INCREASING CLOUDINESS
with occasional tnow this, even
ing; liklihood of freezing rain.
Continuing mostly cloudy lad
cold Thursday with occasional
snow. Low tonight, 22; high
Thursday, 32.
Camp Adair
May Be Sife Of
New Industries
Gov. Patterson Nego
' tiating for Acquisi
tion of Reservation
By JAMES D. OLSON
Governor Paul L. Patterson
and members of the Oregon De
velopment commission are carry
ing on negotiations with the
government which may lead to
tnmilciffnn -r r A J-:-
acquisition of Camp Adair nroD-
;, erty for industrial development
and use, it was announced Wed-
nesday.
The property, situated a few
miles south of Albany, belongs to
I the United States government,
and consists of several thousands
of acres of land, part of which
is now used by the Oregon Na
tional Guard and the State Game
Commission.
Well Situated
Governor Patterson said the
land is well situated for indus
trial use, inasmuch as there are
a number of well constructed
buildings and warehouses al
ready available, together with a
complete water system with the
Dumnine nlant and filteration
equipment providing 4,000,000
' gallons daily capacity.
rTnntintlpri nn Pnrrp K fnl. Z
Eugene Vetoes
Parking Lots
EUGENE ' W) Eugene voters
gave a vigorous "no" to a proposal
that the city operate parking lots
to relieve downtown parking con
gestion, in a special election Tues
day. The biggest turn-out in the city's
history for a special balloting re
jected the proposal 4,479 to 707.
Votes were cast by 25- percent of
those eligible. It was the first time
more than 2,000 had ever voted in
a special election.
Only four polling places had been
set up. When the polls closed at
8 p. m. there was such a line-up
that voting continued . until 10:50
p. m.
The proposal had been to author
lie the city to buy nnd operate
parking lots and providing a $750,
000 bond issue to finance the start.
Opponents had argued that pri
vate operators downtown mer
chants if necessary should
handle any off-street parking facil
ities. Radford Urges
St. Lawrence
WASHINGTON (UP) Adm.
Arthur W. Radford asked thc
Senate today to pass thc St. Law
rence seaway bill
Endorsement of thc measure
by the chairman of thc joint j
cnicts 01 Stan was mauc punnc
as1 Senate debate on thc contro
versial measure dragged into thc
sixth day. j
Radford said in a letter to j
Sen. Homer Ferguson (R-Mich.)
that the seaway is "necessary in WASHINGTON 01 - The first
the interests of national secun- j nignt sessjon of thjs Congres! was
a possibility Wednesday as the Sen-
Senate Republican Leader Wil- alc rcadied its sixth doy of debate
liam F. Knowland of California I on n,e st. Lawrence Seaway,
threatened overtime sessions un-j Majority Leader Knowland R
less an agreement is reached on i calif i blocked Tuesday by Sen.
a voting time, lie nam hc may
rail thc Senate into session to-
night.
Knowland and other leaders
hope for a vote by next week.
Coffee Prices Hiked
Again in Portland
PORTLAND,
UP - Dollar
"J"'"1''"' ' , "
pound coffee was a step nearer
for Portland area housewives, to -
riav as retailers announced prices
to
were scheduled to go up one
two cents a pound by thc week
end. ,
Some markets outsid, th'c Tort-1
land area already were selling'
coffee at $1 or S1.01 a pound. But ',
in Portland thc price on nationally-advertised
brands today was
within a 95-98c range. The sched
uled increase would bring Port-:
land coffee to SI or above, while
.,--1 .. ninrt tnr CI nnttirie
inai now stimis - I
Portland would be rtiscd to $3.
CORN FREAK DISPLAYED
RELIEF, N. C. (P) Dove
Hughes of nearby Pigeon Roost
has some cars of corn on display
at his farm. Because of dry wea
ther, apparently, there are 16
rows of kernels from thc stalkend
to about halfway up the stalk
but there they dwindle to only
oi.,ht rn- nf kernels.
Weather Details
Minimum vrlTdv. 0: minimum
inrl.v. ! Toul Jl-hor PrIP-linn-
IT monlh' 4.,l. normal.
,,, prrrlplltlon. 34 IS; norm.l.
t ti. . WVlhfr mirou)
66th
Eisenhower
Sfarls2nd Year
As President
Receives Surprise
Gift Depicting Ca
reer From Boyhood
WASHINGTON W - President
Eisenhower started his second
year in the White House Wednes
day and received a surprise gift
depicting his career from boyhood
on a Kansas farm to the presi.
i1An,... .
dency.
The gift, a handsome 12V4 inch
cup made of Steuben glass, was
presented to the President at a
Mramnnu in ihn fahinAf nnm ,r
the White House commemorating
me urst anniversary of his inau
guration. With a smiling Mrs. Eisenhower
looking on, the President received
the gift from the members of :iis
Cabinet, Republican Party offi
cials, leaders of the Citizens for
Eisenhower Committee and" the
White House staff.
Thriving on Challenge
In advance of the ceremony, a
close associate of the President
declared "he's thriving on the
challenge" of the big job ahead.'
Surrounded by donors of the
gift, Eisenhower pulled out a
pocket knife and slit the white
paper in which the big box was
wrapped and removed the red,
white and blue ribbon.
"It's just beautiful," Mrs. Eisen
hower exclaimed as the President
removed the cup from the box.
She wore a navy blue dress, a
small blue hat with pink trim and
pink gloves to match. At her
shoulder was pinned a large or
chid. Fashioned by Hand
The cup was fashioned by hand
of clear crystal and mounted on a
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 5)
Truman Not a
Bit Homesick
KANSAS CITY W Harry S.
Truman looked back Wednesday
on a year out of the White House
and said he wasn't a bit homesick
for the place.
A year ago Wednesday - he
shared attention with President
elect Eisenhower at the inaugura
tion roromMiini In Wiichinirlnn
Thi. u-nWri ho Hm. h;
own car from his Independence,
Mo. home to his Federal Reserve
Bank building office here. Stepping
in at his usual reporting hour of
9 a. m. despite slick streets and
snow.
There he was met by one news
man. The former President said with
a smile that he still was making
his "adjustment to civil life,";
most of his time, and as for being
homesick for Washington, he didn't
miss it a bit but did miss his
friends there.
'The only place I've ever been
homesick
for is Missouri,'
he
added.
Night Session
For Senate
morse unci-uroi irom limning ue-i
bate at this Doint. announced he
was considering a night session to
bring the debate to a neaa.
i no senate is arguing on a diii
to allow American participation
with Canada in building the 27-foot-deep
waterway up the St. Law
rence from the Atlantic to the
Great Lakes.
"I do wish to put the senators
on notice"," Knowland said Tues-
i ?' "Mi we may nave a ses ion
WnHnrsH-w nipht " Aririinff that if
JKffi,
1 one were ; held it would not be too
j should make their arrangements
accordingly."
Pearl Sworn In as
Bonneville Director
WASHINGTON Wi-Sceretary of
the Interior McKay said Wednes
day "we will carry on orderly de
velopment of the hydro-electric re
sources of the Pacific Northwest
in a climate which will bring in
creased cooperation from local
interests."
McKay spoke briefly to some 25
Interior Department officials just
utnH T- William A Pat1 f.r.
director of the institute of
: technology, Washington State Col -
lose, was sworn in as Honncvuio
i power administrator.
The secretary praisca tnc Hon-
neville administration as "having
been very successful."
He cited its development of the
Pacific Northwest power pool, in
which the government and private
utilities cooperate, ana saia sucn a
Capital jijJou
Year, No. 17
emetta u cood
: v n
(4
'7
Coldest Spot
At Tiber Dam '
HELENA. Mont. (ffl-Thc Weath
er Bureau said "chances are" that
Montana had the lowest tempera
ture on the North American conti
nent Wednesday with an official !
-53 at Tiber Dam.
A spokesman said that govern-1
ment charts indicated here -25 to !
-40 in latitudes 75-80. The North
Pole is at latitude 90.
The Arctic air mass over Mno
tana Wednesday was rushing out
across the great plains.
No relief for Montana was in the
30-hour forecast.
The Weather Bureau reported
Jan. 20 cold records shattered in
several communities. The all-time
Official low is -66 in 1933.
Glasgow in the northeast had -47
officially aU8:30 a. m. and it was
falling.
The mercury plummeted to--36 '
in Helena for the Montana capi'
tal's all-time low of any Jan,
20.
j Thc Previous record was -34 in
:
Yakima Indian
Council Meets
TOPPEN1SH. Wash. (AP) - A
three-day meeting of the general
council of the Confederated Yakima
Indian Nation was proceeding in
the Long House here Wednesday,
u-nn inn nss ni inp ncn-n n iismnz
site at Cclilo Falls as a main sub
ject of debate.
The tribal council is placing be
fore the entire tribe the question
of what to do about the fishery loss
through construction of The Dalles
Dam on the Columbia. The ques
tions are whether to continue ne
gotiations, settle or start a court
contest.
Negotiations with the Army En
gineers in the past have been on
thc basis of an estimated 23 mil- j
lion dollar settlement. j
Tribal leaders say many Indians
feel thc figure is not adequate as
all-time compensation for thc loss
,
a fishery which has provided
both food and money for thc tribes
men. This group favors suing for
more.
RARE MINERAL SCORNED
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Any
body want to mine some colum
bium? Arkansas State Geologist
Norman Williams says there is an
nnl.nn.J .1 1 It-.. 1
, CmJ-At. of,fip fm mc, Jsed
' m miiai uncii
In Jrt engines. The firms he has
. ,ricd , in(crcsl havc rojccted
I Tnc United States now imports'
' all of its columbium from Africa.
program "is along thc line this
administration believes in."
"Bonneville must continue what
it has been doing," McKay said,
"as the economic future of that
area is b.jcd on low-cost power."
A survey team, he said, soon will
study the business management
set-up of Bonneville "but not the
nhilncnnhv " Th nrmla nf fhp
IV f V .Mj I to ' I
, : 5,
area, he 'added, "need have nolin ,hc case of 70-year-old
; fear, we will carry on orderly - le -
! velnpment
of the hydro-electric
resources
of the Pacific North-
west."
he expected to be
1'carl said
here thc remainder of this week
and possibly longer. He replaced
Dr. Paul J. Raver who resigned
recently to become superintendent
of Seattle's municipal power sys-
' tern.
eiu
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, January 20, 195-
RECEPTION COMMUTE
St V- .JfJ
While a group of Chinese residents of Seoul, Korea, hold up
a sign saying: "Free China's Delegation Welcome Home-Coming
Anti-Comumsts", Chinese prisoners of war carrying a United
Nations and Nationalist China flags march by. They were among
the first of more than 22,000 POWs who rejected repatriation
and refused to return to the Communist fold at Panmunjom.
(AP Wirephoto)
Worst Storm of Year
With Record Cold Due
By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER
Warning is out from the weath
er bureau that the worst of the
winter frigidness is in the offing
for tonight and Thursday, a new
storm moving in with the, lik
lihood of some freezing raif..
The beautiful sunshine and
blue skies through most of the
fore part of Wednesday made
50 Below Zero
In Northern BC
! VANCOUVER, B. C. I The
wide belt of British Columbia
which runs from the Alaska Pan
handle along the Yukon horde:- to
Alberta, was the coldest stretch in
Canada Wednesday for the second
day in a row.
Official temperature at Watson
Lake was 50 below zero. Smith
River was close behind at minus
49.
In addition, some areas of the
cold belt were swept by 50-miles-
decreased
" " .....v..
further south. Vancouver was
clipped by the edge of a 35-milcs-an-hour
blow which bore down on
Georgia Strait.
In the Vancouver area, tempera
tures dropped overnight to 12
above.
Reserve Fund
Ample for Idle
The Oregon Unemployment
Compensation Commis
sion's 69 million dollar reserve
fund is big enough to meet future
emergencies, despite a heavy drain
caused by this winter's unemploy
ment, the commission said Wed
nesday. The fund, out of which benefits
are paid, is three times the high'
est annual benefits.
About 13 millions is paid into the
fund each year. Most of this money
is paid bv employers, with about
. )S paia d.v employer!
, a mihon dollars of it
,
a million dollars of it coming from
interest.
The commission is sending nut
; 30.000 checks each week to jobless
persons, most of them running be
tween 20 and $25.
The commission said most of this
money is paid by thc jobless to
grocers, landlords, retailers, and
to others who sell basic necessities.
Sfaley Cleared of
Murder Charge
BAKER Ufi The Baker County
Grand Jury has cleared Alfred
Monroe Staley of a second degree
murder charge.
The jury returned a not true bill
! employed Sumptcr carpenter, who
har been accused of shooting a
drinking companion last monlh at
lhc Rtalcy residence.
The case was the only one con-
,iriPPri hv ih. flranrt i,, sinlov'.
,. , ,. ' .
B" rncy ln earller cou" BU",nihas directed the treasury from
nau picaucu innocent mr ms cucni
by reason of self defense.
it hard to believe that more snow
ild J?.'?ible,irCueZin?Krai" T1?
be moving in, but the weather
man says sorand he's been pret-!
ty accurate on his predictions
during thc current cold wave. By
noon, it was overcast in the
northwest part of the state, re
ports said, and strong high winids
blowing in that area.
Salem was really "frozen"
Wednesda morning with the
thermometers tumbling to '18 de
erces above for thc coldest morn
ing Jince in November of 1952
when the mercury reading was
15. A low of 22 is forecast for
tonight, along with the increas
ing cloudiness, occasional snow
and possibility f thc freezing
rain. Occasional snow is on thc
books for Thursday.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 4)
Blanket of Fog
Over Midwest
IBr Unllfd Prull
A vast blanket of fog covered
the Midwest from Kansas City to
Toledo today but a severe cold
wave was sweeping away an un
seasonable winter "heat wave"
that caused thc misty shroud.
Temperatures plummeted rapid
ly as the blast of Arctic air swept
south and southeastward at speeds
of 25 miles an hour.
Glasgow, Mont., reported 47 de
grees below zero.
In parts of Kansas and Missouri,
the mercurv droDned more Ih.in .in
degrees in six hours, falling from:""1 alleged labor rackets.
highs of near 60 to below freezing.
Many points reported that the
fudden freeze trapped the fog
lying on pavements, buildings and
power lines, chilling it to ice "be
fore your eyes."
At least seven deaths were caus
ed by the weather.
New York City also was en
shrouded in a local fog that crept
off the sea and reduced visibility
to two blocks.
Williams Wants!
Farm Price Tags j
WASHINGTON I - Sen. John '
J. Williams (R Dcl) said Wcdne.v '
day he will support President Ei -
senhowcr's new farm program but
will urge Congress "to put some
accurate price tags on it."
"I think we ought to tell the
people exactly what it will cost,"
said Williams, a member of thc
aenaic Agriculture committee, in
an interview, he said he will ask
Congress to repeal a practice he
termed "back door debt cancella
tion" in the farm price support
program.
"It's not dishonest but the public
and taxpayers don't understand
what the program costs," he said.
"And I believe even members of ; the waiting South Korean and
Congress are confused. I know I Americnn soldiers,
was the first year or two I was It would havc set them crouch
dovn here." ing over rifles and machine guns,
Cnntrpcs i'ivf thi f'.mmiuliti. .mil Irtricfninif t,in nf tfrpn.iflrs
i Credit Corp. CCC, agriculture
agency which handles the price sup-
1 nort pronram. aulhoritv to get its
I funds from the treasury. It also
umr in time to cancel any note
owned by CCC.
XJSJqn
i.. wiipletes turn Over
Of 21,809 Anti-Red P0W
One Kidnaper
.Confesses but
Other Silent
SAN FRANCISCO W-Two one
time private detectives jailed as
abductors in the "Case of the Kid
naped Twin" split up today po
lice said one confessed and blanfcd
! the other, who denied some of the
I story but essentially wouldn't talk,
i The victim, short, round-faced
; Leonard Moskovitz. 36, was res
! cued unharmed and smiling yes
; terday morning after 24 days of
: captivity. No ransom was paid dc
I spite demands of first $500,000 and
(then $300,000.
I Under California's "Llttde Lind
I bergh Law," kidnapping with bod
i ily hnrm carries a maximum pen
i alty of death and a minimum of
; life without parole. Kidnaping with
i (Continued on Page 5, CoL 6)
Godfrey to Lose
Flying License
NEW YORK, UP The Civil
Aeronautics Administration roc-
omended today that Arthur God
frey s flying license be suspended
"in tne public interest" for dan
gerous violation of flight reeula.
tions at Teterboro Airport and
failure to meet CAA medical re
quirements. ,
The recomendation by Ora W.
Young, Regional CAA administra
tor, has been filed with the Civil
Anrnnmififia Dn.-il .. ,tl..Ul..
. "u- h mi il JZ ' K
suspension can become effective.
Young said he made no recom
mendation as to how long God
frey's pilot's license should be
suspended.
Godfrey has the rigty to appear
netore the CAB or submit evi
aen in writing to contest the rec-
ommendation
Godfrey was charged with .vio
lating lour sections of the civil
air regulations when he took off
close to the control tower at Te
terboro, N.J., Jan. 7.
Jo Probe Labor
Racketeering
Washington (UP) Thc House
Government Operations commit
tee voted today to make a na
tionwide investigation of alleged
labor rackefecrings and other
unfair and improper labor prac
tices." Thc committee, toy a 19 to 1
vote, directed that thc investiga
tion be led by Rep. George H.
ttcntier (K).
Bender said his first inquiry
will involve "reports of a juke
box labor racket being run in
my home town of Cleveland."
Committee Chairman Clare E.
Hoffman (R., Mich.), had asked
authority to make the investiga
tion himself. He already has had
a staff of investigators, includ
ing two former FBI men, work
ing in half a dozen major cities
I Hoffman told reporters
the
committee action puts him out
of the investigation.
"There wasn't any question of
it," he said, "they don't want me
to do it."
TRANSPORT ARRIVES
SEATTLE Wl The navy trans
port rrederick Funston arrived
here early Wednesday with 817
passengers from thc Far East.
Wail of Chinese Bugle
Signals P0W Freedom
1 PANMUNJOM Ml The mourn-
. ful wail of a Chinese bugle cut
jagged slashes in thc icy air as it
j had so many times before.
Thc long, sad, chilling notes
floated from hill to hill and lost
: themselves across tnc frozen pad-
aies.
1 Fr
From the north came the throb
of a big drum, the roar of fren
zied cheering, and waves from the
human sea rolled south for the
last lime.
Once, not so long ago, that eerie
music would have chilled thc
' hearts and prickled the skin of
This morning, despite thc tense-
ness, wailing men stomped chilled
, feet on thc frozen ground, turned
i In each other, and smiled.
"They're coming!"
it wis B.bt a.m., ana me nrsi
jof the Chinese and North Korean
B 5c
Repudiates
Story Told on
Reuther Case
WINDSOR, Ont., UP Donald
Ritchie, key witness and co-defendant
in the 1948 attempted as
sassination of CIO President Wal
ter Reuther, today repudiated a
statement in which he implicated
four persons in the crime.
Ritchie said in a statement re
leased through his attorney that
he had "no knowledfc or infor
mation as to who were the person
or persons involved.
'I desire to make it elear that '
1!slre maK! " Clear inai .
was not present at nor did I
actively engage or participate in
the Walter Reuther shooting," the
statement said.
Further, I was not a party
to a conspiracy to commit such a
crime, nor do I have knowledge
or information as to the persons
who so conspired.
Ritchie, prompted by a $5,000
reward from Reuther's union, the
United Auto Workers, told his
story to Detroit police earlier this
month. On the strength of his
information they arrested three
men, including Ritchie's uncle,
Clarence Jacobs of Tccumseh,
Ont., whom he named as thc
"triggcrman" in the attempted
murder. A fourth suspect is still
being sought.
Dulles Leaves
Friday for Big 4
WASHINGTON (UP) -Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles leaves
tomorrow for the Big Four con
ference in Berlin and crucial side
talks with Russia's V. M. Molotov
on first moves to break the long
East-West deadlock on the atom.
Dulles had breakfast today with
- President Eisenhower and Dre.
sumably the secretary of state's
important journey to Berlin was
one of the main topics of conser
vation.,.
I aoviet Ainoassauor ueorgi
Zarubin informed Dulles late yes-
terday that Molotov would be
ready in Berlin (o discuss the
time, place and agenda for a full
dress international meeting on
Alr. Eisenhowers atoms-ior-pcace
plan
Thc Soviet envoy's 20niinutc
call at the State Department was
the second time in nine days he
had met with Dulles to discuss
preliminary details. It was learn
ed that zarubin has received or
ders from Moscow to be in Ber
lin for the Big Four meeting
slated to open next Monday.
French Sending
Navy to Morocco
PARIS (UP) France moved a
powerful naval squadron toward
Morocco today while authorities
here angriiy discussed Spain's re
ported efforts to exploit national
ist sentiment in the North African
protectorate.
The aircraft carrier LaFayelte,
the cruiser Gloire, the escort ves
sel Terrible and a flotilla of de
stroyers from bases in the Mediter
ranean dropped anchor in Mors
El Kebir, 100 miles northwest of
the Moroccan border in Algeria.
Official sources here would not
comment on possible connections
between the. naval move and the
brewing French and Spanish crisis.
"All necessary measures are be
ing taken," was all they would say.
prisoners of war marched pcacc-
fully out of compounds in Korea's
neutral zone,
por i n c chanting cheering
marchers it must hac been a
gtrange and piquant experience
i Knr nmnno ihom uvnrn ihmi!nrU
i who hart ulnrmpH rinwn lh.it vnru
I game road before, in 1950 and 1951.
Then they had swept across
the Imjin River ice, over the
barbed wire, through thc mine
fields, and into the KOK and
American trenches, killing and be
ing killed.
This morning, laughing and smil
ing they climbed into big Ameri
can trucks yelling and chattering
like hoys on thc last day nf school
whilt UOK army bunds player;
them on.
At the Chinese check point,
America's highest ranking officers
in the rar hast were there in
person, waving and smiling At
each truckload of departing Chinese,
FINAL
EDITION
Reds Protest
Are Ignored
PANMUNOM Wi - India com.
plcted early Thursday the historic
turnover of 21.809 anti-Red priso
ners to the U.N. command as
North Korean broadcasts declared
the action "destroys" the armi
stice." The last prisoner, a Chinese,
was turned over at 12:55 A. M.
(7:55 a.m. Wednesday PST) at
the end ot a surprisingly smooth
..., nn riiip,no which ih vwth
operation during which the North
Korean and Chinese captives often
sang and cheered in the rain and
mud.
104 Ask to Go Home
The Indian command announced .
tnat 14,227 Chinese and 7,582 North
Koreans were turned out ot the
compounds at Panmunjom, end
ing more than three years of cap
tivity for many of them. ,
The Indians said 72 Chinese and
32 North Koreans asked to go
home or to a neutral country dur
ing the operation, which began
Thursday morning. '
The Communists, who had pro
tested the turnover plans bitterly,
made no threatening gestures as
the prisoners streamed southward.
The U.N. command has prom
ised all of the prisoners their free
dom at midnight Friday.
Red China's Peiping radio
Wednesday night repeated it's
warning that "any unilateral ac
tion with regard to the prisoners
of war is absolutely impermis
sible." But the warning was mild
ly worded and officials said the
Reds apparently had accepted the
Indian command's decision to re
turn unrepatnated prisoners as
an accomplished fact. .
(Continued on Page 8, CoL 7)
Indians to Quit
PW Job Friday
n, wtiv VI-.LUL, India W A
Foreign Office spokesman said
I Wednesday Indian responsibility
i for thc 320 pro-Communist Korean
prisoners the Reds have refused to
take back will -end at midnight Fri-
i day.
Although Indian custodial forces
in thc war-torn peninsula will con
tinue protecting thc men, the
spokesman ' declared, 'technically
we will not hold anyone in custody
afler that."
The announcement came as In
dian forces started releasing more
than 22,000 anti-Red prisoners back
to the United Nations Command.
The Allies have promised the men
quick freedom.
Thc Communists refused to take
back the handful of American,
British and South Korean prisoners
who chose to remain with the Reds.
They argued that all prisoners
should be held by the Indians until
a Korean peace conference decided
their future.
Engineer Talks
Hells Canyon
WASHINGTON l - The "finest
engineering organization in the
world" has investigated the pro
posed federal Hells Canyon Dam
continuously since 1947, an engi
neer said Wednesday.
Louis G. Puis, federal Reclama
tion Bureau engineer, said this at
a Power Commission hearing on
applications by Idaho Power Co.
to build three dams in the Hells
Canyon reach of the Snake River
between Idaho and Oregon.
Puis is responsible for the de
signs for the proposed Reclama
tion Bureau project ip the same
area.
R. P., P.ry, Idano Power at
torney, completed a two-day cross
examination of Puis. Thc witness
then was turned over to a more
friendly questioner, Mrs. Evelyn
Cooper, lawyer for the National
Hells Canyon Assn., and other
groups advocating the federal proj
ect. Vote for Taxing
Municipal Bonds
WASHINGTON ( The House
Ways and Means Committee
Wednesday voted 18 to 7 to re
move municipal bonds issued for
other than public purposes from
the tax-exempt category.
Rep. Forand D-RI reported thc
action after a closed session of thc
group which is overhauling the
general tax structure. He said it
would stop the practice in some
Southern slates permitting issu
ance of tax-free bonds to construct
factories to attract industries from '
other regions such as New England.
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