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Fight against cease
park, area being led
by taxpayer's group
By Robert W. Chandler
Bulletin Staff Writer '
(Second of a serial.)
FLORENCE, Oregon One
might think that I lie idea of a new
national recreation area here
which would have the effect of
putting Florence on the nation's
maps in a more prominent posi
tion than it now holds would
be universally popular.
'Tain't so, brother.
This is not to say the idea is
universally unpopular, either. Al
though opponents are far more
vocal than those who favor the
idea, one would be mistaken if he
felt everyone here and in the pro
posal area is against the idea.
Who is leading the well-publi
cized fight against the proposal of
the National Park Service that a
portion of the area between here
and Reedsport, 23 miles to the
south, be set aside as National
Seashore Recreation Area?
The main opposition seems to
come from the newly . formed
Western Lane Taxpayer's Assoc
iation. The association, led from
Florence, has dredged up all the
help it can get, including a couple
of industries and the remnants of
a' tribe of Indians.
Handouts by score
Most vocal of the eadcrs are
John S. Parker and Jack Hayes,
who have been writing handouts
by the score, sending letters to
the editors of newspapers in and
beyond the area and engaging in
other activities one finds common
to any longer-organized pressure
group. j
They are doing a professional
Job, too. They are seizing upon
every straw in the wind which
can help put across their point of
view.
What are their objections?
Well, these pieces were not in
tended to be mere recitals of the
positions of various groups. In
travling through the area I tried
to talk to persons who had no
particular axe to grind, one way
or the other. I didn t, thcrctore,
feel it necessary to tour the area
with Mr. Parker or Mr. Hayes,
but instead spent my time talking
to others in the area who might
lot already be committed on the
proposal.
One in tins business has no
trouble, however, finding out the
position of the Western Lane Tax
payer's Association. It's ag'in the
whole idea.
Prominent in the opposition are
real estate interests, which have
2 youths die
as rescuers
reach fhem
FRANCONIA, N. H. (UPI)
Daring mountain climbers planned
to try today to retrieve from a
wind-lashed mountainside the
bodies of two Connecticut youths
who died late Monday just as res
cuers reached them.
"Don't let us die; for God's
sake help us." one cried as the
team of crack rock climbers I too in Oregon. Reedsport pco
inched to within a few feet of 1 ni hone a. niant will be loc.itcd
the narrow ledge where the pair
had been trapped for over
21 hours. They died apparently
of exposure.
In a final effort, three res
cuers, hanging from steel pins
hammered into the rain-slicked
granite face of Profile Mount ian.
formed a human ladder so that
two lower men could clamber up
the ropes and over their shoulders
to reach the ledge.
Though the risky attempt suc
ceeded, it was too late. One boy
writhed in delirium on the ledge,
roped lo his already dead com
panion. He died minutes later
after rescuers had dressed him
in warm clothes and begun the
task of lowering him down the
mountain.
The victims, both college stu
dents, were Alfred Whipple Jr..
20, of Gales Ferry, Conn., a
sophomore at Brown University,
and Sidney Crouch, 21, of Led
yard, Conn., a student at the ex
port (Pa.) Bible Institute.
Ironically, the means by which
the youths might have saved
themselves, dangled from a rock
just 10 feet away but well out
of reach. Their knapsack, filled
with food and warm clothing, had
slipped from one boy's grasp. Its
strap caught on a rocky spur be
low them. ,
The eight-man rescue team, ex
pert climbers who were members
of the Appalachian Mountain Club,
scaled the slippery face of the
rocky mountain in 50-mile-an-hour
winds, drifting fog and rain.
Three escapees
are recaptured
EDMONDS. Wash. 'LTD
Three inmates who walked away
from the minimum security build
ing it the Washington state peni
tentiary Sunday were recaptured
here Monday night.
The three are Charles A. Green.
: Benjamin Moran, 28; andj
Pui 0. Walrus. 31.
made a good thing out of lakeside
properties around three lakes in
the area. .
There are those, loo. who feel
there is considerable industrial fu
ture in the area, industrial future
which they fear will be limited
if companies are unable to use
water found in the dunes.
There are those who fear the
loss of taxes by local school dis
tricts. There are those who dislike gov
ernment encroachment in any
lorm, here or elsewhere.
Proposal opposed
There are large corporations
operating in the general- area,
Crown-Zellerbach and Internation
al Paper, both of whom have gone
on record as opposing the idea.
There are those engaged in the
motel business who feel the state
already is making it too easy for
persons to camp out along the
beach in the summer, and who
fear the federal government will
make it even easier in the future.
And there are a heck of a lot of
people who are against the pro
posal without knowing why.
This last is no real surprise, of
course. Too often Americans, in
cluding but not limited to news
papermen, make up their minds
with little or no real information.
And the publicity job done by
the opposition has been an excel
lent one, from their point of view.
But, like every professional pub
licity job of this sort, the Western
Lane Taxpayer's Association has
not attempted to present the pro
posal lairly or to give both sides
of the picture.
This is not surprising, either.
They're against the idea, and
they're trying to sell their position
to others.
Some of the objections are
strictly mailers of opinion. One
can argue them all day and all
night and not find an answer at
the end.
Others, however, can cither be
refuted or proved.
Objections not specific
International Paper has not
made a very specific objection.
Its local general manager issued
a statement last April which was
a formal protest because of "the
general language and broad terms
of the Neulwrger enabling act.
and the lack of time to study its
consequences.
Crown - Zellerbach was more
specific. The propos.il would re
move about one-third of the acre
age from its local Tree Farm, and
like any other large timber owner
it doesn't want to lose any pro
ductive acreage.
The Crown-Zellerbach objection
has largely fallen on deaf ears,
though. The company docs no pro
cessing here. Whatever is cut
from its Tree Farm will go to
some Crow-n plant in another area.
anyway. Total employment of the
Crown operation here is estimated
at 10-12 persons, at some time in
the indefinite future.
The objection from Internation
1 is much more worrying to
many local people. At Gardiner,
near Reedsport, International has
sawmill and plywood plant. It
has been making noises alwut put-
ting in a pp pant big one,
in this area, but if such a deci
sion has been reached it isn't gen
erally known here.
Basil of objections
International's objection, at any
raie, is oascu uinjii a wmei sup-
ply and effluent disposal problem. I
since no company lands or timber
are involved in the proposal.
These objections seem to be en
tered merely on the record, how
ever, since elflunt disposal from
a Gardiner pulp operation would
area, and Park Service officials I
seem to be kindly disposed toward
the use of industrial water from
the dunes, such as is proposed by
Pacific Power and Light and Men
asha Wooden Ware near North
Bend.
Other objections seem In large
part to be due to a lack of in
formation on the exact proposal.
There is considerable misinforma
tion, some of it due to deliberate
distortions and other the natural
result of stories passing from per
son to person.
Don't, however, count out the
Western Lane Taxpayer's Assoc
iation. The group is well organ
ized, skillfully led and well fi
nanced. Lesser groups have caused fatal
illnesses to similar proposals else
where in the past
Temperatures
Oregon temperatures during the
24-hour period ending early today.
High Low
Bane)
Astoria
Baker
Brookings
Burns
Klamath Falls
Lakevjew
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
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SLOGANS ON VIEW Floyd Mawhinney puts the finishing touches on a safety slogan paint
ed on a Bend Police car. Each of the police cars, including the two new ones added to the
force, will bear a safety slogan.
Vice-President
urges courtesy
for Khrushchev
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. UPI
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
today urged the American people
to give Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev a "courteous recep
tion" when he visits the United
States next month.
Nixon hit back at criticism of
the Soviet leader's visit in a
speech prepared for delivery at
the American Legion Convention
here.
Nixon said courtesy fo Khrush
chev would not change his mind
about the American system, but
that courtesy is "the American
way of doing things."
"It would be naive and wishful
thinking to assume that the visit
of Mr. Khrushchev to the United
States will result in any basic
change in the Communist ohjec
five of world domination, or their
adherence to policies designed to
achieve that goal. Nixon said.
But he said "while understand
ing alone will not bring peace,
misunderstanding could provoke
war."
"And it is because his visit can
serve to reduce the possibilities
of such misunderstanding that it
could contribute to the chance that
we can settle our differences with
out war and. therefore, deserve
the approval of the American peo
ple," Nixon said.
second victim
ROSEBURG (UPI I - A 16-,
year-old Roscburg youth died
early today, bringing lo two the
death toll from a head-on car
collision on Highway 99 near here
at 1:10 p m. Monday.
William .lay Richtcr, 16, of
Roseburg died from injuries suf
fered when a car driven by Don-
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by James Franklin McConk. 3-1.
Napa, Calif. McCook's wife. Do
lores, was killed outright in the
crash.
Judd and McCook were report
ed in "satisfactory condition" to-
da, at ' Community hos-
pital.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
By United Pra Intarnational
Dow-Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials A55.96. up 2 74 : 20
railroads lf.2 42. up 0 01; 15 utili
ties 91 54. up 0.10, and 65 stocks
218 81, up 0.62.
Sales today were about l.ORO.IMO
shares compared with l.SfiO.OOO
shares Monday.
Ready to roll
Big fair edition
due Wednesday
The presses are ready to roll on
The Bcmk Bulletin's annual Des
chutes County Fair edition.
Four special sections, filled with
color, pictures and stories of Cen-
tral Oregon, will be featured In 1
73 ! Wednesday"! Bulletin.
78 37 j One of the highlight of Uie
68 5lj section on the history" and growth
8.1 55 1 of the area will be the political
79 51 j development of Bend, traced by
79 5 Bulletin Staff Writer Bill Yates
91 33 j In addition lo recalling elections
61 45 in Bend since its incorporation as
62 SI ' a community, Yates describes the
7 52 ' first election in w hich women par
90 51 1 tiripatd
79 43 Linda Hambly. Bulletin staffer
83 50 for the sCTimcr, has done re-
87 53 , search for stories on Central Ore-
Ten Cents
Damages sought
as aftermath of
Roseburg blast
ROSEBURG (UIII) -AJvin Kuy
kendall, whose wife and a daugh
ter died from injuries suffered in
the explosion that ripped a large
area of Roseburg Aug. 7, filed
suit Monday for some $152,000
damages against the owners of
the Gerretsen Building Supply Co..
Pacific Powder Co. of Tenino.
Wash., and truck driver George
Rutherford of Chehalis, Wash.
Kuykendall and another daugh
ter were injured in the explosion.
Police said Rutherford was the
driver of the truck loaded with
explosives that blew up when fire
started in a building in front of
which it was parked. Kuykendall
asked for $150,000 general dam
ages and $1950 special damages.
Cut proposed
in sum for
foster care
SALEM (UPP The State
Board of Control heard today the
State Public Welfare Commission
plans to reduce funds for foster
care of girls at Hillcrest school
here from $25,000 to $10,000 a
year.
Representatives of the Statel
Finance Department said that if
the cut Is made, other plans will
have to be made to take care of
girls ready for foster homes.
Twelve girls are now in the pro
gram and the school hopes to In
crease this number to 32 if funds
are made available.
The Board said it would look
for representatives of both union
and industry to form an advisory
board on meatcutting and baking
at the new intermediate correc
tional institution.
The board felt such an advisory
group would be useful in finding
jobs for young first offenders
when they were released irom
the institution. I
Out-of-state travel was approved
for state officials to attend the
Western State Council on Higher
Education meeting in Seattle and
also lo send representatives to
gatherings of the American Psy
etiological Association and the
American Psychiatric Association
Temperatures
High yestarday, 71 degraei. Law
last night, 3a dagraas, Suniat
today, 4:52. Sunrise tomorrow,
5:52.
WEATHER
Fair through Wadnatday. High
Wednesday SO S4. Lew tonight
38-44,
gnn's music, drama and art.
Bill Vandcvert's secret of mak
ing sourdough w ill be described by
another staff writer. Ila Grant.
and Phil Brogan. associate editor
and area historian, has contrib-
uted his knowledge of the early
dayi of Central Oregon as well as
its forest growth.
The story of square dancing,
and the Nosier bullet have been
undertaken by Bill Thompson,
and Thompson's pictures of rodeo
activities will be found In the
special edition.
In charge nf (he 32 special
pages which commemorate Ore
son's tooth vear of statehood ai
well as the' 40Ui county (air U '
Barbara Hicks.
CENTRAL OREGON'S
Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Tuesday, August 25,
V
Coast shipyard
tie-up idles
at Portland
PORTLAND (UPD A coast
wide tieup of (he shipyard indus
try moved into its second day to
day with some 1,000 men idled
here by pickets of the Interna-
linn.nl Astn nf Mnr-liinictc
Three major shipbuilding andimc,u no""ca 'm wonuay n gni
repair yards and several smaller
plants here reported pickets Mon
day as the machinists began a
strike against shipyards in Ore
gon, Washington, and California.
An estimated 150 machinists
were on strike in Portland. Union
sources said another 800-900 work
ers honored the picket lines Mon
day and did not report for work.
1700 Machinists Idla
All told, only about 1.200 ma
chinists went on strike on the
West Coast, but an estimated
10.000 workers have been idled
by the strike.
. Shipyard workers at Bremer
ton, Wash., Monday continued to
work. A union spokesman hinted
that a separate agreement was in
the making for the Bremerton
area local.
In San Francisco, representa
tives from the union and from
the shipyard owners were expect
ed to continue negotiation ses
sions with Federal Mediator
Ralph Patterson today.
Patterson reported the two sides
were deadlocked on wage de
mands. The union said It would
not settle for less ihan a 32-ccnt
wage package, while the employ
ers refused to go above their 24
cent package offer.
Record claimed
by skin diver
SEATTLE. Wash. (UPD-Mack
F. Thomson. 27, of Seattle, today
aid c(ljm to a ncw wor!d-, un.
derwator endurance mark of 72
hours, S minutes and 32 seconds.
Thomson, a commercial skin
diver, emerged from a 12-foot
lank shortly after noon Monday
in good condition.
He said it was his second at
tempt lo set (he record. His first
attempt began Aug. 14 but ended
aftcf 36'j hours when he broke
(he water's surface while sleep
walking. He began his record attempt at
noon last Friday and solved his
sleeping problem by tying weights
on his body before falling asleep.
He said he managed to sleep alwut
six hours a night. The rest of the
time Thomson said he ate food in
liquid form out of plastic squeeze
bottles while he was underwater.
The old mark of 55 hours. 37:11
minutes was set Aug. 3 hy Mrs.
Dolores Fisher, an owner-instructor
of a diving school, who per
formed her feat in a salt water
pool built for pnrpojcs at Her
mosa Beach, Calif.
At Scotch Plains. M. J., skin
diver George Gilbert, 22, also sur
passed the old mark. He was tak
en out of a pool Monday night
after remaining submerged 57
hours and 38 minutes.
Speed of trains
to be studied
SALEM (L'PD - The speed of
trains over lines of the Union
Pacific railroad in 24 eastern
Oregon towns will be the subject
of a Public Utility Commission
hearing here Sept. 29 at 10 a. m.
Included are Adams, Arlington,
Athena. Burns, Condon, Elgin. En
terprise, Grass Valley, Heppner,
Hermiston, Imbler, lone, lrrigon,
Island City. Juntura, La Grande,
Lexington, Milton-Freewater, Mo-
ro. Nyssa. Umatilla, Vale, Wal-
Iowa and Wasco.
DAILY NEWSPAPER
Plea for legislation
made by Eisenhower
Ike seeks firm, no refreat
agreement on Europe trip
WASHINGTON (UPI Presi-, letters to House Speaker Sam
dent Eisenhower, on the eve of
' his departure for Western Europe
: said today he hoped that he and
, allied leaders would join in a mu
tual statement of readiness to tie
j gotiate with Russia, but in firm
determination never to retreat
from their basic principles.
Eisenhower told a news cujifcr-
....
ence ne also wouiu suggest to me
neaus oi wesi i.crmany ureal
Britain. France and Italy that they
cooperate in helping advance the
health and living standards of the
two billion people of the new or
underdeveloped nations.
The chief executive, meeting
with reporters before taking off
by jet plane early Wednesday for
Bonn, Germany, also made these
other outstanding points:
He sqid this government has
under immediate, urgent study a
request (or the government of
Laos for new funds with which to
fight inroads of Communist
forces.
Will Meet Khruthchav
He said the Russian govern-
that Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev will be coming to the
United States next month as chief
of the Russian state. Therefore,1
the President said he planned to
welcome Khrushchev personally at
the airport on his arrival and en
tertain him at dinner at Uie White
House.
Without calling him by name,
Eisenhower struck back forceful
ly at former President Harry S.
Truman who criticized the chief
executive's planned trip to Russia
this fall. Eisenhower said he was
getting weary of people speaking
about blows to presidential yres-
tige at a time wnen ne was giving
his last atom of energy for the
whole human race.
He announced he was sending
Eade named
to committee
Bob Eade has been seated as a
new memlwr of the advisory com
mittee (or Central Oregon Col
lege's Industrial Supervision pro
gram. Eade. manager of Pacific Tele
phone in Bend, was seated at a
meeting Monday.
The committee reviewed the
operation of the sequence of class
es In the vocational-technical pro
gram last year.
These classes included the Ele
ments of Supervision, Psychology
for Supervisors and Human Re
lations for Supervisors.
Forty-one enrolled in the Ele
ments of Supervision, with 36 com
pleting the course. Nine com-j
plctcd the Psychology for Super-!
visors course and six finished the
Human Relations course.
Seventeen different firms were
represented in Bend, Redmond;1
Madias and Princville. '
These courses will be oflcrcd
again this year for all persons in
supervisory positions.
The committee has changed the
name of the program to "Super
visory Development," since It was
felt that it more nearly describes
the courses.
Women as well as men may en
roll in these classes.
Committee chairm a n Charles
M. Kreider pointed out the need
(or clear and concise communica
tions. Tiie college staff was requested
to take a new approach to help
supervisors realize and appreci
ate the importance of good com
munications both written and
oral.
Also present at the meeting
were Mike Salo, Ernest Thomp
son, Don Pence and Bob John
son. Sleighter dies
in hospital
SALEM (UPD A .Vycar-old
Salem man, charged last year
with the hammer slaying of his
wife, has died in the Oregon State
hospital where he had been a pa
tient for 18 months.
Levi Allen Sleighter was
charged with heating his wife,
Mabel, to death Christmas eve.
I!7. He had been a patient at
the hospital four times before his
wife died and was committed to
the hospital a fifth time after the
death.
Doctors said he suffered from
diabetes and had undergone two
operations.
ULLETI
195?
Ten Pages
Ray burn and Vice President Rich-!
ard M. Nixon, presiding officer
of the Senate, warning of serious
repercussions if Congress fails to
act adequately before adjournmcn
on legislation to permit raising
the interest rate on long-term fed
eral securities,
tius, on the requested
x increase to finance
gasoline ta
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ministration.
Calls for Labor Bill
He also in his news confer-
I ence called again for congression
al approval of a labor bill close to
the version adopted by the House
and now in a House-Senate con
ference. FBI takes
Motherwell
at Atlanta
ATLANTA (UPI) Larry Lord
Motherwell. 43, charged with the
murder of a 72-year-old promi-, Means today turned over propo
nent Washington, D.C., widow, : sals to raise new road-building
was captured without a struggle money. Ways and Means today
early today by the FBI at Allan- turned down a compromise propo-
ta Airport just as he was about sal approved Monday by Public
lo board a plene for Cleveland. , Works, which would allow a one
J. Edgar Hoover, director of cent increase in the gasoline tax
the FBI, announced in Washing- j but limit it to 12 months. Tha
ton that Motherwell, sought for Ways and Means Committee rcc
four days in a nation-wiilo search, ommended earlier that the one
was captured. The FBI in Atlan- cent boost remain In eftect for 22
ta said Motherwell was unarmed months. There could be action
and offered no resistance. , now to bypass Public Works and
Motherwell was living In Atlan- send the lonaer-term proposal di-
ta undar the alias, Craig D. Fos-
tcr, tne FBI said.
Motherwell is wanted in conncc
lion with the death of Mrs. Pearl Interest rates: The administia
Ada Putney, 72. FBI officials said I lion's proposal lo raise the inter
Motherwell only admitted to his Jest ceiling on government secur
identity when apprehended by jtjes is in a House pigeonhole.
two FBI agents who arrested him
at 1:15 a.m. e.s.t.
Bound For Clavaland
The FBI said Motherwell was
with an unidentified man at the
airport. The FBI refused to iden
tify (he other man, saying only
that Uie man was not implicated
with Motherwell.
Motherwell was dressed in a
conservative business suit, the
FBI said. Motherwell claimed he
had been residing in Atlanta since
mid-July In rooming houses and
was unemployed. The construction
engineer said he was going to
Cleveland to seek job as a
salesman with an automotive
parts firm.
Motherwell was transferred lo
the Fulton County (Atlanta) Jail
early today. The FBI said he will
be arraigned before U. S. Com
missioner Frank A. Holden.
Appeal For Aid
Motherwell, of Washing
Ion, DC, was reported by the
FBI Monday night to be living in
Atlanta until 10 days ago. The
FBI appealed Monday night to
the public lo help them locate
him. '
Motherwell became the object
of a nation-wide search last
Thursday when Sierra County,
Calif., Dist. Atty. Gordon I. Smith
charged him with the murder of
Mrs. Putney, of Washington, D.C.
The elderly widow's bones were
found on a lonely logging road in
the California mountains Sunday.
Aug. 16. The FBI Aug. 20 filed
charges against Motherwell 4n
San Francisco for unlawful flight
to avoid prosecution for the crime
of murder.
Fire destroys
mill at Dallas
DALLAS, Ore. (UPI) The
Creole Lumber Company sawmill
plant in North Dallas was de-
slroycd Monday night In a $75,000
fire.
The main mill building and
equipment was engulfed quickly
despite the efforts of all avail
able Dallas firemen.
Lumber stacked near the mill
also was destroyed.
The blaze was spotted by a
night watchman In a motor near
a dust conveyor about p.m.
But before he could turn In an
alarm, the fire was out of co-ttrol
rw.., r ih, mill was Andrew
Lalack ,Ir, Salem. About 25 men
were employed there turning out
80.000 board feet a day.
Sparks from the fire flew over
Dallas, but no other property
damage was reported.
N
56th Year
3 programs
being pushed
by president
WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi-
" " " P '
blk Ploa ,0 Congress today for
1
uctiuu on siipcniiiiwiiy iinaiicing.
, jIK,,.f,.LSC(
government interest
I rates, and now authority for in-
! ,
sur,n8 home mortgages.
I ." warncd of serimls repmut-
sums u inese programs are noi
pushed through during this ses
sion. Eisenhower announced at his
press conference that he was
sending messages outlining the ur
gent need for the three programs.
He said that unless interest
rates are raised to make long
term government honds attractiva
to investors, he will be faced with
a matter of grave importance.
This is how things stand in
these three fields:
Highways: The House commit
tees on Ways and Means and Pub
lic Works arc engaged in a tug of
war over proposals to raise new
road-buildinc money. Ways and
rectly to the House floor." The
President asked lor l'V cent In-
- 1 crease for a period of five years.
placed there hy the Ways and
Means Committee. The hill was
put aside after several futile ef
forts (o reach a compromise.
Housing: The Senate has passed
a replacement for Hie bill the
President vetoed. The ncw bill
was approved today by (he House
Ranking Committee and now goes
lo the Rules Committee. It would
provide $l.05O.OO0.nno to keep the
housing program going. But it also
carries some provisions for new
spending, and Republican leaders
have warned that this measure
also might be turned down hy
the President. The administration
considers renewed mortgage Insur
ance authorization essential, .but
is opposed to outlays for new pro
grams. Other congressional news:
Republicans: Congressional Re
publican leaders conferred with
President Eisenhower on civil
rights, the labor reform bill, high
way financing, foreign aid, gov
ernment bond interest rates and
other matters. After the meeting.
House GOP Leader Charles A.
Hallerk denied reports that Hons
Republicans had agreed to help
He said the administration still
wants some sort of civil rights
bill approved before this session
ends.
Labor reform: Rep. Carl D.
Sllouse GOP Leader Charles A.
Hallcck denied reports that Housa
Republicans had agreed to help
slave off civil rights legislation
Uiis year in exchange for southern
votes on the labor reform bill.
He said the administration still
wants some sort of civil rights
bill approved before this session
ends.
Labor reform: Rep. Carl D.
Perkins (D-Ky.) sought to put off
labor reform legislation until next
year. He made the motion as Senate-House
conferees entered tha
crucial phase ef lis efforts to com
promise on measures passed by
the Senate and the House. The
House bill contains stronger curbi
on secondary boycotts, organiza
tional nickeling and so-called hot
! cargo pacts. Perkins proposal was
nut aside temporarily while sug
gested revisions of the House bill
were presented.
Contracts: Dr. Richard Porter,
an engineer for General Electric,
denied that he helped swing a de
fense department decision that al
lowed Russia to get ahead In the
space race. He testified before a
House armed services subcommit
tee Investigating defense contracts.
Newspaper columnist Drew Fear-
son told the sunenmmmee urn
wees mm run'i
Pentacon to place its hopes on
an Inferior rocket engine that fig
ured In the failure of this coun
try's first satellite-launching attempts.