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24 Paget
69th Year, No. 102
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, May 1, 1957 nttv t'Vdsm. onr
Ike Considers
Pu blic Appeal
For Program
?
Knoivland Says No Final Decision
, Reached on Going Over Heads
Of Congress on Issues
l WASHINGTON (AP) - President Eisenhower is
considering a direct appeal to the people, by radio
television, on behalf of his budget and foreign aid
program. The White House indicated he may follow
the same pattern on other issues.
Eisenhower broached the possibility of a talk to
the nation at a meeting with Re- '-
publican congressional leaders
Wednesday, ben. Knowland of Cali
fornia, the GOP leader, said after
wards it was the concensus that
f isenhower "should talk to the
eople."
No Final Decision
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said there has
been no final decision, but the
matter definitely is under consid
eration. Hagerty said Eisenhower "feels
a great deal of misrepresenta
tion" has been spread about his
$71,800,000,000 budget and other
matters and "he is going to point
it out." He declined to say who
Eisenhower thinks is spreading
misinformation.
At about the same time Sen.
Johnson of Texas, the Democratic
leader, told the Senate the people
have already given Congress "a
clear and firm mandate to reduce
this administration's budget."
Johnson criticized what he
called a lack of '"consistency and
agreement" among Eisenhower
administration officials on the
spending issue. ;
Economy Targets
Both the $4,400,000,000 foreign
aid program and the $71,800,000,
000 budget as a whole have been
targets of a congressional econ
omy drive.
Knowland himself has called for
a three billion dollar whack at the
budget.
House Republican Leader Martin
of Massachusetts has taken a sim
ilar stance. -
Knowland left the impression
that in spite of his own stand on
the budget matter he stiil favors
taking the administration case to
the people.
It wasn't entirely clear whether
the idea of a presidential appeal
to the public originated with Ei
senhower's congressional lieuten
ants or with the President him
self. Knowland said it grew out of
"a general discussion that came
tip on keeping the country in
formed of developments."
Syria Troops.
About to Exit
From Jordan
WASHINGTON (UP) -Syria is
expected to withdraw its troops
from Jordan within a week, diplo
matic officials reported today.
Withdrawal of Syrian troops
would strengthen King Hussein's
hold on Jordan and raise his pres
tige throughout the Middle East.
Syria's expected action could be
linked with increasing signs Mos
cow may be having s e c o nd
thoughts about its previous warm
support for Egypt and Syria dur
ing the present Middle East emer
gency. American officials claim to see
signs Moscow is afraid Egypt and
Syria may go too far. Hence a
Svrian troop withdrawal could be
interpreted 'as a sign Syria no
longer feels it can coum on mos-
Sow support in event of a show
own with Jordan.
Svrio. Saudi Arabia and Iraq
sent troops into Jordan last fall to
help guard against a possible Is
raeli invasion at the time of the
attack on Egypt. Iraqi iroops laier
irnrp withdrawn.
Between 1.5O0 and 3.000 Syrian
troops are reported still in Jordan.
Navy Fires 2
Stages of Its
'Moon' Rocket
WASHINGTON W-A "high al
titude separation test" of the
launching vehicle for the U. S
earth satellite was carried out
Wednesday at the Air Force mis
sile test center at Cape Canaveral,
Fla.. the Navy announced.
Only two stages of the planned
three-stage rocket were involved,
the Navy said.
A Viking rocket, the 14th and
last to be made by the Martin
Co. of Baltimore, was used for the
first stage. A "medium-sized solid
propellant rocket similar to the
one being planned for the third
stage of the actual satellite
launching vehicle was the sec
ond stage.
The Navy said the Viking
cached a peak velocity of 3,500
niles an hour, then coasted to the
eak of its trajectory about 120
iies above the ocean, where the
taller rocket was fired In a
I direction.
NO MONEY COMMITMENT
Marion Court Okays
Armory-Auditorium
Approval of a proposal to
which could be used as a public auditorium was given by the
Marion County Court Wednesday.
Although approval was voiced in a resolution, it did not
commit the county to any expenditure of money. This would
Witness Takes
'5th' in Bribe
Investigation
WASHINGTON W A retired
government inspector refused
Wednesday to tell investigating
senators whether he accepted
$12,753.90 of bribes while working
for the Army.. Quartermaster
Corps in New Jersey.
He invoked the Fifth Amend
ment, ' pleading the answers
'might tend to incriminate me,
The witness, Attilio , Yadevia,
had sworn last Jan 30 that
never took a bribed' His turnabout
Wednesday drew a swift threat
of prosecution on contempt of
Congress charges.
Sen. Jackson (D-Wash), presid
ing at a public hearing of the
Senate Investigations Subcommit
tee on alleged graft in the pro
curement ot military uniforms,
ordered transcripts of Yadevia 's
testimony, at both the January
hearing and the current one, sent
to the Justice Department.
"It's quite clear there has been
violation of federal criminal
statutes in connection with this
case," Jackson said. "I'm quite
sure the Department of Justice
will desire to take expeditious
action. .
Yadevia , gave his address
Margarte City, N.J., and said he
has .retired on a $234 a month
government pension.
Baseball Scores Q
. NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicaffo 100 001 0002 7 2
Brooklyn 230 020 OOx 7 9
Kaiser, Rush (3), Lownt7Kand
lYceman; urysuaie flnu irmipa-
hella.
Home run Chicago, Banks.
St. Louis
000 003 0339 12 1
100 000 1002 9 1
Pittsburgh
Schmidt and Landrith, Cooper
(8); Purkey, Kuzava (8), Hall
18), Churn (9) and Foiles,
Home runs St. Louis, Cooper.
(10 innings)
Milwaukee 010 000 000 4-5 10 1
New York 000 000 001 0-1 8 1
Spahn and Crandall: Barclay,
Grissom (i), Surkont (1); Mc
Call (10), Jones (10) and Westrum
Thomas (8).
Home runs Milwaukee, Torre,
Thomson.
PULCHRITUDE, TOO
Russia Blends Peace Chant
Roar of Arms in May Rally
By TOM OCHILTREE
MOSCOW IJH The Soviet Union
mixed the harsh rumbling of mili
tary machines with chants of
"peace" and a dash of sex appeal
in its giant May Day parade
through Red Square Wednesday.
Defense Minister Marshal
Georgi Zhukov declared the tra
ditional fighting speech, declaring
that Soviet military forces have
"all the modern means of combat
necessary to rout any aggres
sion." Overhead 178 of Russia s latest
pianes. '7'lnK","':d
and swept-wing fighters skimmed
low over the Kremlin wall. Heavy
artillerv and tankr wheeled
thrnnah lh cm, arc Infantrymen
with bayonets gleaming churned
past the Lenin-Stalin tomb where
Premier Bulganin and the party
boss, Nikita Khruschhev, watched
intenUy.
The militarv narade displayed
no radically new tquipment, but
LATE
FLASHES
WASHINGTON (fl Chairman
Green (D-RI) of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee said
Wednesday In his view Scott
McLeod "does not seem to
measure up" to qualifications
needed to be ambassador to
Ireland. -
WASfflNGTON m Sen. Ben
nett (R-Utah) proposed Wednes
day that Congress deny tax ex
emptions to labor unions and
business organizations which
misuse their funds. Bennett of
fered an amendment to the In
ternal Revenue Code.
ROSEBURG Wl Douglas Coun
ty Dlst. Atty. Avery Thompson
said Wednesday he will file an
answer in circuit court to-ar
Republican challenge to his
right to hold office, filed min
utes before he was sworn into
office under appointment by
Gov. Holmes.
construct an armory in Salem
not be done until the voters naa
had an opportunity to voice their
sentiments in the matter.
Judge Rex Hartley suggested
the proposal be submitted to the
people at the next primary Or
general election. However, he did
not approve of holding a special
election since It. would co$t ap
proximately $35,000 to stage.
A cony of the resolution will be
sent to the Marion county delega
tion in the Legislature for their
consideration.
The armory, if built, would be
financed jointly by the state, the
City of Salem and the county. A
location at the State Fair Grounds
was suggested although no com
mitments in this connection have
been made,
Recently a similar resolution
was adopted by the Salem City
Council.
Dulles Joins
NATO Chiefs
In Bonn Meet
BONN, Germany UB NATO
foreign ministers assembled here
Wednesday for a mree-oay meet
ing which Secretary of State Dul
les said "will seek to assure to
our peoples the blessings of justice
and peace."
A special four-engine plane of
the U.S. Air Force landed tne sec
retary and Mrs. Dulles in brilliant
sunshine after a direct flight Irom
Washington.
Dulles acknowledged a round of
applause from thousands of per
sons at the airport with a jaunty
wave of his hat and then drove
directly to the headquarters of
West German Chancellor Ade
nauer. A dinner conference was
expected to concern such matters
3ts me u.o. program oi equipping
the Bonn republics emerging
armed forces.
Soviet Russia's latest disarma
ment proposals, announced Tues
day night, were certain to be a
major topic at the talks opening
in Bonn Thursday on mutual po
litical problems of the 15 NATO
nations.
Initial Western reaction to the
Soviet proposals, which included a
limited acceptance of President
Eisenhower's "open skies" inspec
tion plan, was generally cool
Weather Details
Maximum yeittrday, 74; minim am
today, . toui Z4-jioiit precipita
tion: .04: for month: trace; normal.
.04. Season precipitation, 29.02; nor
mal, .15.96. Rlvrr heitht, .1 of a foot.
( It c port by V. 8. Weather Bureau).
gave an over-all impression of
military force in a state of instant
readiness.
Self-propelled guns designed to
be transported by air for the use
of parachute troops was the new
est equipment shown.
Then, in a sudden switch of
theme, pretty college girls and
tanned youths marched by, chant
ing "peace." Some of the girls
managed to play mock games of
volleyball and basketball while
keeping up with the parade.
Young farm workers had
centerpiece float on which girls
,
' h,rko,,rj Kkr n..w ptai,
! and backward like flower petals
, opening
School kids marched with the
perfection of trained soldiers in
the civilian section of the parade.
This section is described as spon
taneous, but actually is as care
fully rehearsed as a Broadway
show.
Profit on
'Leak' by .
CABTold
Top Georgia GOP
Denies Knowing
Impropriety
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Robert R. Snodgrass of At
lanta, Ga., testified Wed
nesday he and his wife
made a profit of over
$2,500 on Northeast Airlines stock
bought the day after a secret
government decision to award the
airline a cjiolce New York-lo-Miami
route.
Snodgrass said an official of
Delia Airlines, also bidding for
the route, had telephoned him he
was less optimistic about Delta's
getting it.
Didn't Know of 'Leak'
But Snodgrass, Republican na
tional committeeman for Georgia,
said he had no idea any improper
"leak" of informatics might be in
volved and would not have made
the stock deal if he had known
that.
Snodgrass told investigating sen
ators he bought 1,000 shares of
Northeast stock on the morning
of Aug. 3. paying $10,000 plus
brokerage charges, and sold it on
Aug. 16 for $12,043.
Snodgrass said he also bought
500 shares for his wife, after re
ceiving a telephone call from Rob
ert L. Griffith, assistant to the
president of Delta Airlines.
Griffith, who preceded S n o d
grass to the witness chair, had
testified ho telephoned Snodgrass
on the morning of Aug. 3.
Knew in 3 Hours
Griffith said that shortly before
midnight he had received a report
that Delta had lost its bid for the
route. This was less than three
hours after the Civil Aeronautics
Board (CAB) made a "secret"
decision to give it to Northeast.
Robert Oliver, an attorney here
for Delta, telephoned him saying
he thought Northeast had been
awarded the run, Grifrth said.
The CAB had voted 3-2 about
9 P.m. that night to award the
profitable run to Northeast but
did not announce its decision ot
ficiallv until Aug. 10.
There was heavy : trading in
Northeast stock on Aug. 3, the day
after the CAB's secret decision,
and successive days. A Senate in
vestigations subcommittee is try
inff to find out if "leaks" of in
formation on the decision enabled
speculators to profit on the com
Danv's stock.
Griffith told Sen. Jackson (D-
Wash) acting chairman of the sub
committee, that on the basis of his
15 years' experience in the air
lines industry "it was not unusual
to learn these things." He agreed
with Jackson there had been a
leak somewhere.
Industrialist's
Link to Labor
Chiefs Probed
NEW YORK Wl Relations be
tween Philip Weiss, head of a New
York oil products company, and
three high-ranking union leaders
are reported under investigation
by a Senate committee.
The . New York Times, which
printed the report, described
Weiss as "an industrialist with
intimate friendships in the top
level of the merged labor federa
tion. . . a free-spending man-
about-town who. . . boats of pull
at the White House and is now
free in $25,000 bond pending ap
peal from a five-year jail sen
tence."
The Times said the committee
plans to look into Weiss' associa
tions with David J. McDonald,
president of the United Sleelwork-
ers of America and an AFL-CIO
vice president; James R. Hoffa,
a vice president of the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters,
and Charles Johnson Jr., member
of the Executive Board of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners.
Zhukov also accused the West
ern powers of rejecting Soviet
peace bids and charged the United
States with bringing war nearer
by deciding "to station atomic
units on territories of other coun
tries."
But much of his speech.
broadcast by Moscow radio, was
filled with protestations of the
Kremlin's peaceful desires and
picas for peaceful coexistence.
Foreigners were banned from
taking pictures of the parade.
leading to speculation in Moscow
that the Soviels might unveil
something new in military weap
ons. The broadcast did not indi
cate whether this was done.
The broadcast said leaders of
the Soviet Communist party and
government reviewed the parade
from atop the Lenin-Stalin mauso
leum in the square but did not
give the names of those present.
State
Control oi
Control Board
Abolition Move
Cains Ground
GOP Attempt to Head
Off Bill Fails in
Ways-Means .-.
Dividing on party lines, the Leg
islature's Joint Ways and Means
Committee Wednesday kept alive
the bill aimed at abolishing the
state Board of Control.
The Republican-sponsored move
to table it failed, 7-6. The com
mittee will act on the measure
Friday.
The Board of Control consists
of the Governor, secretary of state
and state treasurer. It runs the
state institutions.
Gov. Holmes asked for passage
of the measure, which would put
the institutions under a director
appointed by the Governor. It also
would give the Department of
Finance, whose director is ap
pointed by the Governor, super
vision of buildings in the Capitol
area.
Sen. Ward Cook (D), Portland,
chairman of the subcommittee
which recommended passage 'of
the bill, said "the Board of Con
trol does not make for efficient
government because it does not
define areas of responsibility. It
has had three members of the
same party, has had one member
running for governor against an
other member, and 'has had the
secretary of state and treasurer
gang up on the Governor."
Sen. Howard u. Helton (if. ot
Canby, who made the motion to
table, said "the state has been
pretty well administered under the
Board of Control. If we get dis
turbed about differences of opin
ion in the board, then we are
pretty well alone the road to
ruin."
Beck to Bring
His Board Into
AFL-CIO Quiz
WASHINGTON m - Dave Beck
told the AFL-CIO Wednesday the
Teamsters Union executive board
will attend Monday's hearing by
the federation's ethical practices
committee on charges the union
is corruptly dominated.
There had been uncertainty
whether the Teamsters Union
would send representatives to the
hearing an initial step toward
possible eventual ouster of the
114-million member union from
the AFL-CIO.
Beck, the Teamster president,
and the union itself are under fire
from the AFL-CIO because of
Beck's admitted personal use of
some union funds and because of
pending indictments against sev
eral other top Teamsters officials.
Beck, under temporary suspen
sion as an AFL-CIO vice president
and council member, faces an
AFL-CIO Executive Council trial
of his own on May 20.
Beck Wednesday notified Al
Hayes,' chairman of the AFL-CIO
Ethical Practices Committee and
president of the Machinists Un
ion, that the Teamsters Executive
Board will show up in a body for
the hearing Monday. That session
involves the union, itself.
Beck told Hayes this was being
done with misgivings. He said the
union has not been given any de
tailed charges. It has been broad
ly charged with being substantial
ly dominated by corrupt influ
ences.
Beck said the Teamster board's
attendance at the hearings was to
be without prejudice" to the un
ion's rights for a bill of particu
lars on the charges against it.
Tornado Rips
Yakima Path
YAKIMA (UP) - A tornado cut
a swath through Yakima's west
end Tuesday night, ripping the
I oof off of one garage and mov
ing another garage more than 20
iect off its foundation.
The rare twister accompanied
a general storm which raised
heavy clouds of dust that created
a traffic hazard in the Yakima
Valley. No injuries were reported.
Texas Floods
Routed 9,000
DALLAS. Tex. UK The Red
Cross Wednesday estimated the
U days of Texas floods drove 9.000
persons from their homes, and
called the figure conservative.
Floodwalers of the upper Sa
bine lapped at a residential dis
trict in Gladcwater In the river's
history-making rise, but the flood
threat on other Texas streams
eased greatly today.
Senate Rejects
Crabs Arrive for Legislature Feast
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A little bit of the coast arrived In Salem
via helicopter Wednesday morning as
half ton of crabs were sent to the Legis
lature by the Newport Chamber of Com
merce. Mary Ballard, Taft, queen .of the
Million-heir Weds
Family 's
SAN FRANCISCO (fl On Ma
rine furlough, William Wallace
Mein III, heir to the millions of
a pioneer California cattle baron,
Wednesday wed a prclty dark-
eyed German immigrant girl with
whom he fell in love over his par -
enls objections while she was a
cook in his home
His mother, ' socially prominent,
who thwarted the wedding before
he became 21 last February, was
in Rome, and his father, an oil
company president, was absent as
the' tall, good looking Mcin ex
changed vows with Isolde Con
stant, 24, at St. James Catholic
Church,
Only a half dozen witnesses were
present for the early morning
wedding culminating a hectic ro
mance which had included a vain
clopmcnt to Reno before Mcin was
21 and parental pressure wnicn
separated the couple after they
once set up housekeeping in Berk
eley.
His mother, who is heiress to
the fabulous cattle baron Henry
Miller, had once gone Into court
last December and sought an an
nulmentonly to learn the Reno
elopement failed to end in a wed
ding ceremony because Mein was
under age.
Young Mein was attending the
University of California at the
BUDGET PRUNED $14,000
3,745,000 Budgeted
For Salem's Schools
By FRED ZIMMERMAN
Capital Journal Writer
Annroval ot a Salem School Dis
trict budget calling for total ex
penditures of approximately $3,
745,000 was given by directors and
members of the citizens advisory
committee Tuesday night.
Committeeman William Entress
voted against acceptance. He had
given notice of his intention to vote
no earlier, because oi nis on
jectlon to provisions of the teach
ers salary schedule.
The schedule calls for addition
of another "step" at the top end
of the salary scale of S180 a year.
Entress expressed the opinion
that the lower paid teacher should
have been given consideration.
, Lengthy Session
The group struggled through 514
hours in its endeavor to find Items
that could be deleted. The mem
bers had little success, although
it was not because of lack of
effort.
Vftst of the deletions were for
acoustical treatment for class
rooms, although it was admitted
that audibility would be Improved
should the sound deadening ma
terial be applied.
An shoo Item for graveling a
district-owned lot adjacent to the
Administration Building on Ferry
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inimum
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Ex- Cook
time, but quit school soon after
ward and joined the Marines three
months ago, vowing that after he
became 21 he would go ahead with
his plans to wed Isolde.
He is on leave from boot train-
Ling at Camp Pendleton, near San
Diego.
Drivers' Class
Bill Is Signed;
Fees to Go Up
A bill which would provide state
aid for driver training in state
public and parochial high schools
was signed into law by Gov, Rob
ert D. Holmes today.
As a result cost of Oregon driver
licenses will be increased SI to
pay the cost ot the program. The
rise in the license cost will go into
effect 90 days after the Legislature
adjourns and bring the fee to
J2.50.
Under terms of the bill signed
today the stato will pay three
quarters of the cost of the driver
program up to $20 a student.
The bill had been urged by vari
ous safety groups as a means of
reducing traffic accidents.
stirred up resistance. The ap
propriation was removed.
Parking Plan Opposed
Directors Harry Scott and Ray
C. Catcs and Committeeman El
ton Thompson protested that pub
lic bodies such as the school dis
trict should not take taxpayers
money to finance parking lots for
use of employes without charge.
Such employes, they contended,
should be treated no diflcrently
than the motorist who is forced to
take his chances with a parking
meter or pay for off-street park
ing out of his own pocket. The
voto to delete the item was un
animous. The directors agreed in prin
ciple that formation of the Mid-
WiUametto Valley Planning coun
cil was a good thing, but did not
include an appropriation for its
operation. An explanation of how
tho $40,000 suggested budget Is to
be spent was requested.
Tuesday night's budget-trimming
efforts, which resulted in some $14 -ooo
being eliminated, resulted in
the reduction ot the tax rale of
approximately one-fifth of a mill.
A special election for the purpose
of determining whether the $1,3,
121 over the six per. cent limita
tion will stand up. will bo held
Friday, May 24. Seventeen poll
ing places will b established.
recent 2u Miracle Miles celebration, gives
Secretary of State Mark Hatfield and Sa
lem Mayor Robert White a look at the big
crabs. (Capital Journal Photo)
Senate Picks
Five for Own
Hall of Fame
WASHINGTON (UP) Contem
poraries sometimes saw them as
an unrelenting isolationist, an un
yielding conservative, a selfish
champion of slavery, an uneducat
ed immoral conntver ana an un
ethical self-seeker.
But those five men Former
Senators Robert M. La Follettc
Sr., of Wisconsin, Robert A. Taft
of Ohio, John C. Calhoun of South
Carolina, Henry Clay of Kentucky,
and Daniel Webster of Massachu
setts will grace the Senate
own Hall of Fame.
Not because of certain traits, of
course, but in spite of tncm. A
committee of present day senators
selected them Tuesday from all
the rest to be honored.
Their portraits will fill the gild
ed, eagle crested blank spaces in
the reception room just off the
Senate floor. From that vantage
point the portraits will look down
as the senators ot later years meet
and chat with their constituents,
Burglar Takes
TV, 2 Clocks;
Eyesight Bad?
DALLAS (Special) A Burglar
with strange tasle Is operating
in Polk County, according to
Sheriff Tony Neufcldt.
Jim Rush, who lives three
miles southeast of Independence,
reported that a burglar entered
his home by removing a window
pane and releasing the Intch,
took a television set, two alarm
clocks anil a pair of badly dam
aged eye glasses.
I'crhaps the burglar waatrd
the alarm clocks to awaken him
for his favorite TV show, and
the glasses to improve the view
ing, Neufcldt remarked.
Burglars also entered the un
occupied John Dickinson form
home Vi miles southeast ot Mon
mouth and stole two electric
sandcrs and a thermos Jug left
In the building by carpenters
who are remodeling the house.
Gardens Here
May Day 'Riot'
With occasional rain in the pic
ture, it was not exactly a gay and
colorful May Day Wednesday, the
valley's summer weather having
departed for a spell.
But thanks to the warm sunshine
of the early week, gardens and
the countryside arc a riot of
blooms for the day of flowers.
Five-day forecast calls for re
curring rains, the precipitation
to he heavier thai, normal, and
temperatures averaging near or
slightly below normal.
Maximum temperature in Salem
went only to 74, Tuesday, a nice
mark but not to be compared with
Monday s 89,
P UC
Kates
Rail vs. Truck
'War Surges
To Climax
By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr,
Associated Press Writer
The Oregon Sejiate de
feated 19 to 11 Wednes
day the bill to give tho
public utilities commis
sioner authority to regu- ;
r i , l : i
The bill has been the object el
fierce war between the railt
roads, which opposed the bill, and)
the truckers and barge Unci)
which supported it.
The Senate debate lasted for an
hour, 35 minutes. . .
Sen. Lee Ohmart (R), Salem. .
opened the debate by saying "this
bill would put all classes of car
riers in the same position. We
can't let any one carrier cut rates
at competitive points in order to
drive out competition."
unmart said that tne railroads
have cut their rates along the '
Columbia River.
' Havo Taken Losses . . .
Railroads," he declared, "have
taken losses in competitive areas
at the expense of higher rates in
non-competitive areas."
ben. Donald Husband (R), En.
0nnn fori Mir, nnnncitirm In ha Kill -
. mere nas neon, ne saia, no
substance to the argument that
railroads have ' run trucks and
barges out of business. Both
trucks and barges are prospering,
while the railroads are losing
business. Railroads are' having a
very difficult time,' and they
should have the right to establish)
their own minimum rates. . t
late minimum laics ui ran.
roads, trucks "and barge
lines. ' .
Husband also doubted that the
bill is constitutional, and suggested
that a legislative Interim commit
tee he appointed- to- study . th .
whblo transportation problem. '
Husband added that there If '
doubt whether trucks now arc
subject to minimum rate regula
tion. Ohmart pointed out that Wash
ington and California have mini.
mum rate regulation, and that the
Interstate Commerce Commission
also has It.
The PUC." Ohmart said.
'needs tho power to prevent un
necessarily high rates, to prevent
discrimination against classes of
shippers, and to prevent unjust
rate cutting to eliminate competi
tion. Let s treat all carriers
alike."
Now Tax Base Approved
The Senate passed and' sent to ' ,
the House a bill- to provide that
county, city and other local elec-
Hons to fix new tax bases must
be held at the same time as state,
wide general and primary elec
tions. . - -
The Senate voted 20-10 for a
measure to let city councils create
off-street parking districts, to be ,
financed by revenue bonds and
property assessments.
The House accepted a majority
committee report recommending
approval of the Senate-passed bill
to issue 12.6 million dollars worth
of bonds to complete the "Coast
Highway modernization program
between Gold Beach and Brook
ings.
BIG STEEL EARNS $2.M
NEW YORK W United States
Steel Corp. Tuesday reported net
income of $115,478,109, equal to
$2.03 a share, for the first quarter
of 1957. It was a record for the
period.
News in Brief
For Wednesday. May 1, 1357
NATIONAL
Ike May Take His Pro
gram to People Sec. 1, P. 1
Byrd Urges Oustor of
Budget Director Sec. 1, P. 2
LOCAL
Salem Students Win
Merit Scholarships ..Sec. 2, P. 1
Oregon Team Wiser
Alter Pistol Match .Sec. 2, P. 1
Richard Grabenhorst
Named City Planner.Sec. 1, P. 5
STATE
$17,000 Award Mado in
Right of Way Case .Sec. 1, P. 11
Schrunk Indicted 5th
Time, Lashes 'Mess'. Sec. 1, P. 1
FOREIGN
Soviet Marks May Day
With Bluster, Cooing .Sec. 1, P. 1
SPORTS
Senators Stop Broncs by
10-8 Count Sec. 2, P. 4
Robbie, Fullmer Ready
for Title Bout ....... .Sec. 2.F.
REGULAR FEATURES
Amusements
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Locals
Society
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Comics
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Markets ,
Dorothy Dix
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