Capital
jtJotiiMLa
PARTLY CLOUDY, continued mild
tonight and Saturday. Low tonight,
10; high Saturday, 92.
FINAL
EDITION
66th Year, No. 30 ;V"B.Ero Salem, Oregon, Friday, February 5, 1954 (J6 Pages) Price 5c
More Federal
Aid for Roads
In Prospect
Baldock Reports Many
Bills Boosting Federal
Aid for Highways
By JAMES D. OLSON
Prospects for substantial in
crease in federa' id to states for
construction and maintenance of
primary ano secondary roads are
exceedingly bright according to
It. H. Baldock, state highway en
gineer, who returned Friday from
Washington, D. C.
Baldock said that there are a
number of road bills introduced
in Congress, all of them provid
ing frv im'-ease from the pres
ent allocation of $575 million to
from $800 million to $900 mil
lion. $900 Million Suggested
The American Association of
Highway Officials, of which Bal
dock is an officer and for whom
he appeared at a meeting of the
4 sub-committee on roads of the
house, has recommended an ap
propriation of $900 million.
Oregon receives $8.6 million
under the present federal-aid
rnad bill ano would he allocated
an even $12 million if the asso
ciation recommendation is al
lowed. V. S. Takes Sl',4 Million
Baldock said that the federal
governm nt collects approximate
ly $900 million from the two-cent
tax on gasoline and in addition
imposes excise taxes on motor
vehicles, tires and automobile ac
cessories, which brings the fed
eral taxes collected in the states
from road user? to approximately
$1V4 billion annually.
"It is too early to predict just
what particular bill will be fi
nally considered and passed by
Congress," Baldock said, "but I
feel confident that the new road
bill passed by the present con
gress will contain sufficient mon
ey to provide a substantial in
crease in federal aid for roads
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 1)
Outline for
Defense Plans
If Portland is attacked by an
enemy, the Oregon Civil Defense
Agency would set up an advance
control center at Camp Withy
combe, 12 miles southeast of Port
land. State civil defense director
Arthur M. Sheets, in making the
announcement Thursday, said the
advance center would he in a
building at the National Guard
headquarters.
State CD headquarters are in
Salem.
"Purpose of an advance control
center is to get closer to the
disaster scene and reduce the
lines of communication," Col.
Sheets said.
The advance control center will
have radio and telephone commu
nication with all county civil
defense directors and state head
quarters. Mild Weather
For Few Days
Mild weather is due to Aonlin-
no nnssihlv Ihrn.inh nnvt UVHnr.
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dav. savs the fivc-dav forecast
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AMI"? mailt: sdiiiu wuiiui-i, riiudj,
however, if there were any rain
111 si(V;m, uui me nvttiai nii-ii-
l,The3wk cJli. for some ,R
at nights but sunny days during
the period
Another low minimum temper
ature was recorded in Salem Fri
day morning, 28 degrees, the
fifth straight day with a mini
mum below freezing.
The Willamette river has
dropped considerably during the
week, measuring 9.H feet al Sa
lem Friday morning.
250 Cops Keeo
Peace on Docks
JERSEY CITY. N..I. i - A 250-
man no ICC detail KCPl IWO war-
ring waterfront (actions a. bay
Fridav as a partial work stoppage
hit the docks. .
rolice nn loot, horseback and
mntnrrvrle. alerted because of a
minor skirmieh on Piers D and t
Thursday, held back hundreds ol
milling, shouting longshoremen on
hand (or an 8 a m. snaKcup
The dock hands are members of
two dock unions, the old Interna-
tinnal Longshoremen sAssn and
the newly organized AFL-ILA. The
old union was ousted from the
AFL recently as gangstor-domi-
nated.
Police said trouble started wnen
Nick Maschucci.
acting presioem
.1 I ... IOJ7 II A nhieCted tO the
hiring o. AFL members to work
Piers F and D. Workers tor
both piers usually arc hired on
Pier F.
Charge Soviet
Seeks Rhine
As Frontier
U. S. Tells Molotov
Of West's Reaction
To Russian Plan
BERLIN W-The United States,
Britain and France Friday rejected-Russia's
plan for unifying Ger
many and charged Moscow L try
ing tc extend its powers all the
way to the Rhine.
U.S. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden of Britain and
French Foreign Minister Georges
Bidault exhausted 4,000 words
more to notify the Kremlin that
the idea of merging rival govern
ments in divided Germany is not
slick enough to fool anyone.
Therefore, the Western ministers
concluded, the Russian must be
entirely without desire to unify the
nation.
Dulles took the lead in Friday's
11th session, denouncing the Rus
sian plan as a mere grab for pow
er west of Berlin.
Afraid of Germans
Dulles said Soviet Foreign Min
ister V. M. Molotov had rejected
a Western plan for unification of
Germany through free elections
because he is afraid the 18 mil
lion Germans in the Communist
zone "would overwhelmingly re
ject" its present Red regime.
"Mr. Molotov has good reason
to be afraid," the American min
ister said.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 5)
Power Failure
Causes Blasts
SAN FRANCISCO I An un
explained (allure in an 11,000 volt
power line early Friday touched
off a series of explosions felt over
a wide area of Sun Francisco.
Ignited sewer gas spouted flames
from scores of manholes from
which the covers were blown high.
Two special policemen. Jack
Meehan, 37, and John Martino
vich. 39, sent to investigate, were
knocked down by a nearby blast.
They were hospitalized with con
cussion. , Pacific Gas k Electric Co. I-'
sued an emergency call for 100
workers. It said it might be hours
before it knew the cause of the
failure, which occured at a sub
station. Windows were shattered by con
cussion. Some manhole covers were re
ported shattered into shrapnel.
lo Vaccinate
250,000 Dogs
CHICAGO i Health and po-i
Ike department officials mapped '
plans Friday to enforce an order ; I J , r arc:
that all Chicago dogs more than i I nLlluilS 10 VJCl Former Premier Alcide dc Gas
250.000 be vaccinated against!"'"'"' ,v peri, whose eighth cabinet was de
rabies. ' 1 1 AAA feated last summer.
The city's worst mad-dog scare V y An 111111 Former Premier Giuseppe Pella,
in nearly 20 years piompted city I f U wno resigned Jan. 5 when his
health authorities to request thej ' party failed to back him.
order from the Illinois Department ' WASHINGTON' A House Chamber of Deputies president
of Agriculture to force inoculation Interior subcommittee approved and leltwing leader Giovanni (iron-
of all dogs, rather than just stray payment of $2,640,000 to Westell chi.
animals. , Oregon Indians in settlement of a Former Interior Minister Mario
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mniinirri in mnrR man nn a ruiv
Health Department officials said
this was twice the number reported
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quarantine' was ordered for the
m January after an anti-rabies
Cl'v ana pan. 01 won county int:
Iuiuti. "iiiui tin 171 iiouv:iii.u i uui a- i
clay to include all of Cook County,
requires owners of nogs to keep
their animals confined or on
hashes. t
Hvasta Flying Back
To ward United States
LONDON Smiling happily, ' lure building to await a Strato
.lohn Hvasta flew into London Kri- i cruiser lor New York
day night and seemed tn enjoy He led Munich smilingly Friday
nlaving cat and mouse with air- mornine for the land nf his aclnri.
port reporters with the same dex -
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Spectacular
Portland Fire .
PORTLAND Wi A warehouse
fire sent flames leaping high over
the downtown area Thursday night
and caused a two-hour traffic jam
just after the peak of the evening
rush.
The eight-story Neustadtcr Build
ing at S. W, Filth and Ankeny
resembled a flaming torch min
utes after' the fire was discovered
at 5:40 p. m.
Firemen said the blaze apparent
ly started on the second floor, but
soon flames were fanning out
through windows on the top floor
and shooting through the roof.
Crowds, able to sec the flames
and smoke from afar, rushed to
the scene, adding to the traffic
jam.
All available firemen were called
in. Eight firemen suffered minor
injuries in preventing the flames
from spreading to adjoining build
incs. i
Damncc was estimated by own-;
ers and fire investigators at more
than $225,000.
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Ron Ellsworth iR-Orei inirn.
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nuccn tnc mil. il nirects tne sec-
ret-, of interior lo draw up rn ls
' me innai ocscennams. me
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nioney would be dmded among
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lilt; II lucn IIILIUUl' IllUSe Ol llli. 1
confederated bands of Umpqun and '.
Calapooias o( the Umpoua Valley I
and of the Tillamook. Coquille. i
Tootootoncy, Chetco and Molallas. 1
!tion after five fantastic years in
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crs and Spnnk,d , the plane The
ramp was replaced and he climbed
aboa'rd barhpadt,d and smiin
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wild Airport at 5 25 am PST
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WAREHOUSE BECOMES TORCH
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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 5 A quick-spreading fire shot from
bottom to top of eight story warehouse in downtown Portland
just after peak of traffic rush last night. A two-hour traffic
jam resulted, but firemen kept flames from spreading to other
buildings. Damage was estimated at $225,000. (AP Wirephoto.)
Leonard Rowan Files
As Council Candidate
Leonard Rowan, general manag
er of the Senator Hotel, said Friday
that during the day or Saturday
lie would file as a candidate for
alderman from Ward 3.
The City Council post for that
ward is now held by Cfnud Jorgen-
sen, who Has held over an extra
4 Listed for
Italy's Premier
ROME Wi President I.uigi
Kinaudi studied Friday the names
of lour men who might pull Italy
out of her government crisis.
All Christian Democrats, the four
Seclba. a . louch Sicilian who is
nfli'inv Krt 1 fur It.ilv' f nmmii. !
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mint- i'i-im-u nine uicimc nun ------ -- . , ...
. ,,r ii, fr i,i m..i,'al Limited, sideswmed a freight
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enough support lor r.innudi lo call
hi, , lh. .,im u ii.,.,
'V '""passenger cars.
tt'Tl" ,V, K ii, A B&O snokesman in Baltimore
' veteran lie Gasper,
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Alcoa Ceases
Air Pollution
PORTLAND M'l i-'umes (nun Passengers from Ihe wrecked
the Aluminum Company of Amer-; tram wt.r0 ,-;,nslerred to the Cap
ica's Vancouver, Wash., plant are itol Limited which reached the
ne lunte strong enough lo harm scene a little more than an hour
livestock on nearby Sauvie Island. 1 a((.r
llrcKon .Mate Lolleife and Wash
ington State College experiment
slalum workers made that report
Friday alter more than two years
of research.
Since Derember. IflSl, after
Alcoa installed "scrubbers" to re-
dure the amount ol escaping duo-j
rinn ca( llic nntmint -niir-hinn
Island has ben a. a saie1
i-rt ih. ,.iri l
Sauvie Island is a rich farm
area of 24 scmare miles nine miles
.., h...ci c iwnnnH anH
iho cv,imk, nil or tmm ihi Alma
r,it Parmer, ihm h.no snrH
for-ond wnn-court awards lor
Pasl fluorine damage to livestock.
F. E Price, dean of agriculture
t OSC and coordinalnr of the re-
warch project, told farmers and
Alcoa representatives meeting here
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two years because of a tie vole In
tnr 1952 election' -when his oppon
ent was ' layton Jones.
Jorgenscn has continued to
serve under a law providing an
elective official shall continue in
office until his successor is qual
ified and civ. -ted. At that time
Salem had ..o legal provision for
breaking a tic vote, so Jorgen
scn continued to serve. Recent
ly the -ouncil has enacted an
ordinance providing (or breaking
tie votes by casting lots. Since
two years of the normal term
will have passed when a new
council takes office next Janu
ary 1, the election for Ward 3 I
I will be a short term of two years
instead of a regular term of four
years.
Ko won has lived In halem
since 1935, and has lived in the
ward for two years, and his home
(Continued on Page S, Col. 5)
Engineer Dies
In B&O Wreck
WILMINGTON. Del. itf The
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Lmiis-Nrw York Fiver, the Nation-
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fc:,i,l ih. rafinnr nf thi Shiimr
i freight train. W. A. Jackson, ol
Philadelphia, was killed and six
train crewmen were hurt, but no
passengers were injured.
All the cars of the passenger
was killed and six
train remained upright. A (ire
lhat followed Ihe crash in ttic die-
j scl engine of the National Limited
uas pvtimniishnl nilii-klv.
Farmer Blocks
Road Paving
SIIEItWom. - A (armer dis-
satisfied with having nn access or
a new highway between Portland
an" Sa,,'m hol'nK back proper-
ty needed (or Ihe roadway.
Paul Ycrarland owns a .Ton-loot
section of the now Wilsonvillc ex-
l-rcssway. He sold it to the state
once for Wf!l, but got a court or-
l('r ,nt return, of the property
wnpn loaned he would have to
'""ve 2 Smiles to , get on the road.
Hp rcnurned the M. to the state.
McFarland says he now wants
$2,400 b. cause of the lack ol ac-
' ress Attorneys for the slale said
lhal wa" 100 much, and indicated
: condemnation proceedings might,,, . ' , ' " , , "
i .irlrH
The Moot section has been
Rraded, but McFarland pnsled "no '"-
lrcspn,sjn(!.. ,,, tn prev(.nt pBV.'olic Church Irnm all parts of the
ing the route thrrc. j world.
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House Group
Approves Hike
In Postal Rates
WASHINGTON UP The House
Post Office Committee Friday ap
proved a 245-million dollar boost
in postal rates. It calls for an in
crease of one cent for air mail
letters and a 30 per cent rise in
mailing costs on newspapers and
magazines, , along with a one-cent
rise on non-local first class letters.
The bill, embodying most of the
requests made by Postmaster Gen
eral Summerfield in an attack on
the department's red ink opera
tions, and backed by President
Eisenhower, now goes to the
House.
The committee completed action
on the controversial bill to an ac
companiment of some Republican
grumbling over the administra-
lon push to pass rate legislation
this year.
Most Classes Affected
Increases in most classes of
rates except parcel post were
voted by the committee Friday on
the heels of the approval Thurs
day of a hike of one cent on first
class letters other than local de
livery.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 6)
Beeson Agrees
To Lose Pension
WASHINGTON w - Albert C.
Beeson told senators Friday he
would give up pension rights from
hi. r,n,!.r If Phn. "a,!!!
make the Democrats happier" and
still their questioning of his nom
ination to the Natiunal Labor Re
lations Hoard.
Paul Davies, president of the
Food Machinery & Chemical
Corp., San Jose. Calif., had just
testified to the Senate Labor Com
mittee that Beeson had been given
a one-year leave of absence to
take the NLRB post. Beeson has
been vice president of the firm,
in charge of labor relations, for
the last seven years.
While on leave of absence. Da-
vies said, Beeson retains full rights
to Ihe pension fund accumulated
to his account during his seven
years.
Questions have been raised by
some senators as to whether Dee-
sun's leave of absence status .and
n.s mention . i .11 pension ngms
ITl-illCS a tUNlllLl Ol inierCSl
hat could akcNIh'm Jl "f Luang Prabang today as a thin cy is .basing its budget on the as
the job on Ihe NLRB to which iine of Krench Union troops sumption that unemployment in
he was named Jan. 7 by Prcs-lSOUgn( 0 fU a Communist drive first-half 1954 will average 2.600,-
ident Eisenhower.
Surplus Food
For Missouri
1KFFF.RSON CITY, Mo. W-A
government official says surplus
commodity food will be shipped
into Dunklin County to relieve
1
about 3.000 persons there who are
without food and funds.
Flvd 11 TiirWh-r nf rhir-non
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assistant area field sunervisor (or
,ftc Apartment of Agriculture.
says the food items should start
moving into the southeast Missouri
! county the first part of next week.
i Cnuntv Jtirtge C. M. Burcham
County Judge C. M. Burcham
i appealed for the government aid
i after reporting the earnings by
i (arm laborers, cut sharply by last
' year's drought, have been running
out over the past several weeks.
Anxiety Increases Over
Pope s Serious In ess
VATK'AM CITV ,pi Pn,u. Tl, l,.i,cc I,-. ,,, .. .11
Pills' difficulty in taking (nod has
rontinueu to weaken him. said Ihe
lirst ilfieial bulletin issue d on his
condition Friday by his private
physic ian.
The bulletin, issued bv Prof,
Ifccardo (,alea77.i-L,si
said it is
hoped "as soon as possible to re-
neat unrticular Xrav rxnmina-
tions In determine the condition
both of the iponc's gastric area
as well as of dner organs in lhat
area,'
Thc buicUn Mid nrevious X rav1."01 be able to get in lo his ollicc
examinations had shown the pope's
a!trir arca and organs in that
area to be normal. It did not say,
however, when these examina-
ns had bcun madc.
nffi,.ii hntlntin un. nr,.,-,.H.
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it was made in reply In anxious
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authorities
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Coffee Lands
Protest Drive
To Cut Prices
WASHINGTON I - The Latin
American coffee-producing coun
tries made an open bid early Fri
day for United States government
support against what they called a
campaign in this country to com
bat high prices by drinking less
coffee, r
A few hours later a Senate
banking subcommittee made a
start on a broad investigation of
the soaring prices by naming the
coffee trade leaders it will ques
tion at an initial hearing Monday.
The committee investigation is
aimed particularly at finding out
how much increased speculation
has had to do with pushing prices
above a dollar a pound and to IS
cents a cup.
The producing nations contend
that the basic factors are in
creased consumption of the brew
and poor crops.
That was the theme of resolu
tions adoptet by the Inter-American
Coffee Commission.
s
Crew Rescued
MANILA Wl The.Pamanian
freighter Liberal radioed Friday
that it had picked up two boat
loads of crewmen from the Brit
ish motorship Fcrnmoor, which
ripped open its bottom on a reef
in the South China Sea.
The U.S. Navy base at Sanelev
Point near here said the Liberal
r.ePj;ted lha, members of
"i" Were Slan'ng
"Th T " " V
. Th! . JPneSe (
Japanese freighter F.isho
Maru also was reported standing
Dy. ine fernmoor struck a reel
near Palawan Island in the south
western Philippines. -
The number of crewmen picked
up by the Liberal was not report
ed but it was believed about 40
were aboard the Fernmoor.
An earlier message picked up
al Sanglcy Point said the ship was
tow in me water and the crew
was in four lifeboats tied along-
siue.
Biffer fighting
In Indochina
HANOI, Indo China (UP)
, Bitter lighling was reported
alnna a 4fl.m In HnfnniA am nnplh
Wina of Children
to take the city. 000. This compared with a January
Red vanguards sweeping south ! estimate that 2,359,000 were with
in three columns were an csli-iout work, and his figures carried
mated three days march from the the implication the bureau expects
old Laotian capital. j more than the 2,600,000 to be out of
The French defense line was jobs in part of the 1954 period,
lightly manned and strung over
steep, jungle clad mountains.
It ran from Muong Sai in the ;
west across tn Itnnn.-1n1h.1r in fhn'
, Namhou Valley, and east to Ban!
! Momhang in the Nam Seng Val-i
: ""V ln an nrc 40 JU n'll(,s north i
! "' .I'V:1!"!? ''rihang. !
Ml I it firv mitt Pf ti-nr hunnlnl
t,e 10 ' ' irooI), nf ,hP crack
Ited 3(IBth Division would have
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to halt (or sunnlies before con-
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,nc,r uinwarn nnve.
The divumn' minniv nn u
' rp,v worc , - , d "'.
uslv and werVnnen lo .ttark hv
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i AI'TO FATALITY
j AI'TO FATALITY
PORTLAND W Beatrice M.
I Porter. Portland, was injured la-
tally Thursdav night in a two-car
! collision here. II was the cilv's
1 seventh traflic (atality of the year.
more than 10 days. Scanty, occa-
sional communiques have persist-'
cntly maintained lhat he continues j
to improve. But anxiety (or his!
hcallh increased today when even I
this assurance, for the time being.
was lacking.
. The Popes private physician.;
Prof. Iticcardn Galea.zi-Lisi. spent,
more lime than usual at the Pope si
beclsicle today, contributing to in -
creased worry. The doctor's office
said he had telephoned he would
'CT lhl rnwning, as he usually!
doe, afler visiting the Vatican !
l.he Vatican press office has de-
?crl,'',d ,nF 1 "Pf,s ailment as mat-1
unc inning o( the ncuro-digestivc
,ra.rt . rhls ha. resulted in inlermit-:
,l'nl hiccups that have trom time
to time disturbed Ins sleep and. in
general, weakened him.
Yesterday the Vatican press of.
(ice announced lhat the Pope was
, contimiintr In improve. It added
that he had spent a restful night,
Weeps
Money Demand
Based on Past
Expenditures
PASADENA. Calif. I Mrs.
James Roosevelt wept Friday at a
temporary support hearing when
she recalled on the witness stand
how her three children were denied
a second week of vacation last .
summer because of the couple's
separation.
Unsmiling, she had testified that
her $3, 500-a-month -demand is "es
timated on the manner in which
we have lived for the past 12
years. , '
The weeping came when Roose
velt's attorney, Samuel B. Picone,
asked her about the couple's vaca
tions with their children last sum
mer. She said the children had been
with them during one week of va
(inn and had been promised an
other week in August. That was
the month they separated.
Pleads for Alimony
Wearing a gray silk suit, the 38-
year-old ex-nurse took the stand at
a jampacked court hearing on her
plea (or temporary alimony and
support for their three children.
Ihe support will be paid pend
ing trial of separate maintenance
suits filed against each other by
her and the late President Frank
lin D. Roosecelt's eldest son a
legal battle spiced by her charges
of adultery.
James, 46, pushed through a
hallway and courtroom crush
smiling, accompanied by his at
torney and his brother, Elliott.
Mrs. Roosevelt, solemn-faced,
entered by a rear door.
Explaining her estimate of her
husband's fortune at two mil
lion dollars, she testified:
(Continued on Page 5, Col, 4)
See Recession
Pnrlorl in Mnnln
bllUVU III 1 IVIIIM
WASHINGTON Wl The Labor
Department told Congress Friday
that employment service offices'
across the country are "cautiously
optimistic" that the downtrend of
employment may be checked by
mid-March and will be less severe
than in the 1949 recession.
Robert C. Goodwin, director of
the Bureau of Employment Secur
ity, testified before the Senate-
House Economic Committee that
a "fairly rapid expansion" of bus
iness is "entirely possible" in the
i second half of this year.
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Ask Mexicans
I Be Imported
WASHINGTON (UP) Vegeta-
! ble .""P mal rot ln Cliforni
1 r... ...
f,e'( "nl"" Congress acts swift-
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! ip8 (R-Calif.) said today,
! He asked the House Agricul-
lure Committee for immediate
I action on a resolution authori;,-
ing the Laor J'epnnmem to im
port Mexican labor for South
western farms and ranches.
The destruction of food might
begin sometime next week," Phil-
I ''P ,ol(l the committee.
lie was joiihmi in li is pica uv
two other California Republican
congressmen, Robert L. Wilson
and Leruy Johnson.
Answering a question from
Rep. K. C. Gathing.i (I)-Ark.),
Johnson said failure to provide
Mexican laborers would lead to
a scarcity ol Southwestern vege
table and Iruit crops and higher
prices for consumers all across
lhp cm,,,,rv-
Illness Delays
Bramblett Case
WASHINGTON
The trial
1 of Rep. Bramblett R-Calif Fn-
I day was recessed until Monday
I because of the illness o( John M.
flardaway. a government witness.
U. S. District Judge Walter M.
Bastian announced that Hardaway
had suifercd an attack o( llu dur-
ing the night.
Hardaway of Santa Barbara,
Cald.. testified (or thc government
, Thursday that Bramblett told him
bv telephone Irom
Washington
.Dec. ill, 1952, "Don't worry, 1 can
I fix It." That. Hardaway said, was
I thc dav after FBI agents had
questioned him and his wife about
(her status nn Bramblctfs payroll.
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