Capital JJfoiima
THE WEATHER
COOL AGAIN tonight, but fair nd
mild again Friday. Low tonight,
28; high Friday, M.
FINAL
EDITION
Move io Delay
Reapportion
Case Denied
Chief Justice Latour
ette Sets Hearing on
Reapportionment
By JAMES D. OLSON
A surprise move on .he part
of attorney? of the interveners
who joined the state as defend
ants to delay the case in which
Rep. Dave Baum is challenging
the constitutionality of the legis
lative reapportionment measure
was thwarted Thursday by the
state supreme court by denial of
the motion.
Furthermore, Chief Justice
Earl C. Latourette set February
24 as the dat. in which argu
ments by attorneys on both sides
will be heard by the court, pro
viding all briefs are filed by that
date.
More Time Sought
A petition signed by Dougles
E. Spencer, Stanley Darling, John
C. Beattie, Jr., and Thomas B.
Stoel, representing Richard Dcich,
Olga Freeman, both of Portland
and Walter Dodd of Eugene, in
tervening defendants in the case,
filed a motion for an extension
of time to Feb. 20 in which to
file a new abstract.
(Continued on Page 5. Col. 1)
Austrian Firm
Gets Contract
WASHINGTON (UP)-The Inter
ior Department has announced
award of an electric transformer
contract to a low bidding Austrian
firm which a few hours earlier had
been turned down on another low
bid for similar equipment.
Last week the Austrian govern
ment in a note to the State Depart
ment expressed "grave concern"
at the "tendency" of the Interior
Department to exclude an Austri
an subsidiary of an American firm
from contract awards for heavy
electric equipment for the Bonne
ville Power Administration.
A Bureau of Reclamation con
tract for supplying three transform
ers for the Jamestnwn-Fargo, N.D.
230-kilovolt transmission line of the
Missouri Basin project power sys
tem was given to the American
Elin Corp.. N.V. It is the Ameri
can representative of the Elin
manufacturing plant at Weitz, Sty
ria. Austria.
The basic contract calls for
$233,830. After adjustment to in
clude evaluation for guaranteed
efficiency, maximum price in
creases, spare parts and a 23 per
cent differential between foreign
and domestic bids, the American
Elin bid was set at $531,099.30.
Can Hike Fares
On Trailways
Pacific Trailways, which oper
ates from Portland to Salt Lake :
City and in Central Oregon, was
permitted by Public Utilities i
Commissioner Charles H. Hcltzcl!
Thursday to increase its express
ratrs.
The company will get $1,500 a
month more revenue over its whole
system, as the increase also has
been approved in Idaho and Utah.
Hcltzel said the company during
1953 had total operating revenues
of IR93.573 and operating expenses
of $884,317, leaving it a very small
prnfiL
The company said it wouldn't
ask for higher passenger fares,
believing it would rtsult in less
business.
Inland Empire
'53 Index High
SEATTLE W The University
of Washington's Bureau of Busi
ness Research said Thursday that
the Pacific Northwest's business
activity index was higher in the
final months of 1953 than a year
earlier. The Inland Empire was
credited with most of the year
end boost.
The index showed the Inland
Empire 5.8 per cent above the
previous year in November and 11
V, per cent higher in December.
For the Puget Sound area the
Index showed rises of 1 4 per cent
for November and .4 for Decem
ber. The Lower Columbia area
was up 4.6 per cent in November
and 1.8 in December.
Ex-Governor Pierce
Resting Comfortably
Walter M. Pierce, 92-year-old
.n Anrl aviinnornlt.
man is resting comfortablv bull
very weak his wife said Thurs-
j...,
"lie's had several close calls, but
he rallies each time." Mrs. Pierce
aid.
Tierce has been bedfast for many
months.
66th
Hypocricies of
(hurchgoing
People Flayed
Dr. Crane Blasts
Persons With 'Self
Conscious Pride'
By FRED ZIMMERMAN
'Vicious Virtue", developed in
several phases led Dr. Henry
Hitt Crane ol Detroit, Mich., to
dwell upon hypocricies of people,
especially the self-righteous
churchman as he gave the last of
a series of three addresses before
the convocation for ministers and
laymen in connection with the
Oregon Council of Churches
Thursday forenoon.
Dr. Hitt declared during his
discourse that the "Master had
the most difficulty with the best
people where he lived. Not a
single drunk ever bothered him;
no thug ever waylaid him," but it
was the self-righteous Pharisee
who caused him the most trouble.
Courage, the one virtue that
all people agree is tops in that
category, can be "vicious as hell"
declared Dr. Crane. War, he ex
plained, that demands courage
and the bravest of the brave, is
entirely destructive. He put in a
plea for the person who is "brave
enough to be gentle.
Virtue becomes vicious, con
tinued the speaker, when human
rights are forgotten. In this con
nection the basic test applied by
Jesus is "how did you treat pe
pie? Did you administer to those
who' were sick, feed those who
were hungry and clothe those
who were naked?"
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 4)
4 Cents Postage
Gets Approval
WASHINGTON -if! - The House
Post Office Committee voted
Thursday lo raise the cost of
mailing first class letters from
three cents to four cents.-
The committee action, taken in
closed session, is estimated to add
159 million dollari a year to pos
tal revenues, if it finally goes
through. It was the first step in a
proposed plan of the Eisenhower
administration for a quarter-billion-dollar
yearly increase in post
al rates.
The increase in the first class
mailing rate was reported to have
been favored by a substantial mar
gin of the committee.
The vote, however, is still sub
ject to possible reversal when the
committee completes its section-by-section
study of rates and
votes on the entire bill later.
The committee is scheduled to
consider a proposed increase of
$19,800,000 in publishers second
class rates at another session Fri
day. This represents a net 38.7 per
cent increase over present publi
cation mailing costs, according to
the revised post office revenue
estimates.
Sewage Plants
Ready May 1
CORVALLIS, UP New sewage j
disposal plants at Albany, Cor
vallis and Eugene will go into
operation about May 1, city man
agers of the three communities
said today.
Managers C. G. Reiter of Al
bany, James O. Convill of Cor
vallis and Robert A. Finlayson of
Eugene met here to discuss prog
ress on installation of the plants
and plans for their operations.
They said test runs on the three
plants would be completed about
the same time.
Ralph Roderick, consulting en
gineer on the three projects, said
operation of the plants would
end the dumping of untreated
sewage in the Willamette river
system except at Lebanon whore
a sawmill disposal plant is ex
pected to begin operations about
July 1.
Benson Says Sag in
Farm Prices Behind Us
WASHINGTON W Secretary) Even though the price support
of Agriculture Benson said 'Thurs-1 level for basic crops under the ad
dpy that the long sag in farm in- ministration proposals would be
come "is largely behind us" and I governed by supply, rather than
called on Congress to adopt Presi
dent Eisenhowwer's middle-of-the-road"
farm program.
Benson told the Senate House
Committee, which is exploring
measures to avert recession, that
greater consumption of farm prod
ucts under flexible and gradually
lowered price supports would bol-
I ctr f a riTifr ' inmmP.
"The road to economic growthjmuch of the overhanging surplus
is through expanded production
I DrOOUCllOn lliai llllUS IIS iy IIHU
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I . U f.tAm Urn
I consumption and not into ware-
i tt n . ttu
nouses, nenwm ui-viart-Mj. wc
PrMiHrnf. nrowwal nn ih cri.
...it..ri nro.m. hi .A.
nomic growtn in mis nation.
Year, No. 30 S?.f,
Silts,
3 Die, 4 Hurt
In Traffic Crash
HILLSBORO, Ore. W - A head-
on collision killed three women and :
injured four other persons on the J
Sunset Highway Wednesday night, j
Gordon Kemmer. Washington
County sheriff's deputy, said the
cars were coming from opposite
directions when a truck stopped in
the highway to make a left turn.
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Junction.
nesam a car ariven oy mrs.
$
Anne Josephine Shofner 53, Port- Cnairman Butler ,R.Neb,
land, veered to avoid the truck,
struck its left rear wheel, and)
crashed head-on with the oncoming jT li I 11
CiMrs. Shofner and a passenger J I V I iUKC II MA
Mrs. Emma Norton, 69, Portland,
were injured fatally. In the other
car Mrs Myrtle Iledricks. about
45, Rt. 3, Hillsboro, was killed out
right, i
The injured were in the Hcd-:
ir, VrTV
saKcr, at, ruruaiiu, turn ner lwu
cnuarcn, uonaia , ana rwyaie, in
months. All were taken to the Jone
Hospital in Hillsboro.
The truck driver, Lloyd W.
Faulk, 45, Rt. 3, Hillsboro, was
cited for having an overlcngth
load,
272 Picked for
Postmasters
WASHINGTON W President j
Eisenhower Thursday sent to the
Senate the names of 272 nominees
for postmasterships in as many j
communities in a total of 40 states.
It was one of the largest blocs
of postal nominations since the
P-esidcnt took office.
In response to questions as to
whether all of the nominees are
Republicans, Presidential Press
Secretary James C. Hagerty re-
nMtii that nil nf Iho vplwtinnc wprp
recommended by Republican'
mnmhers nf Cnncress and were !
approved by the Republican Na-1
linnai rnmrniiino i
Hagerty added that In congres-jcr Program will be "well on its,i0 lne House scored all three serv
.innai rfitrirt rnnmsnnipH hvlway to complete enactment be-i ippt for chnwinp a "sprinus lark
Democrats, the choices were ap-1
proved bv local GOP organiza-i.
tions and by the national commit-;
tee.
All the nominations are subject
to Senate confirmation.
Big Turnover in
Oregon Stale Jobs
The state of Oregon hired 9.639
civil service employes during 1953.
and 8,613 others quit their jobs, the
Civil Service Commission said
Wednesday.
There was a net gain of 1,026 em
ployes during the year, making a
total of 13,746 in stale civil service
jobs at the end of the year.
The increased number was
tributed to expansion of slate de -
partmcnls and reducing the 44
hour work week to 40 hours in
state hospitals.
by high and rigid government sup- j Utah-Colorado border,
ports, the support price would be "Wc havc included in the Up-,... . , . . -close
to present levels, Benson pre- j por Colorado Report an item for W QUIf IM TOR LUlS
jjicicd ;21 million dollars to develop the; " wiimiijivii
This' would be true, he said, be-1 area around a proposed Kchojj ff r .t
cause, adoption of Eisenhower's1 Park Dam within Dinosaur Na- 1 lUf ItC UcUmS
nlan fn .M asirif or "freeze" frorrt tional Monument" into a rccrca-
commercial channels 2 4 billion
dollars worth of government-held
stocks would relieve the market ol
I which now depresses the market.
'Tk rnnni,.a -ltniilff mt rat 1 1r ri
.ti... r- - u
1 IIC VUIIXIOB ailirUlU UUl iciuilti
to the philosophy f scarcity that
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was inuu aim loimu wniimm m
the- 1ttfisM RrnMn Had. "to bp
; nrui. th farm mult firnJ
jauce."
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, February 4, 1954 ("
OrrM
QUEEN- ELIZABETH REACHES AUSTRALIA
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain becomes the first reigning
sovereign of her empire to set foot on Australian soil as
she steps ashore from a navy barge at Farm Cove, Sydney.
Saluting is Sir William Slim, governor general, and standing
behind him at left, are John J. Cahill, premier of New South
Wales, and Robert G. Menzies, Australian prime minister. (AP
Wirephoto via radio from Sydney)
SenateCroupApproves
Statehood for Alaska
,icu,vr.Tr,v , cU..
interior Committee voted 14-1
Thursday to approve a bill to ad'
mii Aif,t in bi,hri
From Fir Bark
vi ir.irNP in
Douglas fir bark
: will ho hin
fm r,,0o mnu win ho sWonmi
10 an Arkansas plant wr tests ot
a 1PW nrocPKK fnr manufacturing
i wax fr0 mthe bark.
cl y-: t: ,
member of the Oregon Stale De-
velopmcnt Commission, said that
the M. W. Kellogg Co. of New
Jersey has made arrangements for
a pilot plant operation with the
Soya Co. at Wilson, Ark.
He said the Kellogg Co. holds a
five-year exclusive rights agree
ment for use of a wax-from-bark
process developed at the Oregon,
Forest Products Laboratory in
Corvallis. i
An attorney for the Kellogg Co. j
recently toiu ine uregon state i a f a f I
Forestry Board that the companyifli Rmmii I.AANr
will utilize pilot plant findings in
'deciding whether lo enter full
scale production of commercial
wax. .
'Zip to Things'
ISays Martin
WASHINGTON UP Speaker of
we House Martin, speaking of a
new "zip to things" in Washington,
predicted Thursday the Eisenhow
forc Congress quits this summer, j
But the veteran Massachusetts !
legislator said in a lilk Prepared
for a luncheon meeting of the Re-
ublican National Finance Comm
mittec that President Eisenhower's
broad legislative recommendations
wofild never be finally approved
unless a "Republican Congress" is
returned In the November elec
tions. "It is a big, complex program,
but in my opinion we will be able
to enact the great bulk of it," he
asserted, adding:
"Nothing can be more vital lo
us than the re-election of a Re
publican House and Senate this
fal'."
Republicans were here from
every slate for a three-day rally
and campaign talks. The finance
group met first lo decide on an ex-
at-;pamJcd mi campaign budget,
;
Plan to Develop
Dinosaur Park
I.OS ANGELES U P) Infc-
rinr Secretary Douglas McKay
said last night the federal gov -
ernmcnt hopes to develop Dino
saur National Monmument into
a recreational area rivaling Lake
Mead and Great Smokcy Nation
al Park
The monument overlaps the
tional facility, McKay told a Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce
oanmici.
McKay said, however, the rec-
, ommennaunn iot a nam ai r.cno
. iinrb ic nni a nrnrpi pn lur onv.
, n - -
ernmcm
invasion into
other
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'im.-. '. ....
rtam wouui ne mim m vamnr-
nia, Yfpmilc Park of ni Yd-
t hjwsiww.
J... n,...ii,i.i ,ni k.lm in s mae'y Publicized cam-
delayed for " few days to incor
porate amendments to the bill de
termined upon by the full com
mittee Thursday.
As soon as those amendments
can be fitted into the legislation,
he said, the Alaska bill will go
on the Senate calendar along with
the Hawaii statehood bill which
was approved by the committee
last week.
Committee members said the .
only vote against the bill was that
of ,.Ul
1
However, several committee
members, including Chairman But
ler, reserved the right . to oppose
the bill when it reaches the Sen-
ate noor-
Sen. Cordon (R-Orel. chairman
of a subcommittee which has been
working' on the Alaska bill tor
two weeks, declined to discuss the
nature of amendments .ordered
Thursday.
(Continued on Page 5, CoL 1)
Huge Surplus
III lAlflff UUvViJ
WASHINGTON IP House in
vestigators reported Thursday the
military services are piling up
billions of dollars worth of sur
plus equipment faster than, they
can dispose of it through present
"unin-pired" methods.
Rep. Richlman R-NY), chair
man of a government operations
subcommittee, added that the
services themselves don't know
now miich excess military cquip-
ment they have but that some
estimates reach 10 billion dollars.
The subcommittee in a report
0f concern" for this "critical prob-1
iem ' )
j ,tjchlman said in an interview
ne would nave military oiiiciais on
the carpet within two weeks as the
investigation developed.
Say Reds Don't
Control Hawaii
WASHINGTON iir, - Urging
prompt Senate passage of the Ha
waii statehood bill, the Senate In
terior Committee Thursday reject
ed testimony that Communism in
the islands has increased during
the past few years.
In its formal report to the Sen
ate on the statehood legislation,
the committee said it did not deny
that Communist activity exists in
Hawaii, just as in the various
states, but:
"We do contend (U that the gen
era! public in aii strata of society
m Hawaii have become far more
alert to the Communist menace
""""S lhe nasl v years: 2i
i,hat Communist power and Ihflu -
icncc havc strikingly declined dur -
ing the past few years; and 3
that Communism in Hawaii is no!pf.r, estimated Thursday that in ("The pilgrims got the impression
more nf a threat to the present Bn ar(Mind 500 were killed and ; the Nagas were violent and there
territorial government or the pro-; j ono injured. I fore ran for their lives, crushing
posed state government than it is ,-(,,, government radio disclosed! to death the infirm, old, beggars
in B"y of ,hc '5(in8 stalcs
OLYMPIA W The state earn
paign to reduce the trattic fleatn
; uni snowco ,im ugu muu-
dny:
iranic neains since .ian i. il
rant np.iin. inr camp nenrxi
Traffic dentin for same period
i vxa: SB.
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stanen sw. i. im.
Traffic dfths for pfriod
t
yi
Form All
Russia Offers to
Buy $ Billion in
British Supplies
MOSCOW W (Telephoned to
London) The Russian govern
ment Thursday offered- to place
contracts worth four hundred mil
lion pounds sterling, ($1,120,000,
000),' with British industries for
delivery from 1955 to 1957.
This offer was transmitted in
a memorandum handed by Ivan
G. Kabanov, the Soviet minister
of foreign trade, to a delegation
of 32 British private business men
who are visiting Moscow.
The offer concerned a large
variety of equipment including
tankers, small cargo ships, indus
trial plant equipment, small elec
tric power stations as well as rail
road equipment, floating docks,
fish carriers and steam boilers.
Buying From Argentina Also
Accompanying the memoran
dum the Russians handed over a
detailed breakdown of equipment
tney said they could use. .
This was the biggest gesture yet
announced by the Soviet govern-
paign offering to revive East
West trac.
At practically the same time,
an Argentine technical mission
spokesman told a news conference
that Soviet-Argentine trade is ex
panding and that a new and big
ger trade agreement was expect
ed to be negotiated for next year.
The mission has been here for the
(Continued on Pa?e 5, Col. 3)
Russians Guard
Spies in Tokyo
TOKYO UP The Russians
took ' extraordinary precautions
today to prevent any other mem
ber of their outlawed mission
here from following a "very nerv
ous," highly placed officer of the
soviet spy ring in his desertion
to democracy.
Two other secret police oper
ative who worked closely with
second secretary Yuri Sostvorov
before his Jan. 24 surrender to
American inteliigence, have been
ordered home by (he Kremlin.
They, along with five other ad
ults and one infant, will leave
Tokyo by train for Hiroshima thii
weekend to board a small Soviet
ship now undergoing repairs at
K.isado on the Inland Sea.
Virtual Prison .
Meanwhile, the high walled So
viet Mission became a virtual
prison for its occupants.
Japanese police said the Rus
sians emerged only in pairs, ap
parently assigned to guard each
other against further desertions.
An official of the Soviet Mis
sion made the illuminating dis
closure that Raslvorov had been
"very nervous" before his disap
pearance. Reduce Charges
A.aainsf Adventisls
ANCHORAGE. Alaska VP)
Mutiny charges against four Sev
enth Day Adventist church mem
bers, including two Oregonians,
nave Been reduced at Fort Rich
ardson, to willful disobedience.
The four were charged with
failing to carry out their duties on
a Saturday in connection with a
practice air raid alert. Saturday
is the Sabbath of their church.
The Oregonians charged were
Pvts. Harold L. Massey, Salem,
and Numan V. Haffner, Harris-burg.
Find Bodies of 341 in
Hindu Religious Crush
XEW lIKI.m. India (! The,
bodies of 341 dead, most of thereto an accusation that the Nag3s.
1 women, i.ave been recovered at I in order to save themseives, used
!(h0 site of the Hindu pilgrimage j the spears Ihey habitually carry
;,iBmn(,! t Allahabad. JS'ewsoa-
the recovered dead included 2.i2'and others who came in their
'women, 49 men and 40 children. way."
Three million frenr.icd pilgrims. The dralhs marred the great
were involved in the crush jKumbh Mela Festival, one of the
Wednesday at lhe junction of the holiest in the Hindu religion. It
Ganges and Jumna rivers, hoiyi nci,j t 12-year intervals to ccie
waters to Hindus. pirate the victory of gods over
Many were wasnea oownsircam.
A communique saia me siain-
peoe oeveiopco as xroui'
ii..u ''"'"'""-""''.''"'r
j ncacico nac k m camp wun u.nr
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"The INagas and the pilgrims-
mv mix, niiu im- uiikmimb
came together when ome pi
-
- . tu
kiiiii: on iinu iiia nric l u.-hiuu.
wrk-i
on the profession rmiif
the
; statement said.
TT?ST
mands Big 4
German Regime
Jimmy's Wife
Tried Suicide
6 Years Ago
LOS ANGELES (UP) Po
lice records indicating Mrs. Ro
melle Roosevelt attempted sui
cide six years ago were uncov
ered today as she prepared lor a
court battle tomorrow over her
demands for $3,500 alimony and
child support irom husband
James Rooseveit.
Beverly Hills police records
showed the former nurse was
treated April 18, 1948, for as
overdose ol sleeping pills and
police files contained a note in
her handwriting signed R
which said:
VI am too tired for any other
course. Waste no prayers on me,
but pray that the children will
not be like either Jimmy or me."
The police records said the case
was reported by James Rooseveit
as an attempted suicide and that
after officers went to the Roose
velt home and made an investiga
tion they did not change that re
port.
Mrs. Roosevelt's physician. Dr.
Blake Watson, had reported Mrs.
Roosevelt told him she look the
pills accidentally, thinking they
were headache tablets.
More Guns Sent
Indochina Reds
WASHINGTON (.UP) There
was a sharp and ominous in-S
crease recently in shipments of
weapons and war eouroment tai
the Communist rebels in lndo-i
China, it was learned today. 1
This dIus increased rehel ar-l
!LViJy w ?2t?jihireU5!f "WASHINGTON tat Be-
that . the' Communists may be
vKiists iuf im ati out orive to
force the French out of Indo
china and end the seven-year
war,
Some strategists believe that
one major defeat for the French
and native anil-Communist forces
could be disastrous, it would co
incide with rising demands in
bloody guerrilla war, opening the j
floodgates for a . Communis!'
sweep of all Southeast Asia.
Jncreascd arms deliveries to
the Communist rebels are report
ed to have occurred after the end
of the Korean War iast July.
There had been previous official
estimates that deliveries from
Red China were running at about
1000 tons a month.
Importation of
Mexicans Half
WASHINGTON (UPJ The
Labor Department today ordered
that the importation of Mexican
farm labor be stopped at the
clone of business tomorrow
Department officials testifying
before the House Agriculture
Committee yesterday said such
action would have to be taken
this week because of a lack of
funds and legal authority.
Under a ruling by the Budget
Bureau, the department needs
legislative authority to carry on
the Mexican farm labor program.
The V, S.-Mexican agreement on
the program expired Jan. 15.
The department aiso said il is
running out nf funds for the pro
gram. The Hous Appropriations
Committee has an administration
request for $1,550,000 in suplc
mcntal appropriations to carry
on the program through the re
mainder of this fiscal year -which
ends June 30.
The rnmmiinimic did not reDiv
to fend off wild animais. but said;
j demons in
mvthicat battle at
iilf, ii
rrim(J Minjs(er jjthru, who was
in Aiiahahad for ; festival, toid
newj ,nc stampwe
wa, gwr hcfore nyonc in author-
.... j t ,u
- . ' renariot u ended with
liv 1-JU1U UU ilfiyUUJIV 1U ttVVll 4i,f
13 tiunmcs, xiu amu a tunuiu-
, ... :
utlng factor was slippery ground,
due to an overnight drisilc.
Reds of East
Placed on Par
With Free West
BERLIN 5 Soviet Foreign
Minister V. M. Molotov demanded
Thursday night that the Big Four
get on with forming a provisional
all-German government including
Communists to handle national
elections and achieve unity for the
divided nation. -
The Russian submitted a five-
point plan to the foreign ministers
conference to accomplish his aim;
Recognition of the Communist
East German government on a
par with the freely-elected West
regime so that the German Reds
would be entrenched regardless of
popular will.
Molotov s plan was identical
with that made public last Satur
day night by the East "German
government in a memorandum to
the conference. Even the language
was almost the same.
3 Point Plan Proposed
The Molotov plan called for:
1. Formation of the provisional
government by the parliaments of
the East and West German re
gimes, including the wide partici
pation of the Communist mass
organizations' such as the youth,
the women, the farmers league
and the Red-run unions.
2, Preparation and holding of ail
German elections by this provis
ional government.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 2)
Action Delayed
On Brkker BUI
publican Leader Knawland (Call!)
said Thursday the final benate de
cision on the Bricker treaty-power
amendment may have to be put
off for 10 days or more.
As the Senato pushed ahead
with its seventh day of formal de
bate on the hotly disputed plan.
Knowland told newsmen he now
was "not too sanguine" about set
ting a final vote this week.
.,,, Ih .Mt n
That would mean pulling it oil
because there is an informal' un-
dcl.s(aiKiiBg lhere wffi fee no im-
portant senate business next wee
when many Republican senators
will be out of town to make Lin
coln ay speeches.
Knowland said he would try to
go? votes this week on all the im
portant alternative proposals.
These can be accepted or re
jected by majority votes but final
passage of whatever is agreed up
on as a constitutional amendment
would take a two-thirds vote.
No Boost in
MiAMI BEACH, Fia. Sec
retary of Labor Mitchell said
Thursday after conferring win
AFL leaders that the Eisenhower
administration probably will not
recommend any boost in the fed
eral minimum wage at this ses
sion of Congress.
The AFL has called -lor a top
increase in the present 75 cent
an hour minimum lo l.Z5.
Mitchell came here at the AFL'a
request to consult with member
of the AFL Executive Council at
their wint-r meeting.
Despite advance indication that
the AFL chiefs intended lo put the
labor secretary on the griddle
about President Eisenhower's pol
icies, Mitchell told newsmen after
ward he had a "very harmonious
and constructive" conference.
Eisenhower toid Congress last
week that whiie a boost in the
minimum wage and broadening
the number of workers it covered
"is desirable." the changes should
come when the economy is in bet
ter shape.
No Rain Forecast
Through Friday
Despite suggestion of haze and
high cloudiness Thursday, the
weather man says no rain is in
prospect fna Friday, the ideal mid
winter weather to continue.
Another heavy frost came in on
Salem and the valley Wednesday
night, the Thursday morning min
imum again being below freezing,
27 degrees, but one above the Wed
nesday minimum. A low . ef
aroun d27 is called for tonight
So far no rain is registered for .
F ebruary and the normal to thii
period is M of an Inch.
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