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69th Year, No. 13 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, January 17, 1957.
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C aortal A
Hih RedsStassen Disavows
Blast U.S.
'Grab'Aim
Vigilance Against
Ike Plan Set by
Chou, Bulgy
MOSCOW (UP)-The premiers
of Communist China and the Sov-j
iet Union today blasted the Ei-i
senhower doctrine as an American
attempt to take over control of
the Middle -East.
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai. '
just back from a tour of Poland
and Hungary, joined with Soviet
Premier Nikojai Bulganin in call
in for greater vigilance to com
bat the American Mideast plan.
Speak at 'Love Feast'
They spoke tn some 3,500 Mus
covites in a "friendship meeting"
in the Supreme Soviet Chamber
of the Kremlin.
Bulganin warmly supported Red
China's plea for n seat in the
United Nations and for the "liber
ation"' of Formosa.
The Soviet Premier also suggest
ed that Japan establish diplomat
ic relations with Peiping as has
been done with the Soviet Union.
Bulganin said that talks which
Soviet government and party of f i-
cials had with Chou and his dele-!
gation showed "at absolute iden-j
tity nf views on current interna-!
tional problems." i
Speeches Broadcast '
Chou. in his speech, agreed. But
he added that "at times not every
thing went well" in the relations
01 ine socialist couiir.es. Dut an
has been settled amicably."
The Kremlin meeting started
only a few- hours after Chou ar
rived from Budapest in a Soviet
TU104 jet airliner.
American correspondents were
harred from the meeting, a move
for which the press department of
the Foreign Ministry declined to
offer any explanation. But speech
es by Bulganin and Chou were
broadcast by Moscow Radio.
Also present at the "friendship
meeting" were Soviet Communist
party chief Nikita Khrushchev,
(Continued on Page S Column 2)
Defense Posts
Given Shakeup
By Macmillan
LONDON CJP. Prime Minis
ter Harold Macmillan completed
formation of his new conservative
government today, concentrating
on a shakeup in the armed forces
as the prelude to expected sharp
cuts in defense spending.
Macmillan's second list of min
isters, who serve those under the
regular cabinet, included a coal
miner who will act as supply min
ister and a bomber pilot as air
secretary.
The new first lord of the ad-1
miralty i secretary of the navyi,
the Earl of Selkirk, got his only
military experience in the army.
The new military appointees in
clude the 50-ycar-old Selkirk as
first lord of the admiralty: John
Hare. 4."i, war secretary; George
Ward. 49, air secretary, and Aub
rey .loin's, 4.5. minister of supply
in charge of procurement.
Ward was a wartime bomber
pilot who served as air undersec
retary under Eden and Sir Win
ston Churchill.
Jones is notable among the aris
tocratic members of the Macmil
lan government in that he is a
miner's son who left school at 14
to work in the coal pits. He was
Eden's minister of fuel and pow-
Mercury Dips
To 21 in Citv
J
Thermometers skidded to the low
rns in the Salem area over
night, the minimum in the city
this morning hittine 21.
More shivery weather is in store
over tonight and Saturday, says
the weather bureau. P.ut the clear
weather is due to continue, mean
ing sunshine and bright skies.
Highways of the state are re
ported in good condition today.
Only major point listed as needing
chains for travel in Timberline.
At all other points roads were
bare or sanded.
DO YOU
KNOW
Dillingrr first ran Into
Irnuble with the FBI be
eaue he drove a utolrn
autnmnbile across a
state line.
Read
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Src.l-Pnsf 6
Anti-Nixon Words
Sent in His Name
Telegram Sent on
GOP Chief Said
Fraudulent
WASHINGTON ttfi Harold E.
Stasserv Thursday branded "fraud
ulent" a telegram over his name
urging the Republican National
Committee to keep the party and
country "safe" from Vice Presi
dent Nixon and Sen. William F.
Know land.
The telegram was a brief sen
sation in maneuvering over the
approaching election of a new Re
publican national chairman to suc
ceed Leonard Hall, who has re
signed effective Feb. 1.
Rep. B. Carroll Reece of Ten
nessee, a committee member and
onetime national committeeman,
told reporters he had received the
telegram from Stamford, Conn.,
Rayburn Puts
Weight Behind
-East Plan1
Supports Aid, Military
Provisions Opposed
By 3Iany Demos
WASHINGTON (A House
Speaker Rayburn (Tex) said
Thursday he "leans very strong
ly" toward giving President Ei
senhower the economic aid auth
ority he seeks fbr the Middle
East.
itayburn publicly threw his sup-1
port also behind the other major
proposal in the Eisenhower plan,
providing advance authority to
use U. S. forces in the Middle
East in case of open Communist
attack there.
Rayburn gave his endorsement
in the face of criticism by mem
bers of his own party against the
Eisenhower proposal.
The House Democratic leader
specifically said he is opposed to
separating the economic part of
the Eisenhower plan from the
military, or passing a mere con
gressional declaration of intent on
(he Middle East that would not
have the force of law. Both pro
posals have been pushed by a
number of Democrats.
Rayburn announced his stand at
a news conference while Gen. Al
fred M. Gruenther was "whole
heartedly endorsing the Eisen
hower proposal in testimony be
fore the House Foreign Affairs
Committee. That group is consid
ering a resolution to carry out
the Eisenhower ideas.
The retired general, former
commander of North Atlantic
Treaty Organization forces and
now head of th American Red
Cross, testified in secret but a
summary was given out later.
In that statement Gruenther said
a serious threat to peace exists
in the Middle East and will "wor
sen" unless the Eisenhower plan
for the troubled area is adopted
quickly.
Gasoline, Oil
Prices Upped
SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Stand
ard Oil Company of California to
day increased the price of gaso
line by one-half cent a gallon in
California. Oregon. Washington,
Arizona, Nevada, Alaska and Ha
waii. Other major companies were ex-
pected to follow suit, although nonresident Richard M. Nixon, has
other price increases were an-an inaugural ball beauty prob
nounced immediately. ! iem
Manaara saia ine one-hall cent
increase also applied to heating
and diesel oils and liquified pet
roleum gas. Heavy fuel oil in
creased by 15 cents a barrel.
The increase was forced by the
"general increases in crude and
produce prices recently effected
I in other pans of the United States
J and the western hemisphere," the
, company said.
16 Cold Grips Central Oregon;
BPAO
llt)Ut
By THE ASSOCIATKD PRKSS
A cold wave brought tempera -
l-res as low as lb Mow zero in -
the Pacific Northwest Thursdavj
and resulted ir an all-time peak
for generation of electric power
by the Bonneville svstem
TV, a 1C n)A ... - ! I.
Ore., in the high desert country
a uv mm was m riiiiiUH.
between Klamath Kails and Bend.
ll was ii neiow at .Meacham. he-
tween Pendleton and i.a Grande
in Oregon's Blue Mountains, and
10 at Bend, Ore., and Ellensburg
Wash. Below zero mark. r.
lommnn ai oiner points east 01
the Cascade .Mountains.
Bonneville Power Administra -
tion reported the power demand
in th, cold snap brought a new
generating peak for 5 to pm
iTJaesday. an average output of
I mm kilowatts at that time
Tin previous hih was 4,795.000
signed with Stassen's name. Reece
said it read:
"The time has come for liberals
to take a stand. Let's keep the
future of the party and country
safe from the Nixons and Know
lands. Let's elect Meade Alcorn
chairman and really clean up the
mess."
Alcorn Has Inside Track
Alcorn, GOP national commit
teeman from Connecticut, report
edly has the inside track for elec
tion to succeed Hall.
Reece said he knew of other
GOP committee members who
had similar communications.
Stasscn, special assistant to
President Eisenhower for disarm
ament problems, was in New
York for the United Nations meet
ing. Reached by reporters there,
Stassen said:
"I have sent no telegram. 1
have authorized no telegram. This
false and fraudulent telegram
and 1 am starting an immediate
investigation to find out who is
responsible for putting my name
on it.
No Penally for Hoax
Federal law makes no provision
for punishing the sending of fake
telegrams which simply perpetrate
a hoax not involving money fraud.
subcommittee will be named
turday to confer with President
Eisenhower and report recom
mendations on Hall's successor to
the full GOP National Committee
at a meeting here next Tuesday.
Stassen has been among the
group of Republicans who speak
of themselves as liberals.
Stassen sought vainly for weeks
last year to prevent Vice Presi
dent Nixon's renomination by the
GOP national convention in San
Francisco.
Water District
Seeks to Shift
Mains Charges
The Vista Heights water district
has requested that the cast of
making changes and improve
ments in its mains be charged
against property owners whenever
streets are improved in the area
served by this utility.
This information was contained;
in a lettpr to the Marion county
court from Charles R. Shaw, chair-1
man of the board of directors of!
the district.
The issue was brought up as the
result of the hard surlacing of
Peace street and Vista avenue
several months ago. During the
improvement it was necessary to
make several changes in the water
lines. Shaw told the court that the
district had no funds with which
to reimburse the county for the j
cost of the changes and therefore I
was required to place an ad val
orem tax against all property
owners served by the Vista Heights
organization.
Shaw asked that the district
board be informed when any im
provements of this nature are
pending, and that the cost of
making changes to its lines be as-
jsesscd against the property owners
affected,
The court took no official action,
but during the discussion of the
matter it was pointed out that
public unities, such as the Port-
land General Electric Co. and the!
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
to., absorb all of the costs in
volved in the moving of their lines
when it became necessary to wid
en or straighten county roods.
Julie yiixon to Wear
Shiner at Inaugural
WASHINGTON (VP) Julie
Vivnn ft.vnnr.nlrl H atiohtor ft Xira
while
sleizhridinc this. week.
her sled tipped over. Now she is
sporting a DiacK eye.
Weather Details
today, si. Total If-hour prrnplu-
non: (i; (or month: 2; normal.
.lil'.'".'.'!,"' 1'i,-3,'j..nor,T.1'
por. .," tV u.Vh " ", ',
Hits
I A Bonneville sopkesman said
the system's power pool handled'
the load without difficulty. I
The lnrtrxt ua for omewh.it '
warmer Friday in most of the'
Northwest
ce in the Snake River caused
! I
, ... ,
suspension nier.e oy inc '.u
'u " "Z ,:
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1 v"""
' Zero temperatures were report- j.;. rjoodman to reorganize ils ad
A week-long cold wave eased ea as far south as Tennessee. iministraiive ornredure. ofipnno
up a bit in the Midwes. Thursday
...v- v. ....,....
(blows in the East.
i No general relief from the sea-
son's loneest co! : snap across the
eastern half of the nation ap-
pcared insi-:y
The merews V In Iflon
, in Voungstowr ". a
,ail-Um :.Thi tttanf JO,La.e n4 On.o Vawcy today, .
AF Plane
Piles Up
In Alaska
None Survive; 12
Thought Aboard;
Ship Burns
FAIRBANKS, Alaska un A
four-engine Air Force weather re
connaissance plane crashed and
exploded into flames shortly afler
its takeoff from Kielson Air Force
base early Thursday.
The WB29 normally carried a
crew of 12 on weather flishts.
A witness said it appeared un
likely anyone could have survived
the crash and the ensuing inferno.
Police later reported there were
no survivors.
Converted Bomber
The weather plane was one of
the converted models of the Boe-
B29 propeller-driven Super-
'orlress of World War II
Th- nrc-dawn crash occurred
about three miles from Eielson.
The base is about 26 miles south
east of this central Alaska city.
.Mrs. Jeanne Thomas Jones,
who operates the Moose Creek
Lodge near the crash scene, said
there was "a great red flash"
when the plane struck:
The plane did not appear to
have been airborne long . enough
to allow any of the crew a chance
to parachute, even if they had
warning of impending disaster.
"First we thought it was a
home on fire." Mrs. Jones told
The Daily News-Miner. "But we
had just heard the plane overhead
iso we suddenly realized it was;"3 10 assurances, mat ine
the weather fliphl "
On Aleutians Flight
Th. .i,.. hniuivmi in
been taking off for the weather
flight u-hirh runs far In the south-
west over the Aleutian Islands and
the Bcrinfi Sea.
The crash came at about 7:10 m ."m" inv m i .-. rc
a.m. It is still dark at that hour ma'n Vtn ,0 I.sradl snPPinK
in the Far North at this time of ?nd ln! Gza ?rln ncvor "R"1"
v(,ar .became a base for Lgyplian com-
The flames were still visible for'"nuo "euayceni raios
miles an hour afler the crash.
Mrs. Jones said tracked snow
vehicles from the air base started
toward the area to break a trail
from the highway. She said the
crash occurred about a mile from
the main highway.
A light snow was falling and the
coiling was down to 800 leet at
takeoff. '
The terrain in the area is flat.
snow-covered and with ft sparse
growth of trees,
The last previous crash of one
of the four-engined weather planes
was last September along ine
Susitna River, north of Anchor
age. Eleven men died. That
crash came after a long record
of safe flying on the regular tri
angular weather runs lo the Aleu
tians and to th: North Pole.
Holdup Foiled;
Toy Gun Used
PORTLAND 'UP' A would-be
UP' A would-be
holdup man was foiled by a man!
and his wife last night
William W. Cameron, who oper
ates a grocery, told police a man
came into the store while six cus
tomers wore present and pointed
a gun at his wife, Euela.
Cameron, who was behind the
meat counter, heard the man de
mand the money and told his wife
to follow the order.
Then Cameron walked over to
the gunman and grabbed the mon
ey back. His wife added a bop on
the head from an empty cash
drawer.
The would - be robber dropped
his gun and fled.
Cameron said he had noticed
. that the gun was a toy pistol.
Theater Set on Fire
Hv Popcorn Machine
PORTLAND (I'PI Fire which
broke out in a popcorn machine
resulted in about Sin.oon damage
to the Roscway theater yesterday
afternoon.
Firemen said the blaze spread
tn thf Inhhv nf th hinlHin? and
Airl n.iHhi. H,m ihnr
A lamny living in an upstairs
apartment was routed by thc!slon today charged that the J.
bla7e but no injuries were re-; Henry Hclscr and Co. investment
1 ported. I cminselhng firm had failed to com-
All-Time High
! temperatures for the dale were
set: Harrisburg. Pa., 2 above:
Pittsburgh. -6: Parkersburg. W.
Va.. -9: Columbus. Ohio, Cleve-
- -
West Virginia shivered in the
IfrL"'!:
inks
ings were the rule throughout the
stale 8nd K!kins jn ,be Randolph
state and hlkins in the Randolph Kennanier said that the coin
County Mountains had -It. B i-s Ims.,on intended lo show ' ."'
c"
..savage
Mountain in western
Maryland also recorded -14.
The so-called warming trend in
par5 OI lnc nuiui nim.i m i
was , little on the freakish side.'
climatically. Arctic air normally!
flows into the country from Can-1
ada. But during the night much
warmer a;r spread across the
border. It was expected to move
.W!y aastwaM into the Great
LATE
FLASHES
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.,
(UP) Two Marines were killed
and three others injured today
during an arrlal phase of ''Oper
ation Ski Jump," a joint Navy
Marine Corps train in k exercise
involving 20,000 servicemen.
HOLLYWOOD (UP)-A doctor
who examined actress Marie Mc
Donald when she Has found wan
dering In the desert after a kid
naping said today it would hp a
violation of professional ethics
to say whether she had been
crfcnlnally attacked.
Israel Insists
On UN Guard
For Gaza
H.Y
UNITED NATIONS, N Y. (fl
Israel Thursday expressed a will
ingness to withdraw its forces
from the Gaza Strip and the Gulf
of Aqaba region in the Sinai Des
ert if the U.N. can agree on ar
rangements to safeguard Israeli
interests. .
Foreign Minister Golda Weir
told the General Assembly that
Israel was ready to discuss with
drawal from both areas, the only
ones which will be held by Is
rael's invading forces after next
Tuesday.
She spoke after Mahmoud Faw-
zi, Lgyptian foreign minister, had
declared that Israel's failure to
withdraw her forces behind the
1949 armistice line is "threaten
ing peace in the Middle East and
beyond."
Mrs. ' Meir ' said there would
u.is. luices wuuio remain in inose
u,ml ve oriangc-
menus were made to prevent a
jfc,urn ' pre-invasion situa.
,lon-
Sne aid the Israeli objectives
were tn make sure that the Gulf
Labor Probers
Link Gangster
To Teamsters
WASHINGTON ir - The Senate
investigations subcommittee, in a
row with a balky witness and his
lawyer, heard charges Thursday
of "hoodlum" influence and the
'stealing" of funds in New York
city labor unions.
The name of John (Johnny Diol
Dioguardia, a gangster indicted
in connection with the acid blind
ing of labor columnist Victor Itie
sel, popped up quickly in the public
hearing.
Wrangling started shortly after
Robert F. Kennedy, subcommit-
Kenned;
nsel, was called as a wit-
trace the history of AFI.-
Teamsters Union Loral 284.
Kennedy said he agreed with
Chairman McClellan iD-Ark that
the local was established
manipulation to get gain and
profit for individual officers of the
union," as McClellan had phiased
it.
Fred Virgilio of Brooklyn. N.Y.,
described by the subcommittee as
a trustee of the local, then was
called to the witness stand and
invoked the Fifth Amendment in
refusing to tell how he earns his
living or whether he is a member
of any union.
Virgilio attempt."! to challenge
the subcommittee's authority to
question him at all, and his New
York lawyer, f-ron Reich, d i d
voice the challenge after McClel
lan refused to accept it from Vir
gilio. SEC Charges
s l
Ignored
Ul'dCI'
By Hclscr Co.
I SAX FRANCISCO U'P) The
piy wnn a leoerai orner in its
dealings with snme 6.000 clients.
The Reiser Co. was placed un
der an order April 2!t, laVi after
the SKC sought to enjoin the com
pany from practices alleyd to be
in violation of the Federal invest
ment and security pad.
The SKC accused Hel-rr and
Co. of "Iraud and mis-represent-aiion"
in its dealings uith clients
halving investment of t;z million
in cah and securities.
Todav'i charge- . tr.ade hv
SKC Attorney Frank Kcnnamcr
jr ,ipr tl(. t0mTOn
di'nTal ' lhe ,m 'ernment
complaint
.anl,al lack nf rninnlianrr" w.lh
8n ord(.r 0f f ederal Judze tauis
brochures and fee schedule.
KRF.Nf'll KILL 40 RKRKLS
ALGIERS French forces
Thursday claimed 40 nationalist
rebels were slain in military op-
erati.ns w r'-.'Hion.lwn Algeria.
V amMtaf ( fttmh, fcswj
fw giVW.
Pea:
Helm on 15 -14 Vote, But
Still Remains Candidate
Party Committees Seek Senate Harmony
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3 Californians
Die Near Bend
In Auto Wreck
RKND W Three persons were
killed outright in a highway crash
near here and a fourth person, at
first believed dead, was being
treated in a hospital here Thurs
day for severe injuries.
Klmcr (Jriffen. 18, his young
wife and their infant child, of
W'interhaven, Calif., died Wednes
day when their car collided head
on with a truck on a highwuy
northwest of here. His mother.
Mrs. Mary Frames (iriffen, also
a passenger in the car, was at
first thought dead also. Later,
however, she was found to be
alive and was taken to a Rend
hospital. She is the wife of Krnest
(iriffen, Sisters. Ore., rancher,
Police said that an empty log-1 committee. More will be intro
ging truck, driven by Marvin T. duced Friday.
Meek, started to pass a snow plow Speaker Suggested Plan
that was blowing a cloud of snow Speaker of the Rouse Pat Dool-
across the roadway. The truck
collided hcarlon with Ihe onrnm -
mg passenger car, police said.
Merk suffered minor injuries.
Fringe Study Units
Outline Procedures
By STKl'HKV A. STONK
faplt.il Journal AHMirlate Kitilor
'J he luu commit l'i-s that are
iiiuiking a study of S.dcm's fringe jtricts and can be ued by them at
Urcii problems, one appointed by a Inter date, (toy If a r land, who is
Ih1 S.ilfiu Ctwiiiiher of Commerce, ! a member of the Salem Chamber
itlie other by the South Salem committee, probably will repre
U'hamtier. met Wednesday night i ,ent Keier as an observer.
Und outlined a plan of procedure.! lierglnnd called upon Freeman
It is the intention not to let the , Holm.?rt Willamette university lac
matter drag, and to complete thcjulty member, for ,an outline of
job and make recommendations procedure in the study, and the
in a lew weeks time. 'committers adopted the following
1 KImer Berglund, chairman of plan:
the .Salem committee, presided. A 'Micy will try to complete the
I statement of purpose said the in-j job in four months, and this time
tcntmn is to lind the most prac
tical and efficient method of pro
viding desired or required urban
services for the area contiguous to
the city in Ihe South Salem dm -
irict "
i However, the study will not be
i confined to that area, and Chair-,
jman Berjlund was authorized to
! invite in a nWrrvrr r observer?.1
, f r I v.-r ( w mr lvt. Salrm
sSzt&fe8Gwr to vftnk witti tin grouj
uoSeao ;o C?T6J0ATun
fag J-;
The Oregon Senate was (III disorganized and deadlorkrd Thurs
day morning with both parties sending (heir negotiating com mitt res
back Into conference In hopes of reaching a compromise. Top
photo Is the once-dlsmlisrd and newly appointed Republican com
mittee which includes (left to right) Carl Franels. Dayton; I.ee
Ohmart, .Salem; Phillip Lowry, Medford. The Democratic group,
brlow, Inrludrs (left to right Alfred Corbett, Portland; Harry
Roivfn, Klamath Falls; Ward Cook, Portland. (Capital Journal
Photos)
Appropriations Bills
Take House Priority
By JAMF.S D. OLSOV
Capital Journal Writer
For the first time In Oregon's
legislative history, appropriations
bills are being introduced at the
beginning of the session instead of
in the closing days.
Twenty such bills, out of more
than 100, predicated on the budget
presented by former Gov. Klmo
Smith, were introduced Thursday
i by the houf.e ways and means
i py, who suggested the plan said
"This method will give members
of the house an opportunity to be
I come acquainted with hills dealing
i
It was tl.oujjht that much of the!
study of South Salem will be up-1
plicuble to Kit other Inline (lis !
- 1 will he Droxen flown into eight
- 1 breakfast meetings on every other
Tuesday morning at the Marion
Hotel at 7 o'clock. The meeting
, dates and subjects for discussion
at each will be:
January 2fl Study the existing
policies of the city, county and
district hoards relative to services.
February 12 Study of the pres-
fnl r.U rtf vrrv
tConUnutd m Fift i, CeL ii
clines Senate
with the state's finances, rather
than passing a flood of bills, of
which they know little, in the last
few days of the session."
Itep. Robert J. Steward, clui
man of the home ways and means
committee, explained that these
bills will be amended according to
actio of the joint ways and means
committee, alter which the ongi
nal bill and amendments will be
reported back to the house for ac
tion. The appropriations bills are be
ing prepared in the same sequence
as the various slate department
budgets appear in the large budget
furnished each member of the leg
islature.
Confusion In Past
.Steward said that many mem
bers of the legislature not serving
on the ways and means commit
tee in past sessions have often
been confused by the avalanche of
money bills piling in late in the
the session, and voted on with
! such rapidity that some did not
learn what appropriations
been made until after they had re
turned home.
Thr plan. Steward explained,
will be consideration of the appro
priations bilU by the Joint ways
and means committee, throuxli its
suh-commilters, and piepaialion
ol .ihor( amendments covering anv
chances in the budget voted by the
joint committee.
Wrary of Wailing
The house ways and means com
mittee held its first meeting
WndnPkrtav hpriirninff weary of
u.'itint fnr iu unaie to complete!
organization. Speaker Dooley said
that he found nothing in the consu
tution preventing the house com
j mittre from taking neparate ac-
tion.
"I want the members of the
bouse to get down to work on the
job the people sent us lo :aiem
tn do " Soeaker Dnoley said. "And
: lo do," Speaker Dooley said
that oe lor all of the house com-1
m,ii.n t want them tn learn the'.
ropes while Ihev are working on
bills, and not delay the work b
icldinf lonj tcrtt of. beviug'-"
Deadlock Not
Any Nearer
Solution
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
Aaaorlatrd Presi Wrllfr
Sen. Walter J. Pearson. D.,
Portland, told the Oreeon Senalt
Thursday he wouldn't accept ill
presidency on the basis of Wednes
day's 15-14 vote, but that he still
was an active candidate (or the
position.
As the Legislature becan ils
fourth day, the Senate remained
unorganized, and with no Immedi
ate hope of getting under way
soon.
Pearson said he considers that
he was legally elected on the
ground that only a bare majority
of members present is needed.
The ltepublicans claim 'that 18
votes arc necessary. Each party'
has 15 members of this new Sen
ate.
Contest Would Add Delay .
However, he said, the Demo
crats "feel that if this election of
mine is contested by the Repub
lican senators in Ihe courts, it
would undoubtedly delay the or
ganization of this Senate for at
least two weeks and therefore
would be very eoitly to the tax-
payers of Oregon.
He said too that "I feel the
Democratic Party and myself
particularly should not accept the
presidency on a parliamentary
maneuver even though it was
mode to break this deadlock."
Sen. Kudie Wi helm (HI. Pnrt.
land, was absent Wednesday from
ine evenly split Senate, thus en
abling the Democrats to get a
one -vole margin. Sen. Warren
Gill. Lebanon, is the Republican
candidate for the presidency.
new lommmee run
The Senate also remained dead
locked over the apportionment of
committees. . . y -
The Democrats came lip with a
new proposal to give themselves
their choice of four, and then
committees after that would alter
nate between the parties.
While the Republicans haven't
considered this, several Republi
can leaders said they would not
accept.'
'The new proposal Js entirely
unacceptable," Sen. Lee Ohmart
(Ml. Salem, said, "and there is
no degree of equity in it. It would
give the Democrats six out of
eight major committees. If we go
for that, 1 would rather go all tht
way and have the Republicans as-,
sume no responsibility." -
Another Republican leader. Sen.
Philip S. Lowry tR, Medford,
said "the Democratic proposal
provides that the Republicans
would abandon all responsibility
for state government. It doesn't
conform to the democratic agree
ment for an equitable apportion
ment of committees.
'The heart of the legislative
process lies in the committees,
and if the Democratic proposal
would prevail, the Republicans
wouldn't be assuming their prop
er responsibility. I do not intend
to abandon that responsibility.
Let Co, Too, Says Gill
After Pearson made his an
nouncement lha. he wouldn't take
the presidency on the basis of
Wednesday's vote, Sen. Warren
Gill i R i, Lebanon, told the Sen
ale: "When I was a small hoy I
grabbed a jackass by the tail, and
t let go of il, too."
The Democrats made a propos
al that there be a clear under
standing that IS votes be neces
sary to cirri, and the Republicans
appeared likely to accept it.
Relorc recessing unlil 2 p. m ,
Ihe Senate tuok two more tie
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