
Veterans with a disability of
40 per cent or more must file a
claim before April 1 with the
county assessors office in order to
obtain $1,000 ad valorem tax ex
emption, County assessor Ed Ris
en announced today.
Risen said that widows of vet
erans who had had the required
disability rating were also eligible
for the exemption but they too
must file claims before the April
1 deadline.
Ureaon Kacinq
Confers With
By Hulph Watson
Stale House, Salem, March 5
Last Monday the slate racing
commission came down to Salem
for the first time In its history
to meet with the legislative com
mittee and to tell what It thought
should be done about Ihe control
both of greyhound and horse rac
ing in the stale.
It came upon the invitation of
chairman Rudle Wllhelm, Jr., and
Ihe house commlllee on slale and
federal affairs In effort lo gel its
slant upon Ihe controversy which
has been waging, with growing
bltternes:!, between the sponsors
of greyhound racing on tho one
hand, and of horse racing on the
ot her.
It w.?nl away, after it had told
lis sloiy lo Ihe committee with
Ihe promice that it would draft
the recommendallons It made in
written form and return I hem
within the week.,
Monday, next, March 7, the
house commlllee will meet, with
these recommendations before it,
as well as the briefs filed hy Ihe
sunnorters of the erevhounds and
of the horses, take house bill 221,
by representative Lleunlle-n of
Pendleton, to pieces and put lt
back together In the attempt, as
chairman Wllhelm phrases it, to
write a law that is fair to all. in
cluding Ihe dogs, the horses, the
sport and the public.
The raring commission recom
mendeil some very material
amendments to Ihe exisllng law.
Stockmen Given
Grazing Lands
The federally-developed land
utilization project of Jefferson
county that includes 108,000 acres
of grazing land considered mar
ginal a decade ago, was turned
back to stockmen of the area to
day at a formal presentation in
Madras. The presentation to the
stockmen was made by J. rl.
Christ, regional conservationist.
This turnback of grazing land
ig the largest In the history of
the Paclllc nortnwest. Accepting
the land in behallj of the' stock
men' were-offlcials of -the Gray
Butte Grazing association, com
posed of Jefferson county stock
men. The association was to elect
officers today, and these men
will manage the project.
In the past ten years, the big
land utilization project has been
extensively developed, with a
large acreage of crested wheat
grass planted. Other stands of
grass have been developed under
controlled grazing. Fences have
been erected and water places de
veloped, There has also been ex
tensive roadvconstructlon.
The grazing area was further
opened up in recent years through
the construction by the state of
Ihe Madras-Prinevllle highway.
Under the new program, soil
conservation officials will contin
ue to aid in the betterment of the
acreage. Ranchers will look after
their herds and provide riders.
SALARY BILL INTRODUCED
Salem, March 5 ill' A bill was
introduced in the house today lo
increase the pay of district attor
neys In 32 counties.
Pay would be increased to $3,
600 for district attorneys In Ben
ton, Columbia, Coos, Deschutes,
Hood River, Jacksons, Josephine,
Lincoln, Polk, Tillamook, Umatil
la, Union, Wasco, Washington
and Yamhill counties.
Commission
Legislators
It recommended that the gov
ernor should be given a free hand
In appointing Ihe members of Ihe
commission and that there should
be no horse breeders on the com
mission. The law now requires
that two members be horse breed
ers. Neither should there be any
greyhound bleeders appointed.
There never have been in Ihe
past.
It recommended that the racing
commission select, hire and pay
Ihe veterinarians and other key
men at all race meets charged
with the duly of seeing that all
competing animals are put on Ihe
track In proper condition and that
all racing Is done strictly accord
ing to the rules of the commis
sion. The commission now names
these employees hut Ihe oK-rnlors
pay them.
Il recommended that all racing
in the stale be under license Is
sued hy Ihe commission. All rac
ing which has been under the li
cense and control of the com
mission has been conducted wll li
mit objection or complaint, In the
pnst II has not had control over
the slate fair or county fair meets.
It recommended that all pari
muluel belting be limited to
meets under lis conrol and that
all meets be held under the Juris
diction of the commission. This
recommendation, or provision,
would make it impossible for
Jockeys, or horses, barred from
tracks outside of Oregon to com
pete In Oregon.
GOP to Wage
Fight Against
on Labor
Republicans Demanding
Rewrite of Measure-
Backed by Democrats
Washington, March 5 UW-iSen-
ate republicans promised today to
wage a fight on the senate-floor
to rewrite the administrations
labor bill. . , - :
"The votes are In the senate to
adopt a much better law than the
Thomas (administration) bill,
said Sen. Robert A. Taft,: R;,-TV
who will lead the drive for revis
ion of the measure. ' ' ,
The democratic majority of the
senate labor committee squelched
republican protests yesterday and
torcea committee approval of tho
bill just as it was drafted by the .
administration.
Vote Split
The vote, 8 to 5. was split alone
party lines. The democrats refus
ed to listen to GOP proposals for
amendments.
Taft denounced the democrats'
action as the "most high-handed" -he
had even seen in his years in
the senate. Sens. Wayne Morse,
R., Ore., and George D. Aiken, R.,
Vt., other committeemen,- pro
tested that the administration
forces had jeopardized the chanc
es of passing any new labor leg
islation. Meanwhile, a house labor sub
committee headed by Rep. Augus
tine B. Kelley, D., Pa., announced
it will hold "10 full days" of hear
ings on the administration's bill.
They will start Monday.
Toft Reports -Taft
told reporters that he be
lieved a senate majority could be
mustered to send the bill back to
the committee.
"But what's the use of sending
a bill back to that committee?"
he asked.
He was referring to the fact
that the committee is controlled
by administration supporters. He
expected a different outcome on
the senate floor, where a sizeable
bloc, of aQuthem democrats will.
suppoYt imoyes "to retain major
parts of the Taft-Hartley law.
Repeal Noted .,
The administration bill would
repeal the Taft-Hartley law and
substitute an "improved" Wagner
act.
After a meeting of the republi
can committee members yester
day, lt was disclosed that Sen.
Morse was pushing a new emer
gency strike proposal.
Like the administration bill. It .
would follow the procedure of the
railway labor act but would pro
vide for "cooling off" periods of
60 days instead of 30 while fact
finding boards Investigated and
made settlement recommenda
tions. US Offers to Set
Ceiling on Wheat
Washington, March 5 (IP) The
United Slates has offered to set
a ceiling price of $1.80 a bushel
on wheat under a proposed long
term world wheat pact, authori
tative sources said Friday.
These sources said the offer is
contingent upon agreement by
importing nations to take more
wheat under the pact than they
buy now. The $1.80 price was pro- .
posed to break a five-week dead
lock between exporters bjuI Im
porters at the 50-nation wheat
conference.
Tho reported offer amounts to
a drop of 20 cents a bushel from
the celling price written into last ,
year's agreement which never
was ratified by the U. S. con
gress. That agreement was sign
ed at a time when wheat was
scarce.
Importing nations were said lo
have gcie into a huddle after the
compromise price offer was made
at a closcd-door meeting yester
day. But there was no sign that
I hey would accept It. The import
ing nations, Including Britain,
have been arguing for an even
lower ceiling price in view of Ihe
increased world supply of wheat.
The $1.80 ceiling might requite
this government 1 P!iy subsidies
of close lo $100,000,000 to ship ils
share of wheat under the agree
ment during Ihe first year.
Alarm Caused
By Short Circuit
Fire officials reported today
that they believe an electrical
short circuit In the fire signal sys
tem at The Shevlln-Hlxon Com--pany
plant was the cause of the
alarm which called fire equipment
there at 3 a.m. this morning. Fire
men reported that there was no
evidence of any fire at Ihe plant.
Firemen were called to put out
a flue fire yesterday afternoon at
512 Colorado street. No damage
was reported.