, Protest by
Young Fails
On Deaf Ears
State Board Fails to
Tell Why Low Insur
ance Bid Rejected
G apital JiJounl
Public Housing
Section of Bill
FKilled in House
Labor Leaders
Ask Senate to
Kill Labor Bill
61st Year, No. 5ff
Kntertd u lecond elu
matter at Salem. Ores on
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, June 2 y l7 Pages)
By JAMES D. OLSON
Formal protest on the award
of contract for liability insur-
ance on state can to the second
low bidder was made Tuesday to
the board of control by Clarence
J. Young, attorney for the Truck
Exchange, low bidders.
But the protest apparently
fell on deaf ears as the board
members took no action at the
meeting.
At an unscheduled meeting
about 10 days ago the board
awarded the contract to the Gen
eral Insurance company of Se
attle through Dooley & Co. of
Portland on a bid of $83,496.52
f although the Truck Exchange,
which had handled the state's
. business for the last three years
Vhad bid $74,717.79 or $8778.73
lower than the successful bid
der. Young declared that after the
award had been made, an
nouncement followed that the
successful bidder would carry
on a safety program costing ap
proximately $15,000 a year.
Patrol Service Claimed
"We have been carrying on a
safety program for the past
three years that has cost us
$18,000 a year," Young said.
"However, there was nothing in
the specifications calling for a
safety program nor were my cli
ents told that such a program
would be one of the considera
tions for award of the contract."
Young told the board that
three safety engineers employed
by his company patrolled the
roads and checked on equipment
insured by the Exchange.
"Have you made any reports
on inspections or observations
made on state cars?" asked State
Treasurer Walter J. Pearson.
"Yes sir," answered the attor
ney as he handed Pearson a
large sheaf of copies of reports
made to the state on operation
of state cars and trucks on high
ways. Picking up several of these
reports at random, the attorney
read that one state car was ob
served traveling through the ci
I, ty of Halsey at 45 miles an hour
J in a 25 mile an hour zone.
Another report called atten
tion to a state car traveling
through a 25-mile zone in Har
risburg at about 32 miles an
hour and several other reports
gave other infractions of the law
by state car drivers. .
No Complaints Heard
Young declared that during
the three years his company had
carried the liability insurance
for the state, no complaints had
been registered with the com
pany by the state on lack of
service.
(Continued on Fate 5, Column 6)
3 Years Prison
Term for Todd
Jack O. Todd Wednesday re
ceived a three year prison sen
tence from Circuit Judge George
R. Duncan on a charge of lar
cenizing a car belonging to
Reinholt Blum.
District : Attorney Ed Stad
ter said he hadn't decided fully
what action will be taken to
ward Todd's attemtped jail
, break of earlier in the month
, , when he spent most of the night
. sawing nis way oui oi me county
jail here only to step into the
arms of deputy sheriffs as early
s. iJn the morning he emerged
,Through the severed jail bars.
He indicated he might possibly
consider the three-year jolt as
sufficient for Todd but said he
had not fully decided whether
the matter would be further con
sidered. Meanwhile Todd's wife
is waiting disposition of a
charge of possession of narcotics
and also of attempting to aid
her husband in his attempted
jail break.
Clifford Eugene Hummell be
fore the court on a plea of guil
ty to larceny of an automobile
from Scott A. Wheatley was sent
to the state hospital for 30 days
observation before imposition of
sentence.
Richard Fones was sentenced
to a year in Jail on a non support
charge, a previous order of Dro-
bation rescinded and a new one
entered for three years more on
probation on condition he make
monthly payments of $50 to his
ex-wife Selma Fones to reim
burse her for support already
given their children. Selma Fones
appeared and gave testimony to
me effect he had made no pay
ments over a certain nerind.
Pones himself denied this on the
stand and said he had made a
Payment to her. The emirt sairi
he was inclined to believe his
ex-wife. The ex-wife was
Drought up from jail to testify
She is under indictment chare-
with larceny of $1100 from
Willamette university where she
"s employed.
3 Nations Plan
Agreed Upon for
West Germany
Washington, June 29 VP) The
United States, Britain and France
published today their formal
agreement on three-power
machinery to run western Ger
many, beginning in mid-Septem
ber.
The agreement specifies that
the top allied council, composed
of the United States, British and
French civilian high commission
ers, will have headquarters "at
the seat of the German federal
government" in a special area
directly ruled by the high com
mission rather than in any zone
of occupation.
This means that the western
headquarters in Germany will be
shifted next fall from strife-
ridden Berlin. Presumably it will
go to Bonn, which officials here
said will be the seat of the pro
jected new German government.
Details Worked Out
"The charter of the allied high
commission for Germany" is a
detailed statement for organiza
tion of the western occupation
authorities into a single unit for
the supervision of western Ger
many under its new government.
The principles controlling this
new organization were worked
out in Washington last spring by
Secretary of State Acheson and
Foreign Ministers Bevin of Bri
tain and Schuman of France.
On June 20. those three, meet
ing in Paris, signed the formal
charter" which was published
today.
John McCloy, resigning presi-
missioner for Germany.
er assistant secretary of war, will
be the United States high com
missioner for eGrmany.
Hoover Balks
At Army Plan
Washington, June 29 (IP)
Herbert Hoover said today it
would be ."dangerous to the
country" to create a chairman
for the joint chiefs, of staff of
the armed services as proposed
by the Truman administration.
Such an office, the former
president declared, would
place too much power in any
military officer."
Hoover testified before the
house armed services committee
on legislation to amend the arm
ed services unification law of
1947. Generally, the measure is
aimed to give more power to the
secretary of defense and iron
out "bugs" in the two-year-old
law. .
Backers have - contended the
proposed revisions will permit
savings of many millions of dol
lars. The senate passed the leg
islation May 26.
Hoover endorsed the general
purposes of the bill but strongly
opposed a section which would
create purposes of the bill but
strongly opposed a section which
would create a chairman far the
joint chiefs of staff.
Each of the armed services
is represented on the joint chiefs
by its chief of staff. Under the
present arrangement, each is
equal in theory and they try to
reach their decisions by mutual
agreement.
The proposa lto create a chair
man was advanced by the late
Secretary of Defense Forrestal
and has the specific endorse
ment of President Truman. Un
der the plan, the chairman
would act as chief military ad
visor to the president and the
secretary of defense.
Judith Coplon's Fate in
Hands of Federal Jury
Washington, June 29 (IP) The Judith Coplon espionage case
went to a federal court jury today.
The jury retired to decide the fate of the former justice depart
ment work after listening to instructions by Federal Judge Al
bert L. Reeves on points of law.
The judge spoke for 25 mm-
utes, repeatedly stressing that
the defendant's intent was' 3
major point for the jury's con
sideration.
Before the judge began speak
ing, defense attorney Archibald
Palmer demanded that he de
clare a mistrial.
Palmer's move was based on
the closing argument of prose
cutor John M. Kelley, Jr., who
described Miss Coploi as a clever
spy in Russia's behalf.
Palmer argued that Kelley's
appeal was based on "passion
and prejudice."
"I deny the motion," Judge
Reeves said when Palmer fin
ished. As soon as the jury filed out
to begin deliberations, Palmer
jumped to his feet again io com
nlam about the iudeeV. instruc -
Itions. He centered on the judge's
Marshall Plan
Nations Facing
Trade Decision
Paris, June 29 (IP) Britain
faces a showdown today with
other Marshall plan nations on
how trade should be conducted
among the nations of Europe,
The seven-member consultat
ive committee of the organiza
tion for European economic co
operation (OEEC) met for a lit
tle more than "half an hour this
morning and decided to turn the
whole problem over to, the full
19-nation organization later in
the day."
An OEEC spokesman de
scribed the morning meeting as
"just a formal gathering" and
said: "The real debate will be
gin now, and it will probably go
on tomorrow."
Stakes in Prestige '
W. Averell Harriman, U.S.
ambassador - at - large for the
Marshall plan, attended the
consultative committee session.
A spokesman for him denied re
ports published in London that
Harriman had threatened to cut
Marshall plan aid to Britain un
less the British agreed to Amer
ican proposals.
The stakes in national pres
tige and perhaps even national
economic stability seems large
in comparison with the immedi
ate dollar stakes.
Last week the top economic
experts of Britain, France and
Belgium met in Brussels but
could not resolve v their differ
ences. It was a question of the
others not being able to reach
an agreement with Sir Stafford
Cripps, Britain's iron - willed
chancellor of .the exchequer.
Question at Issue
The question is whether each
nation will make its own trade
agreements with the other na
tions singly, or will all the na
tions set up general principles,
agree on their currency rela
tionships and then take steps
toward multilateral trade.
If the cabinet ministers de
cide that western Europe's econ
omy has recovered sufficiently
for the countries to give up de
pendence on barter agreements,
they may vote for free trade
among all the nations.
The United States, furnishing
the Marshall plan dollars, fa
vors free trade. Belgium, the
most prosperous of the Marshall
plan countries, would like to see
an advance toward that object
ive. 4000 UMW Force
Colliery to Close
Madisonville, Ky., June 29 VP)
The East Diamond coal mine
was closed today at the request
of Hopkins County Sheriff Ras
Gilliland.
This action was taken within
a few hours after an estimated
4,000 United Mine Workers from
the west Kentucky coal field
marched to the mine, operated
by non-union workers.
Sheriff Gilliland said he asked
the marchers to leave the com
pany property and they refused.
He said the situation was be
yond his control and he asked
the company to close operations.
It complied. The men remained
at the mine.
Spokesmen for the UMW
agreed with the sheriff and state
police there was no violence.
Jess Loveless, secretary of UMW
district 23, said he anticipated
no trouble from UMW mem
bers.
reference to Miss Coplon's meet
ings in New York with Valen
tine A. Gubitchev as clandestine.
Judge Reeves began by tell
ing the eight men and four wo
men six Negroes and six white
that they must accept the law
as he declares it, but that the
jurors are the sole judges of the
facts.
He said the evidence was clear
that Miss Coplon did copy and
take "certain writings, docu
ments and notes" from justice
department files.
The jury must decide, he said,
whether she took the papers with
intent to injure the United States
and aid Russia.
He also told the jurors they
must give the defendant the
benefit of "reasonable doubt." He
hastily added that this meant
i"suhstantial rinnht "
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LLUiZJZl , E E : JLr-f l --4fjr-J Oil
Strikers Get Work Order A group of about 50 Berlin
railroad strikers sit on bench in rail yard and listen to an
official reading a back-to-work order. The 38-day rail tie
up came to an end as these and other strikers went back
to their jobs and the Soviet-directed management resumed
control of west Berlin stations. (AP Wirephoto via radio
from Berlin.)
Wheat Crop
Price $1.96 a Bushel
Washington, June 29 (U.R) The government disclosed today it
will support the price of this year's wheat crop at $1.96 a bushel,
on a national average farm basis.
In its price study, the department said that prices received
by growers for commercial crops
consecutive month and were
at
the lowest level for any June 15
since 1942.
It said the largest price de
clines for truck crops were reg
istered in tomatoes, lettuce, car
rots, onions and cabbage.
Wheat prices dropped again
last month and, "a result, the
index of prices received for
good grains . . . was at the low
est level since September,
1946;" the department said.
Lower prices also were re
ported by the department ' for
dairy products, feed grains and
hay, and oil-bearing crops. The
department said livestock prices
were up generally and prices re
ceived for hogs rose 90 cents
per hundred pounds from mid
May to mid-June.
It added, however, that
prices received for meat ani
mals were all lower than a year
ago."
The support price compares
with $2 a bushel for the 1948
bushel crop.
The agriculture department,
its mid-monthly report on
farm prices, said the average
price of wheat received by farm
ers on June 15 was $1.86 a bush
el. The parity price was $2.17
a bushel at that time.
The department is required
by law to support the price of
wheat at 90 per cent of the June
parity. That is $1.96.
Support prices for wheat at
various markets throughout the
country will be announced, by
the department at a later date.
Some of these will vary slight
ly from the national average
price the government plans to
guarantee producers for the
1949 wheat crop,
Car Keys Stolen
Says Mrs. Hiss
New York, June 29 VP) Mrs.
Alger Hiss testified today at her
husband's perjury trial that she
believed someone took the keys
to the Hiss car and Washington
home during the first seven
months of 1938.
It was during this period that
Whittaker Chambers, courier for
a prewar communist spy ring,
claims Hiss passed him copies
of state department secret pa
pers. Mrs. Hiss denied she ever
typed summaries of department
documents as she repeatedly
contradicted testimony offered
earlier by Chambers and his
wife at the trial of the former
state department official.
Under direct examination by
Defense Attorney Lloyd Paul
Stryker she said she "missed a
pocketbook" containing keys to
the Hiss auto and home on Volta
Place, Washingtdn.
Under cross-examination by
the government prosecutor. As
sistant U. S. Attorney Thomas
F. Murphy, Mrs. Hiss said the
loss occurred some time during
the first seven months of 1938
"Did you report it to the po
lice?" asked Murphy.
"I did not," she replied.
Under direct testimony she
denied she had ever handed over
any of the government's 47 ex
hibits, including four handwrit
ten notes, to Chambers. She also
said she had never given Cham
bers a key to the Volta Place
house.
Support '49
dropped sharply for the fourth
-
CVA Dead Duck
This Session
Washington, June 29 (P) In
dications mounted today that
the proposed Columbia valley
administration is a dead duck
for the present session of con
gress. Chairman Whittington (D.,
Miss.) of the house public works
committee said he is certain no
action can be taken at this ses
sion on legislation to create a
CVA to develop the Columbia
basin in the Pacific northwest.
Resumption of hearings oh
the legislation appeared unlike
ly before the second week in
July, at the earliest.
The senate public works com
mittee announced an indefinite
postponement. Committee at
taches said the committee prob
ably won't be able to get back
to the CVA until after July 11.
Whittington said the house
committee must clear up other
work before it can return to the
CVA legislation.
"I feel certain," Whittington
said, "that members of both the
senate and house committees
would not want to vote on the
bill until after many of them
have visited the Columbia basin
area. Such a trip is impossible
at this time and I do not see how
the trip can be made until after
congress recesses and when that
will be is indefinite now."
Heal, Drought
Return to East
(By United PrejuO
Summer heat and drought
clamped a new hold on the east
today after cool northern air
brought a short relief from soar
ing temperatures.
After two days of cool weath
er, rising temperatures faced
New Englanders. The general
drought which has seared crops
began its 36th day. The weather
bureau said no general rains
were in sight.
Thundershowers over much of
the east and middlewest yester
day gave some farmers badly
needed rain, but from the Atlan
tic to the Dakotas, weather fore
casters looked for clear skies to
day. Washington relaxed yesterday
with a comfortable 81-degree
temperature. A few lawmakers
put on the neckties they loosen
ed when the thermometer hit a
blistering 96 Sunday. They fac
ed cloudy, humid and somewhat
warmer weather today.
Midsummer heat was begin
ning to punish the midwest as
well as the east. A 91-degrec
high temperature in Indianapo
lis yesterday caused at least
four heat prostrations.
WEATHER
(Released by U.S.
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicini
ty: Fair tonight and Thursday;
slightly cooler tonight, warmer
Thursday. Lowest temperature
expected tonight, 44 degrees;
highest Thursday, 76. Conditions
will be favorable for farm work,
except for fresh winds. Maxi
mum yesterday 65. Minimum to
day 48. Mean temperature yes
terday 56. which was 8 below
normal. Total 24-hour precipita
tion to 11:30 a.m. today .11 of
an inch. Total precipitation for
the month .96 of inch, which is
.22 of an inch below normal
Willamette river height at Salem
Wednesday morning -1.6 feet.
Reprisals for
Berlin Strike
Berlin, June 29 VP) The anti-
communist Berlin Railway union
charged today that the Soviet
controlled railway management
has begun reprisals against men
who took part in the crippling
38-day rail strike.
The union said 375 men were
fired without notice. The 14,000
strikers reported back to work
yesterday.
Officials of the reichsbahn
(railway management) were not
available for comment.
The strikers had gone back to
work on the promise that there
would be no reprisals against the
workers.
Rail traffic remained stalled,
meanwhile, while crews worked
to repair damage caused by the
long stoppage. A reichsbahn
official said he could give no
definite date for resumption of
normal traffic.
The Russians released to west
Berlin authorities today seven
tons of power plant machinery
seized in a truck convoy yester
day. The incident had aroused a
British-American protest.
The cargo was sent from
Frankfurt to Berlin for construe?
tion of a now power plant de
signed to make west Berlin in
dependent of the Soviet sector.
The need was emphasized last
winter during the Soviet block
ade of west Berlin, when the
western sectors spent nights in
darkness. This had made the
seizure an incident which was
out of the ordinary.
Colombia Ready
To Crush Banditry
Bogota, Colombia, June 29 VP)
The government warned to
day it is prepared to crush ban
ditry" as reports of new "politi
cal" killings reached here from
the interior. News dispatches
said 16 persons were slain Mon
day alone.
The current clashes mark the
latest round in the old feud be
tween the liberal and conserva
tive parties. The two groups
have been warring for years.
Each party usually blames the
other for starting the row.
The liberals, who lost part of
their majority in the chamber
of representatives in a nation
wide election early this month
have declared opposition to all
administrative sections of the
government. The conservatives,
under President Mariano Os
pina Perez, control the govern
ment's executive branch.
Salem all Set for Annual
Festival During Week-End
By MARGARET MAGEE
While the weather teeters between sunny days and showers
Salnm's Cherrvland Festival
making their last minute plans for the annual three-day celebra
tion, nooning Thursday.
The changing and uncertain
(hp festival nlans officials Wed-
nesdav morning declared. If it isiLorenz, 19-yoar-old son of Mr.
just a light Oregon mist the
program will continue on sched
ule. Should there be a day of
rain the events will be postpon
ed one day and continued the
next day. Only a continued
heavy downpour will cause can
cellation of any of the celebra
tion plans.
Coronation ceremonies for
Queen-Elect Patricia O'Connor
hold the limelight Thursday
night and also mark the opening
of the festival.
Planned for that night also,
is varied program, including re
vues by two dance studios, ra
dio impressions by Lyle Loren
tz, and the appearance of the
Cherryctte trio of Miller's de
partment store. This trio con
sists of Connie Cross, who re
cently was named Miss Salem,
and Patricia Zosel and Barbara
Garrett.
Opening the program will be a
specialty revue by four students
from Mcrlain Dancing school.
Next to bs heard will ba Lyle
Vote 168 to 165
Knocks Out Provision
For 810,000 Units
Washington, June 29 (IP) The
whole public housing section
was knocked out of the admin
istration's vast housing bill to
day subject to a later vote.
With the aid of some south
ern democrats, republicans mus
tered a 168 to 165 vote to knock
out on the house floor a provi
sion of 810,000 public housing
units to be financed by annual
federal payments of $308,000,-
000.
The rallying cry of the oppon
ents of the provision was "soci
alism."
The action could be reversed
later.
But even so, it-was a tremen
dous blow to the bill which has
been the center of a tough fight
all week long.
Rep. Reece (R-Kas) offered
the amendment to strip the bill
of the public housing section.
On a standing vole his pro
posal was barely shy of approv
al. It got 135 votes and a count
of the opposition showed 136
The members paraded down
the middle aisle to be counted
on a teller ballot.
That changed the result by a
three-vote margin.
The GOP maneuver showed
surprising strength. A previous
republican effort merely to cut
down the size of the housing
program had failed by a size
able score.
Before the public housing
provision was voted down the
bill already had been cut down
to senate size from 1,050,000 to
810,000 units and from $400,
000,000 to $308,000,000.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
Warning Given
By Ellsworth
Washington, June 29 (IP) Rep
Ellsworth (R., Ore.) says that
passage of housing legislation
and other "welfare state" propos
als "may touch off a financial
explosion that will blast free
governments and personal free
dom off the face of the earth
Speaking to the house yester
day during debate on the housing
bill. Ellsworth said:
"By pasage of this housing bill,
by miserable failure of this con
gress, to date, to reduce the fan
tastically high cost of govern
ment, by passing the other wel
fare state spending legislation de
manded by the president, we are
lighting a fuse which may touch
off a financial explosion that will
blast free governments and per
sonal freedom off the face of the
earth."
Ellsworth said that as "I sit in
the house day after day and see
no slightest indication on the
party of the majority in congres
or on the part of the president
to cease or at least slow up our
march toward national bank
ruptcy I am appalled.'
He said whatever the cost of
the housing bill "it means taxes
taxes, taxes for 40 years oi
more."
Ellsworth said that the people
of Europe have aligned them
selves with the United States and
if the notion fails them "they
must turn toward communism.
$500,000 Lucky Store Fire
San Bruno, Calif., Juno 29 VP)
The huge Lucky store on El Ca
mino burned early today with a
loss estimated at $500,000. It was
the largest store in the Lucky
chain of grocery and market un
its.
board and committees continue
weather are to have no effect on
and Mrs. L. M. L. Iorcnz of route
4, Salem, giving present day
radio program impressions.
Lorentz, a graduate of the
Salem Senior high school studied
radio at the former Salem Jun
ior Playhouse and before going
to Chicago for four months of
private study with the Jack
Podcwells, radio performers, did
a program for one of the local
radio stations. Following his
studies in Chicago he toured
North Carolina with the Saulinc
Players for two months. Thurs
day night he will re-enact well
known dramatic moments from
radio and give his imprcssionsi
of several familiar radio pro
grams.
Armstrong School of the
Dance, which since the revival
of the Chcrryland Festival has
presented a revue as part of the
annual celebration, will again
present a revue Thursday night
This to be the final event on that
night's program.
(Concluded on Pact f, Column 1)
AFL and CIO Resign
ed to Keep T. H. Law
Until 1950 Election
Washington, June 29 VP) Thi
AFL asked today that the sen.
ate kill the administration's la-
bor bill, now amended to em
brace the Taft-Hartley law's In
junction powers.
AFL President William Green
wrote Senator Lucas of Illinois
the democratic leader, that th
action of the senate in addinj
"national emergency" injunc
tion authority to that bill makei
it "absolutely unacceptable.
CIO officials, stunned by yes.
terday's senate action, alread)
had resigned themselves t
keeping the Taft-Hartley act foi
two more years.
Arthur Goldberg, CIO general
counsel, told a reporter "wt
might as well face the fact thai
we have the Taft-Hartley acl
until after the 1950 elections."
Ask Debate Be Ended
Green said a meeting of AFL
union representatives this morn
ing unanimously approved s
move by Lucas to bring a speedy
end to the senate labor debate.
"We feel that amendments
designed to make the Taft bill
more palatable would be use
less and a waste of time," Green
wrote Lucas.
Lucas had Green's letter read
to the senate by a clerk. Sena
tor Taft (R., Ohio), who got in
the injunction amendment, 111
into Green in a speech.
Taft Raps Green
Taft said the AFL president's
letter was "probably the mosl
presumptuous statement thai
any individual has ever made to
the senate of the United States."
Mr. Green is undertaking to
veto the senate bill before it ii
passed."
Taft spoke also of Greens
"orders to those in the senate
who want to follow the AFL."
That brought from Lucas a dec
laration that "there isn't any
labor leader going to lay down
a program for the senator from
Illinois."
Taft said he is out to make im
provements in the Taft-Hartley
law that labor should "wel
come." For Campaign Issue
Taft said labor leaders are go
ing to reject his proposed im
provements in order to make the
Taft-Hartley act an issue in the
next election campaign.
"But they can't make an is
sue of it," the senator exclaim
ed. "We can point out that in
every complaint they made, we
listened to them and made
changes."
Taft is up for re-election in
1950.
(Concluded on Page 5, Column 8)
Brown's Show
Window Looted
For the second time in three
months, a show window at
Brown's jewelry store on North
Liberty street was smashed in
Wednesday by a thief who ap
parently made a clean getaway
with loot valued at $210.25.
A detective's report of the af
fair timed the event at 1:36 a.m.
when a rock was heaved through
the south display window at the
west entrance to the establish
ment. A total of five rings and a
wrist watch were snatched by
the thief before he slipped away.
Although a police prowl car was
only a block and a half away at
the time, the escape was success
ful. The window looting Wednes
day differed from the affair on
March 21 in that the alarm sys
tem was in operation and
brought all of the police cars
to the scene within minutes.
A greater quantity of loot es
timated at $5,000 was taken in
March in view of the fact that
the jewelry store had a costly
display of diamonds in the win
dow during the spring treasure
hunt in Salem.
Despite the fact that Dr. Harry
A. Brown, owner of the shop,
posted a reward for informa
tion which might lead to the
identity of the treasure trove
burglar in March, no clue was
ever reported to police.
Boise Picked for
1950 Safely Meef
Portland, Ore., June 29 lU.R)
Boise, Ida., will be site of the
1950 conference of the Western
Safety Council, the board of
governors announced here today.
The board accepted the invi
tation of Gov. C. A. Robins to
hold next year's session in the
Idaho capital. The council was
completing its 1949 conference
here today.
Paul V. Black, safety director
of the Idaho Compensation com
pany, Boise, was elected presi
dent of the council last night.