THE WEATHER
CLOUDY WITH Intermittent rain
tonight, Saturday. Continurd mild.
Low tonight, 40; high Saturday, 48.
May Ask Courl
For Ruling On
Land Purchase
.
Location for New
Institution Needs
Legal Clearance
By JAMES D. OLSON
Members of the State Emer
gency Board Friday were con
sidering means of placing a re
quest before the. State Supreme
Court for a declaratory judgment
on the question of the Board of
Control's right to purchase prop
erty in Marion County on which
the proposed $1,500,000. inter
mediate institution will be locat
ed. The opinion of Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton that the
act authorizing this institution,
passed by the 1953 legislature,
did not authorize use of any of
r the appropriated funds for pur
chase of the land, brought a voice
of protest from members of the
board.
Test Case Suggested
Rep. Robert Root of Modford
suggested a test case on the ques
tion, declaring that it was the
clear intent of the legislature
that property be purchased and
paid for out of the $1,500,000 ap
propriation. (Continued' on Page 5, Col. 6)
Low Bids for
Highway Jobs
PORTLAND (UP) Jed Wilson
of Seaside, with an offer of $112,
"731, was low bidder today on a
Clatsop county paving project
when the State Highway Commis
sion opened bids at its regular
meeting here. I
The project calls for paving,
about three miles of a new loca-j
tion for the Lower Columbia Riv-1
cr highway between Gnat creek j
and Bradley park on me wesi
slope of Clatsop crest.
Other projects and low bidders
included:
Marion county: Erect 8300 feet
of metal guard rail on Niagara
Permit section of the North San
tiam highway, R. M. Construc
tion Co., Central Point 819,422.
Marion ooijnty: Construct twin
over-crossing to carry Portland
Salem expressway over SP rail
road tracks near Chemawa, Bab
ler Bros., Portland, $107,160.
Loot Pawnshop
$20,000 Gems
PORTLAND Wi Detective
George York, making his regular
rounds, stepped into a pawn shop
Fridav morning 30 seconds after
two men had fled with an cstimat
a1 tin nnn worth of eems and jew
elry and between MOO and $1.000 ;
in cash.
York found a clerk, Wilis Agner.;
30, and a customer. Mrs. Mary 1
Chapman, bound in an office at
the rear of the Lucky Loan and
Diamond Brokers. j
Agner said two armed men had I
left just a halt minute earlier. !
Agner said he was alone wheni
a man ol anoui jj cu icr m ,
asked to sec some gems. While Ag-
ner was reaching into the case, a ,
sccona man. aimm ia.
leaped behind the showcase and
pinned Agncr's arms back. .
Mrs. Chanman came in just after
the men had cleaned out the show
case. The pair tied her hands and
Red.
Industrial Fair
For Salem Plan
The public relations committee
ol the Salem Industrial Develop
ment Council voted Friday to in
vestigate an industrial fair for Sa
lem. ,.
The specific project discussed
was proposed by Dave Hoss. an
exhibit at McCulloch ' stadium
where - lights arc available for
;m thnuinps. the exhibits to he
placed on the running track around
the football field.
Industries of the Mid-Willamcttc
area would be urged to exhibit,
Industrial movies would he shown
and there was talk of a style show
or some similar attraction.
One of the objectives of the Sa
lem Industrial Development Coun
cil is to help present local indus
tries grow. Committee Chairman
Burr Miller reminded the group,
and it was fc't that the industrial
fair would promote this end.
John T. Anderson. Portland, who
put on an industrial show at the
ciatn Fnir for several years, met
w ith the group and volunteered his
services in any way tney couiu
be used. Preparations and exhibi
tion of the pictures was discussed.
Weather Details
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66th
Chinook Gale
And Rain End
Frigid Spell
Heavy Snow in Cas
cades and Highways
Blocked by Slides
By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER
. Downpours of rain and gusty
winds swept over Salem and val
ley regions late Thursday and
early Friday morning, quickly
washing away what snow was left
around in shady spots.
Nearly an inch of rain, .94 of
an inch, was dumped on Salem
in the 24hour period ending at
10:30 a.m. Friday.
Strong wind blew over the city
throughout the night, reaching as
high as 47 miles per hour veloci
ty in peak gusts around 5:30 a.m.
Friday. The new storm was in
contrast to the early week's
weather. Only Wednesday, the
morning minimum was 18 degrees
above compared to the 44-degrce
mark Friday.
5 Day Forecast
The five-day forecast for the
valley section calls for more of
the present weather - - intermit
tent rain, temperatures slightly
above normal, and rainfall to av
erage 1 to 3 inches.
Moderate rises are due in the
valley rivers because ot the new
rain storm. The Willamette at Sa
lem measurered 6.9 feet this morn
ing. Heavy new' snow was reported
Friday along the high Cascades.
Slides Block Roads
Slides brought on by the new
rain storm blocked a few highways
in western Oregon, including the
Oregon Coast and Salmon River
highways. Travel on the Columbia
highway was still affected by a sil
ver thaw in The Dalles area.
The highway department warned
moiorisis w nave cnains wun mem ; SCcutive monthly drop. BLS com
for travel in the mountain pass j missioner Ewan Clague said, how
areas.
(Continued on Page 5, Col.
5)
Record Snow in
Inland Empire
SPOKANE (UP1-A near-record
snowfall blanketed, eastern .Wash
ington and northern Idaho' today
and 1 rain mixed with snow was
general throughout much of Wash
ington. The weather bureau reported
12.7 inches of snow fell in the
Spokane area during the 24-hour
period ending this morning. The
record was 13 inches set January
6-7. 1950.
City schools were closed in Spo
kane and Seattle and nearly all
outlying schools in eastern Wash
ington were locked up because of
clogged roads. Highways cast of
the Cascades were "open, but
that's all," the state patrol said.
The patrol urged motorists to slay
off (he roads except in case ol
emergency
Demos Block
Vote on Beeson
WASHINGTON UP Democrats j
blocked a vote in the Senate La-,
bnr Committee Friday on the j
nomination of Albert C. Bccson lo
mc ,aiionai Lanor Relations 1
uoard. bringing & protest of "fili-1
buster" from Chairman Smith '
'R-N.li. investigate any of the issues be-
Smith left the unproductive scs- twecn me and the State Depart
sion. fuming that the Democrats 1 mcnt regarding my judgeship."
were tryying to "embarrass me i
and to embarrass the Eisenhower 1 . . . . ,.
administration." ! OK SPANISH BASES
He told reporters Ihc Democrats !
ensaccd in a "stalling operation"
ana saia nis commmce wouio
. -j l.
mnKe no progress ae an ims year a go anran signal inr construe
if we have this kind of stalling."! tion of four air bases in spain.
Idaho Power Hopes to
Start Dam Within Year
Robert Ball, assistant to the
, president of the Ulaho Power
company, told 25 Salem business
men Thursday night that his
company hopes to be in actual
i construction on its three dams
j on the Snake river within an-
other year.
The Federal Power commis-
' sion hearing will continue sev
eral more weeks, after which
. the commission will take several
more weeks at the least to study
, a record thst may amount to 15,-
ooo pages. A decision may be ex -
pCctcd by mid-summer.
i Attempts by public power ad-
I locates to de av a favorable rul-
jn)! t0 the company, which he said
they also appear to anticipate,
are anticipated, but Ball said this
should not delay matters more
than six months in view of the
supreme court's decision in the
Roanoke case that the Federal
Power commission has full au
thority in such matters. The com
pany rati have work started with
in oi days after the legal way
is cleared, he said.
Capital
Year, No. 19
niiter l Saltm.
Cost of Living
Said Stabilized
WASHINGTON SB The cost
of living dropped less than one
tenth of 1 per cent in December,
a minor movement which the Bu
reau of Labor Statistics saw as
evidence of "continued stability"
in the economy.
The decline was the second con-
ever, that the price trends defi
nitely "are not behaving like a
business recession."
Together the November and De
cember drops totaled one-half of
1 per cent. They brought the con
sumer price index near the end o(
1953 to 114.9, using the 1947-9 aver
age at 100.
This was seven-tenths of 1 per
cent higher than a year ago and
1.5 per cent higher than In Feb-
ruary when price decontrol began,
Looking ahead a bit
uague
said the index normally would
show declines for January and
February also, but recent strength
shown in both food and commodity i
prices oocs not indicate mat me,
full seasonal drop will occur.
Judge Clark
On Warpath
NEW YORK i Former Fed
eral Judge William Clark, who has
been feuding with the Slate De
partment on two continents and on
islands far at sea
nas ashcu iur .
a passport so he can gather more
ammunition.
Clark wants to return to Ger
many, where the department oust
ed him from his post as chief jus
tice of V. S. courts.
The ex-judge, who contends he
was forced out of his post because
he criticized high U. S. officials in
Germany, told newsmen Thursday
that the purpose of his proposed
trip to Germany was to:
"Gather further material in aid
of the Congress should it sec fit to
WASHINGTON i.f The House
Armed Services Committee Fri-
.l r.
oay gave inc ucicnse -ucparimeni
Ball went over the entire con
tions for nearly an hour. He
staled that the testimony already
presented shows that power can
he generated at the low dams
the company proposes for about
half what it can be generated for
at a high dam, this rpgardless of
who builds either. The low dam
is far superior to the high dam
economically, he declared.
Ball further said that while
the high dam w;il probably gen
erate a little more power than
1 the low dam experts differ as
1 to the amount but taking the
highest estimate submitted by
i either, the cost of ppnnraiina this
I extra amount will he nearly ten
; times what seneration bv steam
' would cost.
: Ball discounted
the value of
; . DULLES IN BERLIN j
I 1
fb Ss
kzM (A . Li
any dams on Snake river above 1 said it was about a four and half
the mouth of the Salmon for ' d.iv run to the Greek vessel
flood control, for he said the The Coast Guard at Seattle said
Snake is already 55 per cent con- the Ari.stolclis was not in any im
trolled by dams and will be 72 meditae trouble, but was low on
per cent controlled when two
dams now under construction arc
(Continued on Pase 5. Col. 51
Salem, Oregon,
Orwoa
U. S. Secretary o,f Slate John Foster Dulles talks to newsmen
on arrival at Berlin's Templehof airport today after a flight
from Washington, Dulles was the first of the Big Four foreign
mipisters to arrive for the conference which opens Monday,
(AP Wircphoto via radio from Berlin.)
Officials for Merged
Clectric Power Lines
PORTLAND (UP) President
Paul B. MeKee of Pacific Power
& Light Company today announced
names of new officials of the j
company in connection with the
proposed merger of PP&L with !
Expansion oi
Cotton Area
WASHINGTON (JB r- The Senate
."completed congressional action
Friday on a bill increasing this
year's cotton planting by more
than three million acres under con
trols alrcadv voted bv cotton farm-
ers.
T,e icci.sia,ion now eoes to Pres-!
ident Eisenhower for indicated an-
proval. It was backed by Sccre-
tary of Agricjlture Benson. Action
was by voice vote.
The measure also partially re-
i luxes a prohibition against use of
government funds for price sup-
port operations on Irish potatoes.
j This was imposed in 1949 by
Congress after some five to six
hundred million dollars had been
lost on potato supports.
The new law only permits pur-;
chase of potatoes for such purpose .
as nc school lunch program, as
is permitted for other perishables.
The legislation also permits a
larger acreage for durum wheat
this year. This is the wheat used
for macaroni and spaghetti. Sen.
Young iR.-ND said there is a
"very serious shortage with the
wheat selling at about $4 a bush
el." Baney on Trial
iFor Murder
j LITTLETON, Colo, lyp - Three
( witnesses have identified John H.
Bancy,
32. as the escort of a
woman the night before
Denver
snc je(j
after reporting a rape
assault.
Bancy, t former merchant sea
man from Salem. Ore., is on trial
in district court for murder in the
death of Mrs. Durolhv Gall. 36, last
Sept. 211.
Two waitresses ut a Denver bai
testified Thursday they served the
couple the night of the alleged
allack. A taxi driver identified
Bancy as the man he drove to a
parking lot whore Baney got his
own car and later rejoined Mrs.
Gall.
2 Ships at Sea
Seek Freighter
ASTORIA ii Two vessels
moved out of here Friday morning,
answering a radio appeal for help
from the Greek freighter Aristote
lis. 1.200 miles off the coast.
The tug Salvage Chief took on
t on ovim cimnli- nf (not nil on a
report that the freighter was low
on oil. I he tug lelt its berth at
A a. m. The Coast Guard cutter
i Yucona, leaving on hour later.
j fuel and making only four knots
The 4..tflvtnn ship is headed for
Seattle.
jr Journal
Friday, January 22, 1954
Mountain Slates Power company.
Stockholders will vote
proposed merger March 12.
Unodcr the merger agreement,-
ij . mi-tun, iviuuiuuiit oiuiva
board chairman, would hold the
same position in the merged com
pany. MoKce would remain as
president.
Other officers would include
George T. Bragg, E. Robert de
Luccia, John Dicrdorff, W. D.
Johnston. D. R. McClung,. Will T.
Ncoill and A. W. Trimble, Albany,
vice-presidents; George- F., Mac
kenzie, treasurer; H. -W.- Milay,
secretary, and W. L. Fitzpatnck,
assistant secretary.
The new board would be en
larged from 15 to 21 members.
The board would include Walter
S. Babson, Portland; II. R. Baxter,
Philadelnhia
L. J. Bunting. Yak
ima. Wash.; Harry H. Campbell,
Kalispcll, Mont.; John Ferguson,
Coos Bay: Arthur L. Fields, Port
land: J. H. Irvine, Ibanon; W. D.
Johnston, Casper, Wyo.: Ft. Low
den Jones, Walla Walla. Wash.;
Henry G. Lambert, New York
City; S. W. Lovcll. Astoria: W. M.
Marshall, Spokane; Clarence 11.
Pcnland, Pendleton; A. W. Peters,
Hood River
J. R. Roberts. Rcd
Sammons. Portland:
'mond; K. C
David S. Solidnv. Philadclnhia.
and Trimble, McClung, McKce and
Merrill.
Hope for Tug
Mite Vanishes
BELLINGIIAM. Wash. W-Hopc
dwindled to the vanishing point
Friday for the tug Mite and the
two men who vanished with it on
a trip from Lummi Island Wednes
day night.
1 The missing men are Don llcff-
ling and Bob Sloan, both of Bell-
! ingham.
A search continued by air, water
and shoreline, but failed to produce
a clue. The 30-foot tug ran into a
severe storm on the short trip
; from the island to Bcllinghain liny.
It is believed to have gone down
in Hale Passage, between Lummi
and the mainland.
j British Embassy
Stoned in Spain
j MADRID nj.i Two thousand
j students, shouting for the return j
of Gibraltar to Spain broke
j through police lines today and ,
stoned the British Embassy.
Sludents also sent a letter In
British Ambassador Sir John Bal-j
four, protesting against the prn
; posed visit of Queen Elizabeth II
lo Gibraltar on her way home
from her world tour.
The student demonstrators :
marched down the Grand Via,.
Madrid's main street, in the early
hours of the mnrnine. shouting
! "Lone live Franco" and "Gibral-
I tar is ours.'
Student: Injured
Police, forewarned, threw cor
dons around the British Embassy
in downtown Castellana Ave.
But the surging students broke
through the lines and
throwing stones.
started
Police regrouped and charged
the students with batons, Injuring
I several nf them.
jtarton
Din 3 ArrSuA i
uiy j hi I if w
In Berlin; Wait
For Molotov
BERLIN Iffl U.S. Secretary of
State Dulles, French Foreign Min
ister Georges Bidault and British
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
reached Berlin Friday for a Big
Four conference opening Monday.
Communist secrecy cloaked the
movements of Soviet Foreign Min
ister V. M. . Molotov, but he was
expected in East Berlin by train
Saturday.
The three Western ministers ar
ranged a get-together to set up
strategy for the meeting. A French
foreign ministry spokesman said
the three would hold a pre-con-ference
talk Saturday at French
headquarters.
Dulles' Statement
Dulles, who (lew to this divided
city in President Eisenhower's
plane, Columbine, said in a pre
pared statement the Western pow
ers "hope to unite Germany by
giving the German people as a
whole the right which our civiliza
tion treats as fundamental, includ
ing the right of a people by free
elections to choose for themselves
their own sovereign government."
The American secretary of stale
was the first to arrive. He was
greeted at the airport by a large
delegation of Western officials and
an American tank unit fired a 19-
gun salute. Dulles was followed
(Continued on Page S, Col. 4)
Plan to Trim
Ike's Budget
WASHINGTON 0J.WA Rcpub
lican congressional leader said
inriou rn.r. cm,. i,i .i,.,, -
r - - "
three billion dollars off President
Eisenhower's request for appro
priations and perhaps balance
the budget .for - the .next, .fiscal
year,
GOP lawmakers were quick to
point out that they thought Mr.
Eisenhower already had done a
fine job in reducing the budget.
His proposals, submitted to Con
gress yesterday, represented a
five billion dollar reduction in
spending compared to the current
fiscal year.
But Rep. John Tabcr (R-NY),
chairman of the House Appropri-
nlions Committee, said it should '
be no trouble to slash the ap
propriation requests by three hil-j
lions. This would wipe out the,
deficit of $2,!28.000.000 antici-j
pated in the Eisenhower budget, i
Alpine Snows
Cause Floods
VIENNA fUP) Thawing
Al-
pine snows sent torrents of icy
water crashing today into the
lowlands of Western Austria
where avalanches Inst week killed
more than 120 persons.
The level of the Danube River
al Vienna swelled more than six
feet in 24 hours.
Bridges.Toads and some nut
lying houses were reported dam
aged by rising water in the prov
inces of Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper
Austria and Styria. No casual
ties were reported.
Dozens of new avalanches slid
out of the Alps north of Inns
bruck in Tyrol, but mountain res
cue officials said nobody was
hurt.
, KICKKEAl.l. POSTMASTER
WASHINGTON (lll'l -Rep. Wal
! ter Norhlad iR Orc.l today recom
mended appointment of Richard V.
i Carlcson as postmaster at Rick
' rcall in Polk county.
Sharp Cut Looms in
Basin Irrigation Plan
EI'IIIIATA. Wash The
manager of fhe Columbia Basin
Project said Fridav that President
Eisenhower s budget recommenda-
tions
will mean a sharp cut in
the basin's I9.'i6 irrigation program. ; ly to permit orderly and efficient! me tNortnern I'acuic is operat
"11 the President's budget is up- development." ling company on the line, a Joint
proved in its' present form, the The President recommended an service of several companies.
ID.' irrigation program in the basin W.fiuo.ooo appropriation for the !
will be reduced from f.1.219 acres
to about 27.000 acres
said It. It.
Naldcr.
His comment came us a cam
n:imn unx rcitorlfd underway to
!.rv inr A hurlupl incri-nse for the
million-acre Columbia Basin recla
mation work.
lirin W. Mnrkham. general
manager of the Spokane Chamber'
Price 5c
ned Pro-Red P0W
Sit -Down Strike
Hiich in Pnnc
Hitch in Plans
For New Span
On Columbia
PORTLAND (UP) A hitch In
plans for a new Interstate bridge
between Portland and Vancou
ver was reported to the State
Highway Commission today.
R. H. Baldock, state highway
engineer, said the Corps of Engi- j
neers has objected to a plan to
duplicate the present bridge with
a new structure 38 feet down
stream. He said engineers feel
the present bridge is a hazard
to Columbia river navigation and
that a new bridge on the same
pattern would double the diffi
culty. He said that to meet objec
tions, it would be necessary to
rebuild part of the 37-year-old
bridge, raising some of its spans
as much as 30 feet and moving
the lift span, now on the Wash
ington shore, two or three spans
toward the. middle of the river.
The new bridge would duplicate
the revised version of the old
one. This, he said, would in
crease cost of the new bridge by
$500,000 and would cost $1,400,
000 for changes on the old bridge.
13,000 Books
Burned inTokyo
TOKYO W-A public book-burn
ing destroyed 13,000 books in down
town lokyo today.
The publisher himself did the
job while newsmen watched and
photographers clicked away.
The edition wasn't a Communist !
book they sell like Japanese hot
chestnuts on a winter night.
It was "I Think Like This," the.
1 autobiography ot Masuloml Ilo, a
; fantastically successful stock snccu-
- i-.- ,u nii u-a i... .
aim iuv iiiianjr naancu last yvai.
His downfall left publisher Mln
oru Yamazaki with a fine collec
tion of nicely printed waste, paper.
Normally, a publisher would call
in the second-hand paper man and
asK lor a bid. But Yamazaki in
vited the press, struck a match.
and got himself stories and pic
tures in almost every Tokyo news
paper.
Tokyo Shimbun reported Yamaz
aki expects to recoup on a foreign
sex book he is printing.
They sell like hot chesnuts too.
French Sloping
'Big'Offensive
TUY HOA, Indol'hina (UP)
French tanks and troops moved
deeper today into some of East
ern lndn-China's richest prov
inces which, until two days ago,
were Communist stron-iholds.
Spearheads of the 20.000-man
nir-sca-land offensive moved
"without incident" Into the for
mer Red territory which
was
ho.
evacuated scverrl orys n'to
fore tough French Ur-'on troops
landed near here Wednesday.
Loyal Indo-Chinese psychologi
cal teams swarmed into the evac
uated area to blare assurances
from sound trucks that the na
tives were being "liberated" from
the Communists and were not be
ins "conquered."
me oniy opposition encounter-; subcommittee Sens. Kilgore iW.
ed by the landing forces came;Vai and Kefauvcr (Tenni to cast
from scattered guerrillas who at- their ballots later if they wish,
tacked with rifles or old grcn-i Kefauvcr is among the' sponsors
ades which usually failed lo go ' of the proposed amendment. Kil
off. Most of the guerrillas were ; gore offered such legislation near-
promptly killed or captured.
I I. I' HITS .10.000
I VIENNA l'PMurc than 30,
, 000 persons were stricken with in
j fluvnza in Communist Hungary
' the last week in December, it was
! reported in Budapest newspapers
' received here today.
of Commerce, said he Is "distress-
ed" by recommended cuts in the
' Columbia Basin item, and added:
"We will wage a fight to have
the appropriation raised sufficient -
basin for the fiscal year starting
next July 1. It was tlB.4'.2.(KK for
the current fiscal year, a decrease
of more than 10 million dollars.
Nnlder said the delivery ol water
to about fil.Oixi acres in 1955 should
be made on schedule, since most
df the necessary construction for
the year has been completed or
is unrtcnA-ay.
FINAL
EDITION
Indian Guards
Leave Them in
Old Compound
PANMUNJOM Wi - The Korean
War prisoners who stirred world .
wide controversy by their refusal
to go home were turned loose
Saturday.
Twenty one Americans, 1 Brit
on and 327 Koreans who chose ,
Communism were abandoned by
Indian guards in a flimsly neutral
zone compound at 12:01 a.m.
(7:01 a.m. Friday, PST).
The pro-Red POWs said they
would stay until their food runs
out, echoeing the demand of the
Communist command that Indian
troops stay on.
The U.N. command liberated as
civilians the nearly 22,000 anti -Red
captives returned to . it
Wednesday by the Indian com
mand a course the Allies as
sert was required by the armi
stice. When official freedom came,
more than 14,000 Chinese anti
I Red POWs already were aboard .
American ships en route to Chi
nese Nationalist Formosa. More
than 7,500 anti-Communist North
Koreans were in South Korean
army centers.
Stage Sit-down Strike
An Indian officer said the pro
Communist north camp was "ab
solutely quiet." There was no
celebration among the Koreans. A
ROK official said most were
asleep.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 8)
Korea Front
Troops Alerted
TOKYO (UP)-The situation In
Korea reached a new climax to
day and U. N. troops all along the
155-mi'e armistice front were on
the alert. - " . . ;
So enraged wert the Commun
ists over the freeing of war prison
ers who had been held In neutral
custody that the Allies had to take
into account the possibility that
they might renew the war.
But the best guess at the moment
was that there would be no fighting.
American officials have made
it clear that renewal of the fight
ing would be on a larger scale than
before.
Two Main Obstacles
Hence, it was believed that with
the prisoners free, the way would
be cleared to get on with the talks
about Korea's future the prelim
inary negotiations for the peace
conference for which the armistice
provided.
1 8-Year Voters
Win Approval
WASHINGTON I - A Senate
: judiciary subcommittee Friday
I approved a proposed constitutional
amendment to lower the voting
I " """ " lu ln as recommenced
Only the three Republican mem-
bcrs Chairman Langcr (ND) and
Sens. Dirkscn 'III I and John M.
Butler iMDi were present. All
favored it.
The voting was left open for the
two Democratic members of the
I ly 10 years ago and is listed as a
supporter.
I The subcommittee action sends
the proposed amendment on to the
full Judiciary Committee where it
is expected to encounter some op
position. Slide Blocks Rail
Traffic lo Seattle
VANCOUVER. Wash. - An
earth and rock slide poured down
on the main line Portland-Seattle
rail line in miles north of here
Friday morning.
Debris 12 feet deep covered the
tracks for 100 feet at Gee Creek,
There was no immediate report
i on how long it would take to clear
I the tracks but trains were prompt-
1 iy posted as tnree nours late.
FOR ACCF.SS ROADS
WASHINGTON oj.Ri president
Eisenhower's budget message to
Congress asked three-million dol
lars lo build roads on Oregon
and California railroad ' grant
lands. The sum would he repaid
by the O A C counties from mon
ey received from sale of timber.