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Salem, Oregon, Friday, February 15, 1957 Page 2 Section 1 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Negro Leaders Talk Of March on Capital ctu'ivv MK1SIER Ibv the Southern Negro Leaders , King, leader of Ihe Montgomery By STAM.hi Mh.iM.fcK '"";' ,,aHnrt bv the Rev. bus boycott, said he did not know NEW ORLEANS - Negro Co nfe e 'uaded b Ztgom- exactly what form the pilgrimage leaders say they envision thou-, .Martin Uitncr wag . u M Special Education for Cahills United After Prison Release Gif ted Children Asked l X i W;4 A ! By House School Unit . 'Do Pass' Stamp Is 7nn PAa ,n.:Amsv, Vwl on Astoria Bridge Hill By DICK HI.'MPHKKY I'nitrd Press Staff Correspondent A bill appropriating 550.000 to t'lC superintendent of public in Mwiclinn to set up a program (or rlticiilini! specially liiftrd children whs before t'le joint ways and : districts took their battle to the the measure. Leader of the pro rians committee today. I stale SemUe last night when they ponents was Leonard Mayfield, 4 recommendation of "do pass" was jjiven the hill by Ihe House ICducalion Comm'ttce yesterday, ''lie group also discussed a con Iroversial hill which would enahlc I'lC.-superintendcnt to refuse lo is s:u'or to revoke teaching certifi ers of any person convicted of a felony or a sex crime. No Action Taken No action was taken on the sex crime bill. Also coing to ways and means ; wall the oo pass .rocommenda' t n of the House Highways Com mittec was the bill appropriating f'SO.OOO in highway funds lor dc s'gn of a new bridge across the Columbia river at Astoria. The $34 million bridge would be constructed jointly by Oregon and Washington. Witnesses previously testified before the highway com mittee, that the bridge was a nec rssily for the economy of north western Oregon and would bene fit the whole stale. 'M Ihe education meet. Cecil I'Dsey of the Oregon Education JHociation said the education of gifled children was "Ihe most promising and most challenging area in education today." Only opposition to the bill was voiced by Hep. Keith Nkelton. Eu gene Democrat, who favored the idea but doubted the wisdom of starting a program while the slate was in the midst of a "recession." ' Sex Kill Draws Fire The bill asking mandatory re voking of teachers' certificates in cases of felonies or sex crimes drew some committee fire be cause felonies included involun tary manslaughter and other crimes involving negligence. Jim Turnbull of the state de partment of education said the hill was aimed mainly at preventing sex crimintals from teaching. He said there were only "three or four" such cases in Oregon in volving teachers last year, none of them involving children. I Other Highlights Key District: A proposal fo change distribution of basic school funds drew an overflow crowd to n public hearing Inst night. Port land educators spoke out against the plan while spokesmen from upstate western Oregon spoke in favor of it. Ad Vatoruin: Republican Sens. Philip B. Lowry, Medford. and Hudlc Wilhelm ,lr., Portland, had ready for Senate introduction a hill setting an ad valnrum tax ratio on utilities 30 per cent high er! than on other classes of prop erly. They said the practice is be ing followed in many other states.. Deductions: Farm corporations would be allowed up to 2"i per cent deduction on corporation excise laxes for soil or wnler conserva tion expenses under a bill passing Hie House. ,; Aging: A Scnalc bill would cre ak! a council on aging and a citi zens advisory committee on aging, In study the problems of elderly persons and report back to the Covernor every other year, on Ihe eve of the legislative session. ,nlinr: Labor and employer rep resentatives clashed at a bearing on changes labor would like made in. ; the workmen's compensation law. Labor representatives sought to eliminate accident caused hv violent and external means as a definition of injury. Opponents called it an "on-the-job health bill Umpqiia Lakes Fishing PJan Hearing Set The Senalr C, a m e Commiilee Thursday set next Mmui.-iv nih.r. noon for consideration of hills o permit hoal angling on hk, formed by dams on the North I'mpuua River, and creation of an advisory committee on hum in- seasons in Klamath nnd Lake conn ties. The committee aKo will take! up a hill to open l.ij I ,-ikr mj Deschutes and Klamath counties lo fly fishing. The commiilee hc.ud slate' game nllieials estimate JULum will be spent to clear out all trash fish in Ihe Ten-Mile Lakes' system. Game Director Pete Schneider said some vn inn might he effected if experiments I prove more economical and pin- dure a poison deadlier lhan role-! none. I The commission spenl $M(i.oool last summer clearing trash fnhi from Devils Lake in Lincoln Conn-' ty. Schneider said the prolcct was1 highly Micccsslul, although some ! carp eggs escaped trealment be-1 cause Ihe water cleared loo rap-; idly. . He said the growth of (tout planted alter the treatment has been above expectations. HEARING SKT and ;The Senate State and Federal Affair committee will hold a hiring flt 7;.Tn pm, Vednpdny on a House-passed memorial ask ing Congrr.ifi in provide funds to build a high dam it Hells Canyon. Schoolmen Back Key District Plan Orcijfin schoolmen fishtini! for I Portland, Klamuth Falls and more twins lor tneir n.'u u-pi cs.seo i testified at a hearing on the con- Iroversial "key district" plan of school support. An estimated 7(10 persons over flowed a Senate bearing room to hear upstate school directors nnd superintendents defend the that would equalize school bill ! tax millages throughout the stale but force large districts like Portland to foot the school hill for many smaller less solvent districts. Farmers Seek Right to Road Shift Damages A plea for amendment of the highway code In permit owners of properly outside incorporated cities to file for damages against the stale, when damage is caused by change of grades, was made Thursday at n meeting of the Ore gon house highway committee. Under the present law, owners of properly adjacent to city streets arc allowed to .seek damages cauS' ed by grade changes. All people in the state should have Ihe same rights, George Dewey, executive secretary of Ihe Oregon farm bureau, said in sup port of the bill. If it is right for properly own ers, living within the limits of an incorporated city, to recover dam ages from grade changes, then thai same right should be given to owners of rural properly." Robert L. May, .Jr., member of the highway department's legal staff, opposed passage of the amendment, stating that the pres ent law only applies to city streets and not to highways located with in cities. "Perhaps, if you approve this bill, the property owners adjacent (o the highway should be assessed for part of the cost of the high way," May said. Representatives of Oregon Rural Mail Carriers association appeared before Ihe committee In urge pass age of a law permitting rural mail carriers to use Hashing amber lights on each end of a sign at the rear of their vehicles. Action on (lie bill was deferred by the committee to allow n num ber of amendments to be made. Krizcr to Wrlromc INW Branch Hank KK1KKH (Special) Members of the Lions club and the fire depart ment will conduct welcome cere monies Saturday al the site of the new Keier branch of the First National Hank of Portland. The two groups of men will erect a sign designating the corner of North River road and Juedes street as Ihe sile where Ihe bank will be built. Construction is sched uled In start in March. MEET THE LEGISLATORS kit. lioitritr m:v.nT Hip. Hi.ti.il A. IWmirtl. HO, rirll;iml. n ri'liu ncil to the I i-7 lettM.ilurp niter luiYing M't vcrf In Ihrcp m vlous serious, l!)U, Mitt nnd m?. Hrp. HrnnrlC loni! prac ticed In Port limit, nnd lt.n hrrn nrllvr In rlvir nnd fralrrn.il nr giinlrnllnnt, Mr win horn In OMo rnimly, Kv., I'rlir nary 12, 18S9 and ftprnt tiU bnhnmt day In thnl Ktulr. HI Nt unik In Ori'Kiin wan n n Im-omollvr rntifnrrr for Union Tar. fir In I'HVl. llr I lien iiioird tn ( hrUniitn, 111., uhrre r mitred In lie unit nut Inn lnrss, iTtut nlnR In O r r r n n Mhrre lir KnMird hl law train ing Al Nfli thuetlern t ollrRr nl Law. llr xu admitted to tor h.ir tn 1!r9, Krp. HftinrU trrvrd Irtm n rh.im rllor ol ilir Orrcon Knleht n( TylhtiH. llr tt ft Maton, Shrinrr and nirntltrr of thf MrlhodUt rluirrh. In (lir nnd PIT rlnn In Ihr housf, Hrp, IWnnrli at rhnlriiiiin of thr Important ir vl&lnn nf laui rommittrf. live, or six oyiui uisiniis uf superintendent of Medford schools, He said it would correct the in equities in the support fund dis tribution law that went into effect in l!M7. "We have a key district now, but it is the poor district, not the wealthy one," he said. His view was supported by James King, Lebanon superintend ent. Portland was joined by A. L. firalaap of Klamath Falls who said his district bad found a good part of the solution to its financing problems Ihrough belter organiza tion. He s u g g e s I e d lhat many other districts might do Ihe same thing. Luke County Joins Portland Anne Sprague, Lake county school superintendent who also spoke for Harney county, said that under the bill seven rural school districts in caslern Oregon would "put into the pot 50 per cent and receive back 19 per cent" of school support money. Herbert Schwab, chairman of the Portland school board, and Dr. Howard Cherry, Portland school director, made the same argument. They said the "key dis trict" plan would force Portland taxpayers to pay the state $18 mil lion for school support while get ting back only $7 million for its own schools. They challenged the principle of Hie plan and asserted lhat it would cripple the school system in which a large part of the state's children are being educated. Supporters of the bill included Carl Gehlert of Coos Bay, Glen Smith of (he Jackson county rural school board, Charles Schmidt of Salem schools, and Clarence Hyde, superintendent of Kugcnc schools. They contended that wealthier school districts should compensate poorer d i s t r i cts unable to reach proper school standards. Lanza Phones Grandmother PHILADELPHIA iJD Singer Mario Lanza is cheering up his seriously ill fll-ycar-old grand mother by phone from the West Coasl. He palls Mrs. Klisa Lanza everv day. She is recovering in Metro politan Hospital from a stroke suf fered last week. Miss Hilda Lanza, a laboratory technican at the hospital and Lan za's aunt, said her mother ws in ba's aunt, said her mother was in partially recovered when Lanza first phoned. , Mrs. Lanza recognized his voice ind brightened up considerably, her daughter said. Mrs. Lanza is reported improving. Lanza, a Philadelphia native. frequently sings over the telephone for his grandmother, Ihe aunt re ported. vi:hm: cady Hip. Vrmr N. C'ndy !. Itoiit. U uitr of Ilir many new nirmlirrit of thr lower house of the IrttKliiltirr. Ho was horti at IVllenn HnpliU. Minn., Hit. M. UH1H. nnd nt trndrd nrhonN Ihrre. Altrr jtrntl u.it Inn friiitt hlch srhool Hrp. Cady Mn rmnlnvrd hy (inmltlr .skosmo. Inr.. hi rhntn store oprrntor In mliNtlr wrM. llr rnmr In OrrRnn In 1911! nnd a pnrtnrr In n (tnrnRp untl srrvlrr ttutlim nl Cnvr .lunrllon unlll I9.i1 w hrn hr movrd tn soulhraslri n OrrRon nnd p U r rhmrd n Rtorrry lorr in Hurtu, Hrp. t'ndv tn brrn netlvr In I'iirrnl-Trnihrrs nnd hits brrn park (hittnunn for Hoy Seoul, llr h.is hrrn uillvr meinbrr of Mont tlub nnd Klki, mrnibrr of 1'itltnn I'rrrk RtanRr. Hrp. ( adv marrlrd and hat t n sunt, llr tironxty fnvors limrr laxrt nnd Irucr flair rnm milnnv Hrp. Cadi- hat (hrrr Importaot comnilttrr uttltnmrntt. Hr It trr rhalrnian nf nlrohollc ron j Irnl, anif mrnibrr nf hntir hlch- : wa nnd lood nnd rinlrvlnR com- I mitlrrs. ( It was a happy reunion outside the Or egon Slate Prison Thursday afternoon as Otto W. C'ahlll was greeted hy his wife (inldlc after being freed from a one-year sentence by a commutation from Gov. Holmes Otto W. Cahill, 50. the Lincoln county justicq of the peace who sparked the Lincoln county vice investigations of 1952 and 1953, was released from the Oregon State penitentiary Thursday on order of Gov. Holmes. Tax Chief 'So-Called Experts' By LEWIS GULICK WASHINGTON wi Revenue Commissioner Russell C. Harring ton says taxpayers should beware Firm Serves Portland Bus Halt Warning PORTLAND iTi This city's mass transportation company may quit March Ii). Sn warned the Rose Cilv Tran- ct rn Ti, .,..,!-,,. ovim it ti'miM ' , .. take a fare increase to keep Ihe company in business. The Cily Council, angry be cause transit company officials refused to answer questions about profits nnd future plans, rejected the demand for an increase. Transit officials walked out aft er saying they would serve notice on Feb, 1! when the buses nre to stop running. The city is entitled to 30 days notice. "The Hose Cily Transit Com pany has not acted In good faith. . . . There can hp rnuRh nays ahead. It is entirely possible we'll be without mass transportation timii MiiiiruiiiiK Kttii iiv "i mu ; out." said Mayor Terry Scbrunk.j The company bad asked for ai straicbt fare nf 20 cents for adults, eliminatinc tokens, which sell atl three for JiO cents, nnd the weekly pass, which sells for $2.75. Cellar Yields Ancient Fossil MILTON, Tn. (J-ll took nine years and a television program lo arouse John Reich's ctiriniisily about that piece of clay he un covered while diysing his cellar. Hut now he knows. It's a fossil containing sea shell imprints and its about 32(1 million years old The American Museum of Na tural History in New York City estimated the fossil's age tn a let ter lo Kr it'll, saying. "It was re moved horn its parent outcrop by glacial action approximately one million years ago." Heich said be sent the fossil to the museum alter seeing one of its films on television. 'HOfUHCAftm tTHOOVC WHSK THU F,000 IS 600P!' rMEKO i ii t --'"T- frr- Tn-rrrawm m Frees Cahill had served three months of a year's sentence for taking $750 of funds of the Taft-Nelscott-Dclake Water District, of which he was a commissioner and sec retary. He made the original charges Warns of of Ihe "so-called tax expert" who claims he can save money in making out other people's tax returns. "Any person who advertises himself as a tax expert who can save money for people on taxes is not legitimate," Harrington told a House Appropriations Subcom mittee in Jan. 29 closed-door testi mony made public today. "He Is violating all of the canons or ethics of the profession. He is violating the regulations of the Ircasury Department on repre sentations. We have had a lot of trouble with those fellows." Harrington made clear he was not referring to "the reputahlc tax consultants' in the country," Ihe legal and accounting professions land persons like bank clerks and j i 'i ,ruorc Ufl.. t,Al school teachers who help others make out income tax returns as a favor or for a small fee. 'That is perfectly legitimate and should not be confused with those shysters who do till of this advertising and all this crooked stuff," Harrington said, One such "refund artist," Har rington said, claimed false deduc tions for his clients amounting to more than $-100.(HH). He said the man was put in jail and $175. ono collected from the clients, Ihe "innocent parties." That is one of the saddest t.innc happens tn me in my present job," the Revenue chief said. of Old Aire V oblems Sought Pi A Ifi-mcmbcr council lo study economic and social problems of the aped would be created by a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Rudie Wilhelm iR. Portland. The council would recommend legislation lhat is needed by the aped. Members would include Ihe state health officer, state public welfare administrator, unemploy ment compensation administrator, state .superintendent of public in- struetion. state director of voca tional rehabilitation, and U others appointed by the Governor. BOX OFFICE O TICKETS f NOW ON SALE VIENNA CHOIR BOYS KM. .MAR. sth II:1S r.M. Res. Seats 2.40 A 3.20 Portland Smphonv Tues.. March 12, 8:15 P. M. Willamrtte I'niversily t Auditorium Tor Reservations Dill KM 4 2224 1VW Kl.r.RS SH.VKRSMlTnS Certified Ofmolnitst Amerirsn flfm Sorlrty Holmes, tahill had served three months of a Ollc-jcm ici in fur tuurci UUK Ijllll'Oln county water district, funds to his own use. (Capital Journal Photo) Cahill that led to the Lincoln County grand jury investigation of gambl ing and prostitution. The grand jury, however, re turned only one indictment. It was against Cahill himself for using the water district funds. He fought to the United States Supreme Court in an effort to es cape a prison sentence. That court ruled against him shortly before he re-entered the penitentiary last Nov. 20. Gov. Holmes, commuting the sentence to the time already served, said two doctors advised him lhat Cahill's severe heart condition makes it possible further confinement could that kill him. If the Governor had not released Cahill, he would have gone out on parole next March 7. Cahill actually began his sen tence last June lfi, but was re leased 13 days later on his appeal to the u. b. Supreme Court. Israel Replies Favorably to Dulles Offer WASHINGTON iTl sent what embassy oonnrpllv rn,.nrhln" -c to Secretary of Stale Dulles' offer , , t,,,.:.; i , ,,. , ,. . ,i in h-.mjuiwi: lu I i-pfrtieu sidle- n Tl ght!n8h ri,0,i T.?Ut mcnts by senators that his deparl of Kgypt, but has asked further; mn, -hnnirt hn- trioH tn nr clarification. Instructions from (he home gov ernment reached the Israeli Em bassy here overnight. Ambassa dor Abba Kban set up an appoint ment to see Dulles Friday after noon. Meantime it was learned that Ihe Israelis specifically seek fur ther clarification of the U. S. po sition on opening the Gulf of Aqaba permanently to Israeli shipping. There seems to be no doubt that on this point, and perhaps on others relating to the Gaza Strip, the Israeli government wants more definite assurance of li. S. backing once Israeli troops are out of the area. t PHONE EM Hurry! Ends Tomorrow! Hurry! ACTION TKIIK UNTAMED lOVf SPOKE A IOWA 10 CHILDREN 20C - STUDENTS 5QC - ADULTS 75c Kiddies Matinee Every Saturday, 1-4 THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL FEATURE THE LAW AND BILLY THE KID ONE HOUR OF CARTOONS ADULTS AND CHILDREN ONLY 20c SPECIAL ATTENTION TO BIRTHDAY PARTIES inc warning wmc i "' ident yesterday in telegrams sent, AIW Union Revokes Charters of 4 Locals NEW YORK Wl The Allied Industrial Workers, one of the in- ternational unions under orders from the AFL-CIO to clean house or get out of the united labor movement, has announced revoca tion of the charters of its four locals in the New York metropoli tan area. The decision to dissolve the four locals here, made known Thurs day, was one of a series of moves made by the union's international executive board to convince the AFL-CIO that it has cleaned house. The 73,000-member union has headquarters in Beverly Hills, Calif. Lahor racketeer Johnny Dio for merly was regional director of the Solons Press Texas to Step Up Oil Output WASHINGTON Wi Why haven't Texas oil officials authorizpd a big increase in oil production to help meet Kurope's emergency needs since the blocking of the Suez Ca nal? That's the question the House Commerce Committee set out to answer today. Ernest E. Thomp son, head of Texas' oil output regulating agency, was called to testify. Committee Chairman Harris tD Arkl said: "We've found out the Interior Department never did ask Texas to up its oil allowable." Yesterday, Felix E. Wormser, artustant interior secretary, told the committee Europe needed ' 250.000 more barrels of oil a day than -it was getting, but the gov ernment didn't want to "put pres sure" on stale oil agencies. "I would welcome the closest cooperation with the regulatory commissions." he said. A Joint Senate Antimonopoly Public Lands subcommittee is also investigating the program, along with recent oil and gasoline price increases. Secretary of the Interior Seaton told the Senate group fresh re ports from Europe show that about 80 per cent of all normal demands there for fuel oil, gaso line and other petroleum products was supplied in December and and January. He said that, barring unusually . . , cold weather or other new diffi israel has ; cuitjs Europe could count on icials call ! .1,1. i..i r i H.. , "u"ul UFHi. i me; flrc. ll,ro- lie F l.c year. suade the oil companies to hold the price line, Seaton insisted he had no authority to do so. He also declared himself opposed to any price-wage controls in peacetime. Salem 1st Citizen To He Announced Satan's First Citizen of 1956 will be announced this evening at the seventh annual First Citizen ban quet which will begin at 6:45 at the Marion hotel. Kvcn the person lo be selcclcd will not know he has been chosen until K, Burr Miller, winner of the award last year, announces the selection. 4-4713 I CO - FEATURE LOUDER THAN WAR DRUMS! I htMISON ptt-H v" , - . . .,; a two-day closed meeting. Industrial Workers, then Allied known as the United Aiilnmnbile Automomie workers 01 me oiu r u. Dio, who is awaiting trial on a charge of conspiracy in Ihe acid blinding of labor columnist Vic-:onc tor Riesel. got his first lootnoia in New York labor through the union. As regional director, Dio, whose real name is John Dioguardia, is sued charters to so-called "paper" locals which Manhattan Dist. Atty. Frank S. Hogan called ve hicles for extortion. T i A i J I t i VJI NOW PLAYING! THE RED CARPET IS OUT FOR A MAJOR STUDIO PREVUE Tonite At 8:45 Our Prevues Have Been Top Hits But This Is By Far The Besll The THEY CLASHED IN A HEAD-ON CONFLICT!!! h'l.ml fiimli Top ANOTHER UNUSUAL TOP HIT! mm HELD OVER! JOYOUS X" v ENTERTAINMENT V-A ("7 EVENT! 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Nothing that Eisenhower had turned down an earlier conference request to speak in the South, the telegram asked him to recon sider. Hits Together! "CHARLTON ANNE HEST0N-BAXTER GILBERT TOM ROLAND TRY0N lOHtSt IIUCE TUCKER -BENNETT wi ELAINE SIRUCH rV h HLKjH BROWR wfnjDOLPH HUE bh t WM(S EDWUD GMNT KCHNCaOR INSIDE THE SKYSCRAPER JUNGLE! VAN HEFLIN. PATTERNS' ...OP RQWW featuring EVERETT SLOANE EO BEGLEY itMO iHtu wrno Aram WE ARE HOLDING THIS OVER THE WEEKEND! So Don't Miss It! ! Matinees Daily From 1 P. M. MARLON' BRANDO GLENN FORD MACHIKO KYO the rowouse of rE MWST MOON ..JACKeill.MI. MISSION" o U O O O 0 o