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Defense Denies
Bridges Joined
Communist Party
Statement Made As
Defense Opens Case
San Francisco, Jan. 23 (U.R)
A flat denial tht Harry Bridges
ever joined the communist party
was made today by the defense
ai it opened its case in the perjury-conspiracy
trial of the CIO
longshore union president and
two of his subordinates.
. Attorney James Martin Mac
Vnnis, in. an opening statement
' Siat took up most of the morn
ing session of the 37th day of
trial, said the defense would
show "by the weight of evi
dence" that Bridges never was
a communist, held a membership
card, paid dues or used the
aliases of Rossi, Dorgan, Can
field, Harvey or Quinn.
Accused of Lying
Bridges is accused by the gov
ernment of lying at his 1945 nat-
uralization hearing when he
swore he was not and never
had been' a communist. J. J.
Robertson and Henry Schmidt,
both officers in the CIO Inter
national Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's union, are
charged with conspiring to com
mit perjury by backing up
Bridges sworn statement.
Quietly and without the var
bal fireworks that character
ized the preceding weeks of the
trial, Maclnnis outlined tne de
fense's strategy.
Defendants To Testify
He said all three defendants
would take the stand in their
own defense. They "insisted" on
waiving their rights to abstain
from testifying, Maclnnis said.
Maclnnis described the gov
ernment's case "in the most be
nign sense as one filled with
mistakes."
"It is made ud of lies, fabri
cation and insanity." Maclnnis
said, echoing an earlier claim by
Defense Attorney Vincent Halli
nan that the prosecution of
Bridges was a "gigantic govern
ment conspiracy.
Carlos Morris Named
To Embalmers' Board
Salem, Ore., Jan. 23 (U.R)
Dov. Douglas McKay today ap
pointed Carlos W. Morris of Med
ford and Ben. O. Coleman of St.
Carlos Morris
Helens as members of the Ore
gon state embalmers examining
board. Each will serve a two-
year term.
Morris, of the Conger-Morris
funeral home at Medford. will
succeed Glen S. Macy of Mc
Minnville. Coleman, of the Cole
man funeral home at St. Helens.
. will succeed W. L. Finley Jr. of
Portland.
Polio Fund Shy$2
After Work Of Thief
A new meanest thief tale was
related to city police here yes
terday. Mrs. Denova SDenccr of the
Blu-Ox cafe, 45 South Front j
street, reportea mat tne marcn
of Dimes contribution container
at the store was stolen during the
afternoon. It contained about $2.
The empty container was later
found.
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'Bunch of Jerks' At Party
Target of Guests Pistol
Detroit. Jan. 23 (U.R) A
woman guest lined up six persons
at a party early today and fired
wildly at them with a revolver,
apparently because another guest
insisted on dancing with her own
husband.
Mrs. Mary Shannon. 38, was
beaten by two of the other
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. William Richards after she
shot Mrs. William Williams in
the leg. police said.
Becomes Enraged
Authorities said Mrs. Shan
non became enraged when Mrs.
Williams insisted that she want
ed to dance with her husband.
The two women argued violent
ly for more than an hour, and
the other guests had to pull them
apart frequently.
Finally Mrs. Shannon left and
went home in a cab. Police said
she got a revolver and returned
to the Richards' party.
Medford
44th Year 10 PAGES
Hungry Guards
Take Up Stand At
Mine Entrances
Rebel Forces Seek ,
To Upset Chief's Order
Pittsburgh. Jan. 23 (U.R)
Rebel United Mine Workers
forces sent picket bands scout
ing through the coal fields today
to upset John L. Lewis' drive to
end wildcat "no contract-no
work" strikes in five states.
Lewis sent orders to the 90.000
miners who quit work last week,
directing them to return to the
UMW's three-day week, but 57,
500 still refused to work.
Pickets Hungry
The rebel pickets, some of
them admittedly hungry, gath
ered at the mine entrances today
turning back miners who had
voted to work. The pickets per
suaded them that only a full scale
strike could break the dead
locked contract dispute.
The wildcat walkouts were the
biggest protest against a Lewis
work order since May. 1948,
when more than 85,000 Pennsyl
vania miners ignored Lewis'
call for a two-week truce in the
contract strike. However, many
of the striking miners said they
believed Lewis actually wanted
a complete shutdown now. but
did not call it because it might
result in Taft-Hartley Injunc
tion proceedings against him and
the union.
Refuse To Cross Lines
Hardest hit was western Penn
sylvania, where 25,000 of the dis
trict's 50,000 workers were idle.
An estimated 10,000 of Ohio's
16,000 soft coal miners refused
to cross picket lines. About 15,
000 of West Virginia's 118,000
miners stayed out and 1,000 Ken
tucky miners failed to report. Of
Alabama's 20,000 miners, 6,500
were Idle.
Biggest center of the rebellion
against Lewis' three-day week
strategy was UMW District 4,
surrounding Uniontown, Pa. On
ly two mines in the district
worked.
Willamette Runs
At Flood Stage
Portland, Ore., Jan. 23 (U.R)
The main stem of the Willamette
river ran at flood stage along its
middle reaches today but the
weather bureau said that cold
er weather would check rising
flood waters throughout the
storm-stricken Pacific northwest
by tomorrow.
The Willamette surged two
feet over its banks at Harris
burg, Ore., 90 miles upstream
from Portland, and crested two
tenths of a foot above flood
stage at Albany, Ore.
Only lowlands were flooded
and river forecasters said they
expected the flooding, caused by
warm rains thawing a big bliz
zard's snowpack, to be minor.
The Kilchis river near Tilla
mook, Ore., also was flooding
and coastal highway 101 was
closed. Johnson creek went out
of its banks in Southeast Port
land. Snow mixed with rain was
forecast for the Portland area
tonight along with colder tem
peratures. Stalin Receives China
Red Foreign Minister
Moscow, Jan. 23 U.R) Pre
mier Josef Stalin received Chi
nese Communist Foreign Minis
ter Chou En-lai at the Kremlin
last night, the Soviet news
agency Tass announced today.
Also present at the meeting
were Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Vishinsky and Chinese
Ambassador Wang Chia-hsiang.
She burst in waving the gun
and yelling at the top of her
voice." Richards said. "First she
shot into the floor and then she
lined us up against the wall.
While we were jumping around
she shot again and I heard Mrs.
Williams scream."
Richards said that he and Wil
liams overpowered Mrs. Shan
non when she lowered the re
volver and called police after
subduing her.
Neither Serious
Mrs. Shannon and Mrs. Wil
liams were taken to Receiving
hospital. Neither was in serious
condition.
Police quoted Mrs. Shannon as
saying that "all I wanted to do
was go after them and scare
them."
"I wasn't planning to shoot
anyone." she said. "They were
all such a bunch of jerks, and
' they Jut got excited.
MEDFORD, OREGON
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MOTHER NATURE TURNS LUMBERJACK w'nter' to brought this tree limb crashing down on
an auto and across a street during a severe Ice and snow storm at Portland, Ore. The weeklong blizzard
left 13 Inches of Ice and snow In Portland and cause! the death of 39 persons In Oregon, Washington and
Northern California.
Medford Teacher
Honored For Work
In Aiding Blind
Miss Annette Gray, 808 Da
kota avenue, an English teacher
at the Medford junior high
school, is one of 50 women
throughout the United States be
ing honored today for their vol
unteer work in assisting the
braille reading -of the-blind.
The Braille club, a nation
al organization for the promo
tion of braille, is presenting gold
honor award pins to women who
have served voluntarily as
braille teachers, binders or
transcribers. The awards are be
ing presented to those who can
attend at a dinner in New York
City tonight. Miss Gray was un
able to make the trip east for
the event.
She first became Interested in
transcribing books into braille
about five years ago, with Mrs.
John Gribble, another volun
teer, assisting her in getting
started. Her work is done for
the Library of Congress, and she
has transcribed about 2,500
pages in the years she has been
doing the work "as a hobby,"
she said. The teacher is able to
do one long or two short books
each year.
The work is done either with
a braille typewriter, or with a
slate and stylus, Miss Gray ex
plained. She uses the latter
method because braille type
writers were unavailable during
the war when she first began
the work.
The president of the Braille
club, Bernard M. Krebs, who is
blind librarian of the New York
Guild for the Jewish Blind, will
make the presentations at the
banquet in New York tonight.
Volunteers Praised
In commenting on these
awards, he said recently, "These
volunteers have compiled so
great a record of achievement
that they are deserving of the
highest praise. Modestly, quietly,
yet diligently, they have in their
several fields aided in broaden
ing the educational and recre
ational horizon of blind people,
by providing a wealth of liter
ary and technical material in
braille which otherwise would
have been inaccessible."
Miss Gray is at present being
visited by her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
D. Gray, of Illinois.
Veteran Hollywood
Actor Taken By Death
Hollywood. Jan. 23 (U.R)
Big, blustering Alan Hale, whose
screen career stretched from si
lent picture days to modern col
ored films, died last night of a
virus infection at Hollywood hos
pital. He was 57.
Dr. Victor Herman pronounced
him dead at 8:10 p.m. of a liver
ailment complicated by an in
fection and pneumonia. At his
bedside were Hale's wife.
Gretchen, a son, Alan Jr., and a
daughter Karen.
The six foot two inch actor
contracted a cold during a recent
trip to Montana for the pre
miere of a picture in which he
appeared. His condition became
worse after he returned home,
and he developed pneumonia.
He died less than 24 hours
after entering the hospital.
Hale was in the movies for
nearly 40 years, surviving per
iod? of ups and downs and jumps
into other professions.
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Building Given New
Name, Changes Told
In keeping with its new face
and appearance, the Medford
Center building today officially
changed its name by filing a
new business designation with
the county clerk as "The Medi
cal Center building." The certi
ficate was signed by Hazel D.
Crossman, owner. ' .
Remodelling throughout the
Railroad Resumes
Cascade Service
Klamath Falls, Ore., Jan. 23
(U.R) Crews cleared the wreck
age of a Mallet engine and 21
freight cars from Southern Pa
cific railroad tracks north of here
today and normal service was
resumed at 6 a. m.
The freight engine plowed into
two giant boulders on the Agona
hill grade, 14 miles north of
Klamath Falls, Saturday night.
Fireman James H. White, 42,
Klamath Falls, suffered a
sprained back.
Train passengers were being
transported around the wreck
age by bus.
Both northbound and south
bound Klamath trains, Nos. 19
and 20, were routed over the
Siskiyou route through Ashland
and Medford yesterday, due to
the block at Modoc Point, ac
cording to Robert Holmes, dis
trict freight and passenger agent.
Two extra freight trains, one
in each direction, also were re
routed through here. Holmes
said. He was east of the moun
tains yesterday assisting in the
transfer of passengers around the
roadblock on the SP's main line.
Russ Border Guards
Delay Train Traffic
Berlin, Jan. 23 (U.R) Russian
border guards delayed Ameri
can army train traffic in and out
of Berlin for seven hours early
today but removed restrictions
on truck traffic.
A westbound U. S. military
train running from Berlin to
Frankfurt was halted at the So
viet border Checmpoint of Mar
ienborn and kept there seven
hours while guards made a min
ute inspection of travel permits
carried by passengers.
One American official said
the Soviets. "particularly object
ed" to the presence on the train
of seven Brazilians and one Ger
man. However, the train finally
was permitted to proceed at
6:35 a.m.
River Rises Slowly,
Crest Seen Tonight
The Rogue river was slowly
rising today, the weather bureau
here said, but it is expected to
reach its crest tonight well be
low the flood stage. At Grants
Pass the river reading rose from
9.34 to 9.55 between 8 and 9 a. m.
today, the bureau said. Flood
stage is 15 feet.
Colder weather in the moun
tains will halt the runoff tonight
and the river is expected to drop
slowly tomorrow, the forecasters
said. Bear creek so far has been
able to handle all snow runoff
without difficulty, and no flood
ing ii anticipated.
Tribune
23, 1950
No. 256
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four-story structure has been In
progress for months, and when
the work is completed this sum
mer the building will have been
renovated from top to bottom
and will present an entirely new
appearance In the midst of the
Medford business district. Work
has proceeded piecemeal so far
With no total figure yet avail-
aaie that would show the total
cost of the protect.
New Units In Ui
In reviewing the work done
so far, Manager Alan C. Camer
on said the relocated lobby, en
trance, elevator, and stairwell
are now in use at the southeast
corner of the building.
The interior finish in the lob
by is still incomplete, but Cam
erson said a wall covering af
tan terra cotta tile will be in
stalled within 60 days. A new
and speedy semi-automatic Otis
elevator is now in use and can
be operated manually by an op
erator or automatically by pas
sengers. New quarters for Heath's pre
scription counter are included
in the 20 by 37-foot lobby and
has been serving drug needs
from the new location for sev
eral days. Offices in the build
ing are now reserved almost ex
clusively for medical and dental
prescriptions, as indicated by
the new business name.
The remainder of the first
floor and most of the i basement
will accommodate an F. W.
Woolworth store three times its
present size. Though plans and
sketches for the expansion are
still not complete, Contractor
Frank Fairweather's crews have
begun demolition work and
hope to begin actual remodel
ling with a few days, or as soon
as final specifications arrive
from San Francisco. Woolworths
will probably be open for busi
ness in their new quarters by
the middle of the summer.
By the time the work is fin
ished the exterior of the Medi
cal Center building will be com
pletely re-faced with a terra
cotta tile, making it one of the
most modern office buildings in
southern Oregon after the larg
est remodelling projects under
taken here in recent months.
Press Could
In Return of
Vatican City, Jan. 23 (U.R)
Pope Pius told 15 American
newspaper editors and publishers
today that the press could play
a responsible part in the "great
return of the world to God
through Christ."
The pope received the execu
tives and two officials of the
European cooperative adminis
tration in private audience. He
spoke with them in English.
"This year," he said, "we fond
ly hope and pray, will mark a
great return of the world to God
through Christ. And this return,
if accomplished, Is going to be
along the path of truth.
"Can you advance this noble
enterprise? Assuredly yes, be
cause truth needs a voice. And
the most potent voice reaching
the general public today is still
that of the press.
"Who does not know that a
journalist can deliberately falsi
fy facts, or by lifting them out
of their context can distort their
true meaning, or can suppress
truth that in Justice clamors to
be heard? -
WEATHER
FORECAST; l'arllr cloudy with
now thowrri In mount In i
and a frw rain ihowrn In val
ley tonight and Tuesday. Val
ley fog Tuesday morning.
Cooler.
Temp.
Highlit Yesterday -JO
Lowest this Morning 40
Tree, to 4:30 A.M. Today 21
Atomic Materials
Said Obtained By
Russia In 1943
Un-American Committee
Demands Inquiry
Washington, Jan. 23 (U.R)
An official of the atomic energy
commission said today that Rus
sia obtained atomic materials in
1943 from a firm which had
agreed to reserve all Its supplies
for the United States.
That testimony from Law
rence C. Burman, director of
AEC's licensing division, drew a
prompt demand from the house
un-American activities commit
tee for a thorough inquiry to
determine whether the firm vio
lated its wartime contract.
Knew of Shipments
Burman was rare metals pro
curement officer for the Man
hattan engineering project
which made the atom bomb. He
was called In the committee's
r-newed effort to trace shlp-
nts of uranium compounds
and other atomic materials to
Russia during the war years.
Burman said he knew of three
atomic shipments to the Rus
sians during the war 420
pounds of uranium compounds
in March, 1943: 1.000 pounds of
compounds later that year, and
2.2 pounds of fused, worthless
uranium metal the next year.
Help Sought
But the first was sent, Bur
man said, only to prevent the
Russians from learning that we
attached great importance to It,
and thereafter the Manhattan
project tried to corral all sup
plies, asking other government
aeencles to heln.
Burman told the committee
United States officials thought
they had blocked all shipments
to Russia from any source. They
learned four years later that,
despite their efforts, a 1,000
pound shipment of uranium
compounds from Canada went
through the lend-lease pipeline
to Russia in May or June, 1H43.
Hiss7 Attorneys
Preparing Appeal
New York, Jan. 23 (U.R) At
torneys for Alger Hiss today pre
pared an appeal to higher courts
in an effort to clear nis name as
a 20th century Benedict Arnold.
The former state department
official and his wife Priscilla hid
at the home of friends to await
his next court appearance on
Wednesday when Federal Judge
Henry W. Goddard win pro
nounce sentence. He faces a max
imum of 10 years in prison and
a $4,000 fine.
Claude B. Cross, chief counsel
for Hiss, said in Boston that he
would appeal to the U. S. circuit
court to reverse the decision of
the jury which Saturday declar
ed the former government career
man guilty on two counts of per
iurv. But he would not reveal on
what grounds the action would
be taken.
The action could be taken to
the supreme court, but Cross
would not sav whether he woum
carry the fight that far. "We'll
cross that bridge when we come
to it, he said.
BURGLAR TAKES PEN
A ball point pen apparently
was the only item taken some
time last night by a burglar who
entered the J. W. Copcland lum
ber yard. 1765 North Riverside
avenue, Manager Ernest Rogers
said today. The thief gained en
try by making a hole in the wall.
Play Big Role
World to God
"And the net result is that the
masses are misled, human trag
edy is incurred, and civil strife
and even wars are engendered,
simply because an unworthy
member of your profession for
one reason or another has been
recreant to his grave rcsponsi
bilities to truth."
Ordinary Citizen Felt
The responsibilities of the
press, the pontiff said, have never
been "more exacting than todav
when communication has become
so easy and far reaching., and the
ordinary citizen is being felt
more and more in the govern
ments and nations."
He praised the newsmen for
making their European fact-finding
tour, and added:
"We are, then, happy to use
this occasion to compliment your
profession on many priceless
benefits it has brought to the
great human family, and to en
courage each and every one of
its members In the resolute pur
pose to serve with unyielding
loyalty the cause of truth and
charity,'
Message Proposes No
Income Tax Changes
Washington, Jan. 23 (UP) President T.
man today called for tome excise tax reductions,
coupled with higher levies on corporations, gifts and
estates to give the government a net increase of
$1,000,000,000 in revenue.
Mr. Truman in a special tax message to congress
proposed no changes in individual income taxes.
He recommended a selective reduction in ex
cises only to the extent that the loss in revenue can
be made up by closing what he called "loopholes" in
other tax laws.
He said the corporation, gift and estate tax in
crease, the exact amount of which he left to congress,
snouia raise tne overall government revenue by about
$i ,uuu,uuu,uuu a year.
Summary Of Tax
Recommendations
To Congress Given
Washington, Jan. 23 (U.R)
A summary of President Tru
man's tax recommendations to
congress:
Proposed: Changes in tax laws
to yield a net gain of $1,000,000,
000 in revenue. No increase in
individual income taxes.
How?
1. Bv increasing corporation.
gift and estate taxes to give the
treasury $1,000,000,000 more.
Cut Excite Taxes
2. By reducing excise taxes on
such items as luggage, hand
bags, toilet preparations and on
transportation of property ana
persons, long-distance telephone
calls and telegrams.
3. The excise tax cut must De
onlv to the extent" that the loss
of revenue is made up by clos
ing loopholes in present tax
laws.
Loopholes to be plugged:
1. The "excessive" dedetlon
exemptions granted oil and min
ing interests. Mr. Truman saia
the depletion exemotion goes on
year after year although the
original Investment has been
many times recovered.. It is
"shocking," he said.
O TKo rlm.lrta Yv whlfVt TJnllv-
wood oroducers and stars avoid
high taxes by creating tempo
rnrv cornnrntions which are dis
solved after making one film.
The 25 per cent capital gains
tax, therefore, is assessea in
stead of high Individual Income
taxes.
i Tnv evomntlons e r a n t e d
some educational and charitable
organizations.
4. The tax law wnicn - unin
tentionally" has relieved life in
surance companies ot income
taxes since 1946.
To Add To Revenue
T.nnnhnle salvage:
Mr. Truman estimated that
plugging these loopholes would
add '"several hundred million
dollars" to revenue. Excise taxes
thus could be cut by mat mucn,
he said.
Onr narki.ee tax:
Mr. Truman indicated he
wanted a "one-package" tax re
duction-tax increase bill. Un
der present conditions," he said
"we pannot afford to reduce ex
pisn taxes first, in the hope that
action will be taken later to
make up for the loss in reve
nue.
Pnrnnratlnn taxes:
1. A "moderate" Increase In
taxes of corporations with more
than $50,000 income.
2. A reduction in tax rate of
corporations with Income be
tween $25,000 and $50,000 to
the same as those above $50,000.
Corporations between $25,000
and $50,000, he said, now arc
taxed at the "excessively high
'notch' rate" of 53 per cent.
3. Loss carry-forward: Recom
mended that this provision for
marking off losses in bad years
against profits of subsequent
years be extended from the
present to five years.
Foreiqn Income
4. Foreign income: Postpone
Ihe tax on corporate income
abroad until the Income is
brought home: extend and gen
eralize the present credit for
taxes paid abroad, and liberal
ize foreign residence require
ment for exemption of income
earned abroad.
Gift and estate taxes:
Yield is too low due to the
rcoublican 80th congress' one
third cut in rates, excessive ex
emptions and loopholes which
leave great wealth beyond the
reach of tax laws. Exemptions
should be reduced and rates
revised.
Balanced budget:
None foreseen for several
years. He said "nothing could be
more foolhardy" than an at
tempt to balance the budget In
1951 by measures that would
make "Impossible" balanced
budgets In future years.
Deficit blame:
"Due largely" to the tax re
duction voted by the 80th con
gress and the "present neces
sity" for huge funds for nation
al security and world peace.
Ukiah. Calif., Jan. 23 (U.R)
The body of a man identified as
Lloyd Laird, 55, of Bandon, Ore.,
was found in an automobile
parked on a lonely road near
here Saturday.
Manila, Philippines, Jan. 23
(U.R) Roving U. S. Ambassador
Philip Jessup conferred tonight
witn Acting foreign uecretary
Felino Neri.
The president once more crit.
iclzed the 80th coneress for what
he called "short-sighted tax re
duction" on individuals as well
as some other cuts.
Mr. Truman said "drastic in
creases in tax rates . . . might
prove to be self-defeating-." But.
he said, he was recommending
adjustment "to reduce present
inequities, to stimulate business
activity and to yield about
$1,000,000,00 in net additional
revenue."
Cut Not Disclosed
He did not say precisely how
much he thought excise taxes
should be reduced.
I believe that reductions am
most urgently needed in the ex
cise taxes on transportation of
property, transportation of per
sons, long-distance telephone and
leiegrapn communications, and
the entire group of retail ex
cises, Including such Item. n
toilet oreDaration. lnocuro nfirf
handbags," he said.
Ihe present exclsa tnv nn
toilet preparations, luggage,
nandbags and similar items are
20 per cent, compared with pre
war rates generally of 10 per
cent. The present transportation
tax on persons is 15 per cent
and tht freight tax three per
cent.
The taxes which Mr. Truman
proposes to reduce will yield a
total of $1,326,000,000 In fiscal
1951, according to budget es
timates. Mr. Truman did not propose
that the taxes on all corpora
tions be increased. On the con
trary, he recommended that the
tax rate on corporate income
between $25,000 and $50,000 be
teduced to the same rate that
applies about $50,000. The rate
on income above $50,000 now is
a maximum of 38 per cent com
pared with what Mr. Truman
described as "the excessively
high 'notch' rate of 53 per cent"
between $25,000 and $50,000. .
"These changes in the tax rate
structure would go far toward
removing the handicaps which
the present law places upon the
expansion of small corporations"
Mr. Truman said. "The existing
lavorable tax rates for small
corporations with incomes below
$25,000 would be retained.
Other Changes
"The tax increase would be
confined to less than one-tenth
of all corporations."
The president recommended
other changes in the tax laws
which are of a technical nature
but which he said would pre
vide "Increased incentive to bus
iness investment." these involve
losses incurred and foreign in
vestments. To make up for the loss in
revenue through excise tax re
duction. Mr. Truman suggested
a number of "loopholes" that
he said congress should work on.
Passengers Hurt
As Bus Hits Rock
Oregon City, Ore., Jan. 23
(U.R) A Northbound Pacific
Greyhound bus struck huge
boulder south of Oregon City
early today and state police said
19 of 22 passengers were injur
ed when the heavy vehicle turn
ed over on the highway.
Frank Johnson, Eugene, Ore.,
driver, said the boulder, estimat
ed at about three tons, had fal
len in the center of the north
bound lane. He said he had a
choice of hitting the boulder or
another bus approaching from
the other direction.
John's bus rammed the ob
struction, swerved off the road
and scraped a retaining wall for
225 feet before overturning on
the left side.
Passengers climbed out of the
bus through a broken wind
shield. Only Cameron A. Sharpe,
Seattle, needed aid In leaving the
bus. He suffered internal injur
ies and crushed ribs.
Alaska Statehood
Issue Due In House
Washington, Jan. 23 (U.R)
Speaker Sam Rayburn put off
for at least three weeks today a
no-holds-barred house fight over
the administration's proposed
fair employment practice act.
Rayburn side-tracked the Is
sue by tapping the Alaskan
statehood bill as the house's
business for today.
The Texas democrat Indicat
ed It would give house members
time to cool off after last week's
unsuccessful efforts by southern
democrats and some republicans
to change the house rules.