THE WEATHER.
CONTINUED CLOUDINESS to.
night, Thursday, with few scat
tered showers Thursday. Low to
night, 45; cooler Thursday, high, 68.
FINAL
EDITION
sin w"""3
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, June 2, 1958ao Jo ,wa10? We 5c
66th Year, No. 129
utter a CaleM. Qrttmm .
Cohn Asserts
Stevens Tried
To Stop Probe
Says That Mistaken
Idea Expose Would
Kurt Army , "
WASHINGTON l Roy M
Cohn testified Wednesday he be
lieves Secretary Stevens and Army
Counselor John G .Adams "were
doing their best" to stop the Mc-
Carthy subcommittee's investiga
tion of Communists in the Army,
"Certainly you do not believe
Secretary Stevens and Mr. Adams
were unwilling to expose Commu
nists, Sen. Dworshak (R-Idaho)
demanded.
"Of course not," Cohn said.
Then he added that he believes
both officials "had a mistaken no-
tipn that the exposure . . . would
be a reflection on them."
"I don't think it was a question
of them wanting Communists in
the Army. Of course it wasn't." '
Dworshak asked whether Cohn
believes the Army now would go
on and press its own investigations
if the McCarthy inquiries ceased.
Fears; Relaxation
"No," Cohn said, "I don't be
lieve that. I believe that the mo
ment this committee stops there
will be a relaxation."
Cohn, . chief counsel to the Mc
Carthy subcommittee, was in the
witness chair for the fourth day at
the McCarthy-Army hearings.
In the course of cross-examination,
Cohn:
1. Denied he or Sen. McCarthy
ever exerted any "improper" pres
sure for preferential treatment of
G. David Schine, former McCar
thy aide who was drafted into the
Army last fall.
2. Expressed belief that Stevens
and Adams did not act 'lin good
faith" in bringing their charges
against Hhe McCarthy camp.
Says Army Charges Not True
3. Said ne ought to be fired If
the Army charges were true, but
declined to express an opinion as
to whether, if the charges are
false, the officials who made them
should no longer hold their posi
tions. Cohn said that question went
to the further issue of "who told
them to do it."
; v (Continued on Page 5, Col. 6) ;
School Boys
Making Bombs
PHILOMATH Wl More than
a dozen dangerous home - made
hnmhs have been taken from grade
school boys here and Police Chief
Chuck Munger Tuesday asked par
ents to help make sure no others
were being carried.
At least five boys, ages 12 to 14,
had bombs made of dynamite and
powder in glass bottles. In at least
one case, the chief said, a dyna
mite cap on a bottle had been
shaped to fit snugly by biting on
it.
The purpose, apparently, was to
"make noise." One bomb was set
off last week with a considerable
jarring of nearby buildings but no
damage.
Capt. George Blankenbaker of
the Oregon State College military
science department defused the
bombs and they then were put in
the river.
Give-Aways
Only Lotteries
OLYMPIA W It isn't legal
says Atty. Gen. Don Eastvold, to
buy a pot of beans and win a new
r all for the price of the beans.
Such goings on, the state's high
est legal eagle advised the prose
cuting attorneys of the various
counties Tuesday, are lotteries and
therefore unlawful.
He wrote the opinion at the re
quest of State Sen. Paul Luvera of
Anacorlos who acts as a grocer
when sot lawmaking.
The promotion Plans constitute
unfair competition, he advised the
attorneys in commcnuns un a ian
whereby customers are ouerea
tickets for drawings on the prizes.
The drawings, he said, are "a
menace to the free enterprise sys
tem and every effort should be
taken ... to curb this kind of
activity." ,
He said, however, the "curb"
should be applied at the local
level.
No Cherrian Float
In Portland Parade
The Salem Cherrians Vill not
have a float in the Portland Rose
Festival parade June 12.
It is an expensive project;" says
King Bing E. A. Randle. as other ously approved by the House and
King Bings before him have said, the Senate Appropriations Com
and some of them have run into ; mittee.
a deficit. I President Eisenhower had asked
Since no other organizations i only 55 millions of new funds for
cared to assist the project finan-!REA and Republican Leader
cially Ihe Cherrians decided to let i Knowland (Calif and other GOP
it pass this vear. and that, too. i senators staged a futile Iloor bat
has been done before. L tie to hold the total to the 45 mil-
Crippled Peak
Climber Tells
Experience
Mt. McKinley Too
Much Mountain; G. I.
Tells of Tragedy
ANCHORAGE. Alaska Wl - A
Brooklyn GI who survived a 1,000
foot fall on North America's tallest
mountain and spent eight days
alone in a makeshift tent awaiting
rescue, says he will climb again.
, " . . But on smaller mountains
where you can go just for a week
end," Cpl. George W. Argus said
Tuesday night. "That's too much
mountain there.
Argus, 25, was seriously injured
and George Thayer, 27, Reedboro,
Vt., was killed May 16 when they
fell while returning from the sum-"
mit of the mountain 20,690-foot
Mt. McKinley. .
He was flown to a hospital here
after his rescue by eight moun
taineers and a nervy helicopter
pilot wjio plucked him from the
6,500-foot level Tuesday. Argus was
to undergo surgery for a badly
dislocated hip Wednesday;
in Hospital Bed ,
From his hospital bed,' The GI,
whose promotion from private first
class to corporal came through as
he sweated out his ordeal on the
mountain, described days, and
nights of waiting while rescuers
battled storms and treacherous
snow and ice to reach his side.
Morton Wood and Les Vierick,
the others on the expedition, es
caped serious injury in the fall
and made their way down the
mountain to get help.
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 3)
Kaiser's Plans
For Expansion
SPOKANE HI Henry J. Kaiser
expressed optimism about the busi
ness future Wednesday and an
nounced a $1,500,000 expansion pro
gram at the Trentwood plant here
of Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical
Corp.
He said it will increase the capa
city of the Trentwood rolling mill
by 42 million pounds of alumiunm
annually, and will probably mean
an increase in employment of a
bout 100 men.
"In spite of the prophets of
gloom, I don't believe there is any
gloom for us in the future," Kaiser
said at a breakfast press1 confer
ence. The major additions at Trent-
wood will include two rolling mills,
a 3,000-foot per minute cold rolling
mill to produce a light-guage sheet
and a mill for wide embossed
sheet.
The 72-year-old industrialist flew
here Tuesday night for an inspec
tion of facilities and a meeting of
directors of the corporation he
heads as president and chairman
of the board.
Health Bureau
Tries 238 Risks
WASHINGTON W - The Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare says that by April 30 it
had fired or otherwise eliminated
238 security risks, including 114
suspeclcd subversives.
The total, reported to Congress
in testimony released today, su
perseded the Civil Service Com
mission's report last March that
the department had uncovered 78
security risks.
The department also told a
House Appropriations subcommit
tee that, in one 78-case category,
about 40 per cent of those elimin
ated as security risks had been
hired .under the Eisenhower ad
ministration. The remainder, it
said, were holdovers from Demo
cratic administrations.
Weather Details
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$35 Million Added
To REF on Farm Bill
WASHINGTON Wl - The Senate
added another 35 million dollars of
rural electrification funds to ihe
annual farm bill Wednesday after
angry debate.
By a narrow 42-40 margin, with
many last minute changes and ad
ditions, the extra 35 million dol
lars of loan authority was added
i to a 100 million dollar fund previ-
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Expired Visa
Spoils Holiday
VICTORIA, B. C. Wl - An ex
pired visa on the passport of a
German exchange student almost
wrecked the holiday of 40 Oregon
high school students Tuesday.
Weeping Eizabeth von Treuen
fels, 19-year-old exchange student
from Germany, went back to Port
Angeles, Wash., at least temporar
ily stopping the trip for which she
and 39 others had worked and
saved for more than a year.
When the group landed from the
ferry Tuesday it was found that
Elizabeth's visa had expired the
day before and if she landed here
she would be unable to re-enter
the United States.
Her classmates some of them
weeping also wanted to return to
Port Angeles with her, but she in
sisted on going alone. ;
Meanwhile, frantic wires have
been sent to Washington, D. C,
asking for a renewal of the visa.
The class is waiting for her here,
instead of going on their vacation,
Quiz Operator
Of Catapult
QUONSET POINT, R. I. Wl -Lt.
Maurice A. Somme, officer in
charge of the catapult launching
system aboard the Navy carrier
Bennington, Wednesday was ex
pected to become a party to the
case in the investigation of the ex
plosions which killed 100 men
aboard the warship.
An order to make himself a
party to the case was issued Tues
day by Rear Adm. John S. Hos-
kins, president of the Navy court
of inquiry which is delving into
the circumstances surrounding the
blasts at sea last Wednesday.
Hoskins was careful to point' out
that his move was in no way to
be interpreted as meaning there
was any wrongdoing on the part
of the catapult officer. Somme is
a resident of New Orleans, La.
Hoskins said that Somme had
an interest in the case to be pro
tected since there had been a con
centration of testimony regarding
the catapult room, the high pres
sure accumulator where oil and
air are compressed to propel
mechanism, and the feedlines and
oil supply.
South Salem Home
Damaged by Fire
SOUTH SALEM An explosion
and fire Tuesday damaged the
kitchen and furnishings of the
Richard P. Wallace home, 1255 E.
Vista Ave.
The accident occurred while the
Wallaces were using a blow torch
to remove linoleum from the kit
chen floor. The Liberty volunteer
fire department responded to the
call, but Wallace had extinguish
ed the blaze before their am al
Damage, estimated at $2000,
covered by insurance.
, lions above this previously voted
by the House and the Senate com
mittee.
Announcement of the vote was
delayed for a long period as addi
tional senators rushed to the floor.
A second vote battle developed
when Sen. Douglas (D-HU.who led
the fight for the increase, sought
to lock up the result by the usual
parliamentary maneuver of asking
reconsideration ana then - tabling
this.
On this test the vote was 43-39.
The amendment had backing j wouid not shatter what he called
from Sen. Morse (Ind-Ore) who 'a "pretty fair record of Demo
said he personally would prefer , cratir unity" in this session of
that the boost be 75 million. Congress.
STATE WIDEN SOUTH
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Widening South River road, a project started before the
, war, is now being renewed as a joint Marion County and' state
highway project that will widen and realign the road between
the south city limits and Roberts. Shown is equipment of
Fred Rouse, local contractor, working in a soft rock formation
near Minto station. t ' .
Key Block of NY Central
Stock Cast
NEW YORK Wl Election In
spectors have decided to count a
controversial 800,000-share block of
New York Central stock cast for
Lumber Strike
On at Spokane
SPOKANE Wl About 200 AFL
lumber and sawmill workers went
on strike . against seven Spokane
retail shops Wednesday in support
of demands for a 12 V4-cent hourly
wage increase.
The union is asking a similar
increase from other Northwest em
ployers, but the strike of local 870
here was believed to Be tne nrst
during current negotiations in
Washington, Oregon and north Ida
ho. ' .
"We gave the employers every
opportunity to settle the issue, but
they made no proposals, said
William Rnsbottom, union , secre
tary for eastern Washington and
northern Idaho.
George Tichy, general counsel
for the Timber Products Manu
facturers' Assn., which teprescnts
operators, said the union had been
asked to continue the present con
tract without wage increases.
Million Loss in
Jersey Blaze
EDGEWATER, N. J. Wl A
million sdollar fire rampaged
through a two-block area of this
industrial community's waterfront
Tuesday, wrecking three ware
houses, three old docks and almost
100 new cars.
Some 125 firemen were injured
or overcome by the heavy smoke
in fighting the spectacular blaze.
About 30 of the firemen were
taken to hospitals for treatment.
The fire started at 3:30 p. m.,
apparently in a warehouse in which
rubber was stored by the Ford
Motor Co. Firemen battled the
racing flames for three hours be
fore they were put under control.
A Ford spokesman said 95 to ICO
new Lincoln and Mercury automo
biles, awaiting export, were de
stroyed. Also wrecked were two empty
warehouses, three old raw sugar
docks and Edgewator s civil de
tense headquarters on the Municl
pal dock.
Racial Issue in
Housing Bill
WASHINGTON Wl Sen. Ellen
der (D-La) said Wednesday he is
hopeful Sen. Maybank (D-SC) will
not press his bid to strike public
housing provisions out of a general
housing bill due for Seante debate
later this week.
Ellender is the first Southern
senator to state publicly he will
vote against the Maybank pro
posal. ' Maybank, until recently a
staunch advocate of low-rent pub
lic housing, has announced he will
ask the Senate to strip all public
housing authority from the administration-backed
measure because
of a recent Supreme Court decision
which he interprets as banning
racial segregation in public hous
ing projects.
Ellender said in an interview he
hrinpd the nuhlic hmisintf- dL:ntt
RIVER ROAD
for Young
the forces of Robert R. Young in
his battle for control of the 2 Vi
billion dollar rail system, it was
announced Wednesday. t
Central President William White
immediately made it clear that the
present management will, take the
question to the courts again.
The inspectors decision gave a
big boost to the hopes of the Young
forces. The key block is the big
gest outstanding.
in rejecting a management chal
lenge of the voting of the stock,
the inspectors emphasized that
they were not expressing "any
conclusion about the merits of the
underlying issues." Such matters.
they said, must be determined by
the, Interstate Commerce LgtnmUh
sion and the courts.
The inspectors also accepted the
ballot of Young and his associates
Thomas J. Ueegan and Charles 1.
Ireland Jr., as proxies for various
shareholders. The Central also had
challenged these proxies.
The inspectors made their de
cisions as the long tally continued
in Albany, scene of a tumultous
annual meeting last Wednesday. .
The 800,000 share block was
purchased by Texans Clint W.
Murchison and Sid W. Richardson,
supporters of Young. The Central
has lost several legal attempts to
Drevent the granting of proxies to
the Texans, claiming the transfer
papers were defective.
The stock had Deen ownea oy me
Chesapeake & Ohio, Young's for
mer railroad. It had been placed
in trust, but was sold by the C&O
after Young resigned from that
line.
2 Die in Blast
On Navy Sub
PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Wl
- A
flash explosion early Wednesday
killed two civilian workmen
aboard the Navy submarine Sirago
as she lay in drydock at the Ports
mouth Naval Shipyard.
A sailor on fire watch duty near
by was burned by the blast, but
his condition was described as
"not critical."
Six other civilians working on
the submarine were not' injured.
Capt. Robert E. Cronin, com
mander of the shipyard, said the
blast was in the submarine's main
ballast tank where the two victims
were spraying a plastic substance.
- He said the submarine did not
appear heavily damaged, but
added a thorough survey was or
dered immediately to be followed
by an investigation ot what be de
scribed as the "flash explosion."
The Navy identified the dead
men as Raouel Senechel, 28, of
Somersworth, and Joseph E. A.
Rousseau, 40, of Portsmouth, both
painters. '
India to Oppose
Siam's War Check
NEW DELHI, India Wl India
was reported today opposed to
Thailand's request that the U.N.
Security Council send special ob
servers to check on the war in
Southeast Asia. .
An authoritative source said
Prime Minister Nehru's govern
ment feels such a move might up
set or interfere ' with the Geneva
conference on the Far Eastern
conflict. -
The Security Council meets in
New York tomorrow to consider
the Thai proposal.
SNEEZE BREAKS RIB
PHOENIX, Ariz. lB-Mrs. Bea
trice Barnes stretched an arm Into
the cupboard yesterday, sneezed
and broke a rib,
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Bidault Favors
Asia's Neutrals
For Cease Fire
GENEVA Wl French Foreign
Minister Georges Bidault was re
ported ready to propose to the In
dochina peace conference Wednes
day a plan for Asian neutrals to
play the dominant role in super
vising an Indochina cease-fire.
Informed quarters said the plan
would be submitted at the after
noon's secret session ot the nine
participating parties. It was un
derstood to have the support of
the United States and Britain.
Bidault met with U. S. .Under
secretary. Walter Bedell Smith
Wednesday morning It was re
ported they discussed tactical
plans as well as a letter which
Viet Nam's chief of state Bao Dai
is said to have written Smith.
For Zone Elections
In this letter, according to pub
lished reports, Bao Dai urged that
any elections in Viet Nam be con
ducted by zones rather than
throughout the country. Bao Dai
was reported en route to Geneva
from Cannes, France.
British Foreign Secretary Antho
ny Eden saw Soviet Foreign Minis
ter V. M. Molotov briefly Wednes
day morning. He was reported to
have told Molotov the - Western
powers definitely will not accept
Communist participation in any
supervisory agency.
The U. S. delegation at Geneva
has two views on how the cease-.
fire should be policed: -(Continued'
on Page 5, Col. 8)
Munitions at
Saigon Blasted
SAIGON, Indochina -Wl Huge
stores of explosives blew up today
in a French munitions dump near
Saigon's main residential section.
One person was killed and several
injured, y -
: Authorities feared the explosions
might go on for two days.
It was not ' immediately deter
mined whether the explosions re
sulted from an accident or sabo
tage by the Communist-led Viet
minh, many of whom are known
to be in Saigon. The French com
mand put the Saigon garrison on
an immediate alert and troops
were ordered to return -to their
billets at once.
Exploding mortar and artillery
shells sent thick columns of smoke
spewing from the depot. Tracer
shells lit the predawn sky.
One artillery shell boosted by
the blast killed a Vietnamese
woman a mile and a half away.
Air Academy
5!te Unoicked
WASHINGTON W-The Air Force
Wednesday backed away from mak"
ing an announcement on the Air
Academy site 30 minutes before
Secretary Harold Talbott was
scheduled to report the findings
of the commission which is to
recommend a choice.
The Air Force had no explana
tion for calling off the announce
ment, which reportedly was to say
the five-man group had failed to
reach unanimuos agreement on a
location for the 125 million dollar
military instiution.
The commission also was under
stood to have eliminated all but
three of the more than 400 loca
tions proposed by communities,
states, and civic interests.
Under the law, the Air Force
secretary would be required to
agree with a unanimous choice but
if there is disagreement, Talbott
is permitted to choose from among
the first three choices of the commission.
No Decision Reached
On Asian Intervention
WASHINGTON ifi President
Eisenhower said Wednesday he
has reached no decision on any
action -such as a possible congres
sional resolution to authorize
United States intervention in
Southeast Asia.
He told questioners at his news
conference that the government Is
exploring every possible line of ac
tion which might solve the prob
lems of this country and the free
world.
But he replied, in response to a
question concerning reports that a
resolution calling for "direct ac
tion" to check the Communist
threat in Southeast Asia may be
forthcoming, that he has noi. by
any manner of means, reached
U. S. Steps Up
Military Aid
To Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras Wl
The United States stepped up mili
tary aid Wednesday to Honduras,
southern neighbor of Communist
influenced Guatemala and a po
tential ally in blocking any Red
move toward the Panama Canal.
U. S. Army Col. M. C. Shattuck,
chief of the U. S. military mission
in Honduras, lined up a training
program for officers of a new 800
man combat battalion to be
whipped into shape.
The Honduran war minister.
Gen. Leonidas Pineda, announced
the United States is sending more
arms and tanks for the outfit.
Shattuck said his staff would be
gin training officers and non-coms
for the battalion at once.
Pineda said the additional arms
are en route here by ship to sup
plement weapons airlifted from
the United States last week after
it was learned Guatemala was get
ting arms from behind the Iron
Curtain. . N
French Destroy
String of Bases
HANOI, Indochina Wl The
French high command announced
Wednesday - massive bombing by
the French air force had destroyed
a "string of bases" of the Communist-led
Vietminh 12 miles east
of Hanoi. . . - , ?
A command spokesman said .30
fighters and 20 bombers blew up
huge arms depots and rebel caches
of war' materiel in villages they
had occupied near the vital high
way and railway ' linking Hanoi
with the seaport of Haiphong. -The
high command, spokesman
described the situation elsewhere
in the Red River delta as "calm."
Five Vietminh were - reported
killed and 18 captured in mopups.
For the fifth consecutive night,
the Vietnamese-manned defense
post of Cho Noi, near Hung Yen
southeast of Hanoi again beat off
a heavy Vietminh assault. The de
fenders had light losses, the
French said.
French warplanes gave close
support to the post while fresh
supplies of arms, ammunition and
food were parachuted to it.
The high command announced
that in accordance with an, agree
ment reached at Geneva, 575 sick
and wounded Vietminh prisoners
would be freed soon. This was de
scribed as a reciprocal gesture for
the Vietminh release of 858 French
wounded and 28 medical personnel
from Dien Bien Phu.
Technicians
Withdrawn
WASHINGTON Wi The United
States has started to withdraw
some 200 Air Force' technicians
rushed to Indochina to help main
tain French warplanes nearly
three months ago.
The Defense Department, how
ever, is reported considering allow
ing some American servicemen to
volunteer to assist French ground
crews in servicing planes blasting
away at Communist -led rebel
forces near Hanoi.
Diplomatic officials who report
ed this today said the evacuation
of American Air Force personnel
in no way should be regarded as
a lessening of American interest
in the future of Red threatened
Indochina.
The withdrawal, they empha
sized, is being carried out in ac
cordance with pledges to Congress
that the 2d9 technicians sent to
Indochina last March would be
pulled out by June 12. A substan
tial number, they said, already
have been returned to U.S. bases
in the Far East.-
any decision of that kind.
the President said also that cur
rent discussions involving Britain,
France, Australia, New Zealand
and this country are part of a con
tinuing process of military consul
tation. ' ,
The Anzus and French-British
discussions will be military only,
he declared, and will be aimed at
deciding what should be done to
implement such policies as are de
veloped by diplomatic officials.
The President s comments on
Southeast Asia came close 'on the
heels of information thai some 200
Air Force technicians rushed to
TnHnrhina In hplo maintain French
warplanes nearly" three months
ago are now being withdrawn,
ng
t
ommunism
Due Process
01 Law Utilized
In Prosecution
WASHINGTON Wl - Presidcu
Eisenhower said Wednesday his
administration has an impressive
list of accomplishments in fighting
communism and subversion.
The President made the state
ment at his news conference after
virtually barring questions on the
sharp controversy between mem
bers of his administration and Sen,
McCarthy (R-Wis).
One newsman, nevertheless. .
asked the President whether he ,
feels that McCarthy is hurting the
program.
A look of sharp annoyance came
over the President's face and after
a pause he turned away from the
questioner and snapped out that
he was ready for. the next ques
tion.
In ruling out questions about the
McCarthy-administration contro- ,
versy, the President said that
from now on he has just one ob
jectiveto get his legislative pro
gram enacted. .
And, in declaring that the t
ministration through the Jus: s
Department and the Federal Bu
reau of Investigation is doing a
good job in fighting communism
and subversion, Eisenhower made
public a report, from, the depart- -ment
listing what he called the
accomplishments of the adminis
tration during its first 16 months
in office. ,
Surveilance of Reds
In a prepared statement, Eisen
hower said "the constant surveil
lance of Communists in this coun
try, is a 24-hour seven-days-a-week, ..
52-weeks-a-ycar' job. It is carried
out by the appropriate federal
agencies, in conformance with due
process, of law. It is being done
quietly and relentlessly and those
who best know its effectiveness
are the' Communists themselves."
At the outset of the conference,
the President said that one word
communism seemed to get rnore .
attention these days than any oth
er. , '- ' .
. (Continued' on Page 5, Col. 2)
Ike Silent on
Onnenhefe
WASHINGTOM Wl - Pre:" '
Eisenhower refused Weilnsday .
voice his opinion of a secir' '
board's split decision barring D:. ,
J. Robert Oppenheimer from the
nation's secret atomic files. The
President said the case is still go
ing through a quasi-judicial proc
ess. The President reiterated - at a
news conference that he has great
admiration for the physicists' past
achievements.
The three members of a special
Atomic Energy Commission secur
ity board unanimously found op
penheimer to be a loyal citizen but y
decided, 2-1, that the famed atom-
ic physicist is not a good security
risk and recommended that he
continue to be barred from using
secret government files for . nu
clear research.
Oppenheimer's lawyers, who an
nounced the decision of the AEC
board Tuesday, appealed to the
commission for a reversal of the
decision.
Eisenhower tod questioners who ,
sought his viw on the decision
that the case is still going through
a jasi-judicial process and until
there would be no point in a White
House expression of opinion. ;
Wants Labor on
Reserve Bank
WASHINGTON Wi '- John L.
Lewis, president of the United
Mineworkers (Ind), says he wants
a labor representative on the board
of governors of the federal reserve
system, the nation's central bank.
Lewis, who is reported to be in
control of large banking interests
in the capital, suggested in a let
ter he personally delivered to Sec
retary of the Treasury Humphrey
Tuesday that "qualified represent- .
atives of the agricultural and labor
population" to be put on the seven
man Reserve Board.
Humphrey, an old acquaintance
of Lewis, a few hours later re- '
plied in a letter headed "Dear
John" and saying 'we appreciate
very much your suggestion." -
There are two posts to be filled -on
the Reserve Board and there (
has been no official indication as
to when or now the appointments
would be made. Board Chairman .
William McChesney Martin Jr. has ,
advocated reducing the board to a .
five-man panel. However, it was
authoritatively learned that the
Eisenhower : administration has
j overruled Martin and ha3 decided
'to make the two appointments.