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WEATHER Subscribers FORECAST: CloudT with occa sional light rain In valley and now over mountain! tonight and Wednesday. Sill nils' warmer tonight. Temp. Hllheit yelterday 41 Loweit thli morning IT Free, to 4: JO a.m. today Tract EDFORD IRIBUNE To report lmproptr or son delivery of tht Mall Tribune phone -Ml before 8:43 p. m. dally and 10:10 a. m. Sunday. If recular delivery arrlvei hortly after you rill, please notify office, thui eliminating special menenier lervlce. United Press Full Leas Wlr. United Press Full Lees Wire 44th Year? 12 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, 1 .V, FEBRUARY 7, 1950 No. 269 PHONE WORKERS AGREE TO DELAY STRIKE 16 DAYS WORST DELAY OF TRAFFIC EASED AT RUSSIAN BORDER SEVERE FLOODS IN WILLAMETTE VALLEY POSSIBLE M 0 Washington, Feb. 7 (U.PJ The CIO Telephone Workers to day agreed to a government re quest tO postpone iui ID u;i nationwide telephone strike that had been scheduled to begin to morrow morning. The postponement was asked by Cyrus S. Ching, chief of the federal mediation service, to per jnit more time for collective bar gaining in the contract dispute between the union and the Bell The new strike deadline is now February z. One More Attempt The union had threatened to pull out 100,000 telephone work ers across the country tomor row. And union officers said if they struck picket lines would be thrown "around every tele- Columbia County Doctor Testifies In Medical Suit Portland, Ore., Feb. 7 (U.R) Dr. John H. Flynn, Columbia county health officer, today tes tified in federal district court here that he quit accepting Hos pital association patients after fhree years of treating them be cause of interference and an at tempt to send all patients to Portland doctors. Dr. Flynn was a defense wit ness in the federal government's anti-trust suit against eight Ore gon doctors and county and state hospital groups. Started In 1929 The Columbia county doctor who said he had been practicing for 53 years, testified that he be gan accepting patients belonging to prepaid medical organizations in 1929. He said he agreed to treat these patients provided the privately-owned hospital as sociations would open their panels to all doctors in Colum bia county. After three years of accepting their "tickets, Dr. Flynn said he quit taking Association pati ents because ot lntenerence with patients and an attempt by the associations to funnel these patients to Portland physicians." Allowance Increased Dr. Flynn said the standard fee to the doctor in the early days was SI. and a maximum al lowance for a prescription was 35 cents. Finally, the 79-year-old physician said he got the Na tional Hospital association to in crease its maximum prescrip tion allowance to 50 cents. If cost of drugs was more than that, the patients had to pay it, Flynn said. Dr. Blair Holcomb of Portland testified that he accepted no checks from hospital associations and did not treat any subscribers except as individual - paying patients. Reporters' Photos Discovered In Raid Portland, Ore., Feb. 7- (U.R) Sheriff Terry Schrunk and state liquor agents raided an after hours resort today and found on the walls photographs of 29 Ore gonian and Journal staff mem bers which, the newspapermen said, obviously were taken from sheriff's office files. Mike Elliott, who was recalled as Multnomah county sheriff last fall after a vigorous Portland newspaper campaign, said: "I don't know a thing about it." Authorities asserted the place had been operating as a bawdy house. The raid was based on information that illegal pur chases o liquor could be made in the establishment. Duplicate Photos Newspaper reporters, who re called that they had tneir pic tures taken for press passes, said the pictures found on the walls of the raided resort were aupn cates of the ones issued by the sheriff's office during Elliott's term as sheriif. Sheriff Schrunk, who suc ceeded Elliott, said: "I'd like to know who turned those pictures over. I mean to find out." Also found with the photo graphs were a list of names of Journal and Oregonian reporters, the reporters of a Portland week ly, and a list of taxicab drivers' names and telephone numbers. DIPHTHERIA REPORTED Grants Pass. Feb. 7 Three cases of diphtheria have been re ported in Josephine county in recent weeks, with the most re cent one a woman living in the Hugo area. Radio Highlights , Radio Station KWIN (1400 kc) will broadcast the Oregon-Washington State basket ball game from Pullman. Wash., tonight, starting at 7:30. phone exchange, to make the strike nationwide." But Ching told both union and Bell System officials yesterday they should make one more at tempt to "peaceably resolve" their dispute and he asked for the postponement. In accepting Ching's proposal, Union President Joseph A. Beirne said he was postponing the strike "with the firm inten tion of bargaining with the com panies night and day to bring the issues to a mutually satis factory conclusion." The union is demanding "a subslantial wage increase," a shorter work week, and nearly a dozen other improvements in its contract with the Bell com panies. In a telegram to Ching, Beirne once again accused the Bell Sys tems of bargaining in bad faith and said that if the dispute is not settled by February 24 "there will be a strike." Ching, meanwhile, has order ed all federal labor conciliators to step up their efforts to bring locals of the Communications Workers union and the Bell Sys tems closer to a new contract. 11.000 Directly Involved The dispute involves directly only the 11,000 installation and repairmen employed by the Western Electric company, a Bell System affiliate. But if these workers strike, the remaining 310,000 CWA workers intend to respect their picket lines. The walkout would be the second nation wide telephone tie-up in history. The last one. in 1947, ended in a defeat for the old National Federation of lelephone Workers, an indepen dent union that was replaced by me tiu amiiaie. $200,000 Damage In Oakland Blaze Oakland, Cal., Feb. 7 (U.R) A three-alarm fire razed a half block of wooden buildings, in cluding a hotel, in downtown Oakland early today, causing an estimated $200,000 damage. fitteen persons were led to safety from the two-story Eagle hotel after they were aroused by two navy shore patrolmen and a police officer. Patrolman William O. Hecker, 25, and Police Officer Robert Leen entered the building while Patrolman James A. Correll, 25 turned in the alarm. Correll then returned and assisted Heck er and Leen. Three Firemen Hurt Three firemen were injured, two of them when a roof fell around them and trapped them in the blazing building. They were Captain Barney Mtildow ney, 63, and Hoseman Ralph Waalkes, 22. They were taken to a hospital where they were reported in good condition after treatment for shock and inhala tion of smoke. The fire started in the West Coast Paint factory about 12:45 a.m. It apparently caused a boil er explosion, which sent the flames upward through the frame buildings at lfith and San Pablo avenues, only a block away from the Oakland city hall. Pneumonia Epidemic Feared In Palestine Jerusalem, Feb. 7 (U.R) Au thorities feared today that a pneumonia epidemic might sweep Israel and Jordan-held Palestine as the Middle East struggled under the heaviest blanket of snow within memory. The freak storm, with snow. wind and cold, has battered the Middle East since Friday, bring ing misery to thousands of refu gees and immigrants in camps in Israel and Arab territory. In the Jerusalem area, which was covered with a three - foot blanket of snow, hundreds of roofs collapsed under the weight of the snow. Rogue River From Drowning In Millpond Rogue River, Feb. 7 Delia Randleman, 10, is alive today be cause of the efforts of Douglas Combs. 25, who almost lost his own life while rescuing the girl from a frozen millpond here af ter she broke through the ice. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon when Delia and her brother, Dickie, nine, and a play mate, Carol Pinkie. 10, went out on the ice of the old mill pond here. All three children broke through the ice, but Dickie was near shore and waded out un assisted, and spread the alarm for the girls. Rescue Party Sydney Desselle, who lives across the river, heard Dickie's yells, and quickly gathered a res cue party of 10 men, which rushed to the pond. Carol was about eight feet from the shore, and was pulled in without dif 'Aemt TeUphotoi JAILED AS ATOM SPY - Dr. Klaus Emll Julius Fuchs taoove), a cop British atomic scientist trust ed with some of America's olggest A-bomb secrets, isi arrestee, oy Scotland Vara agents in London an a tip from American FBI agentt investigating Russian espionage He was :hargea with giving un identified agent? information use ful tc an enemy. Harris Ellsworth Sees Delay For River Development Congressman Harris Ellsworth believes that the proposed Rogue basin reclamation project will receive no congressional action during the current session of con gress. In his weekly letter to the press of his district, the Roseburg representative said that a delay in the completion of additional data on the project slowed the reclamation bureau's report, and that there is much routine to be completed before the matter can be presented to congress. His letter said: All field reports on the Rogue river reclamation project will be in the hands of department of interior officials here within a few days. This project, which if approved by the department and authorized by congress, would provide flood control; ir rigation and power in the Rogue river valley. The survey has been under way for ten years but thus far no formal recommenda tion has been made by the de partment. Department action is now expected within two or three weeks. Last fall the department told me their study of' the proposal would be completed and ready for submission to congress early in January. The failure to meet that schedule was due, I am in formed, by delay in the comple tion of data from the field of fices. Much Detail - After all data' is In the Wash ington office the project will then be reviewed by the pro gram committee of the depart ment of interior. That committee is made up of the bureau heads of the department. It then goes to the secretary for his approval or rejection. If it is approved it is submitted to the governor ot the state and to interested gov ernment departments for their comments and suggestions. Fol lowing the completion of this procedure the report on tne pro posed project is sent to congress. There is no way of accurately estimating how much time all this routine will take, but I am ready to guess now that there will be no congressional action on the project during this ses sion. Fate Of Carol Paight Rests With Jury Brideeoort. Conn.. Feb. 7 (U.R) The fate of 21-year-old Carol Ann Paight, who killedtjper best pal, her father, to save mm from a torturing death by cancer, was placed in the hands of a middle aged jury of nine mothers and three fathers today. The jury began deliberations at 3:16 p. m. EST after a charge of 1 hour and 12 minutes by Presiding Judge John A. Cor nell. Girl Rescued ficulty. Delia, however, was near the center of the 35-foot pond, where the water is about 18 feet deep. Grant Cummins, Rogue River, attempted to reach the girl us ing a rowboat, but it overturned and he was pulled ashore. Gene Helvey, Medford, then attempted to push the craft toward the girl, but found he could not do so. Swam Out Then Combs, who operates a nearby tavern, tied a rope around his waist and swam out to Delia. He collapsed from ex haustion when he reached her, just as she lost her hold on the ice. But she was able to cling to his clothing, and both were pulled ashore with the rope. They were taken to the Jose phine county hospital, and were all released except Delia, who is reported to be recovering. Berlin, Feb. 7 (U.R) The Rus sian slowdown of traffic on the Berlin truck highway produced its worst traffic jam today and then unaccountably eased off. Around midday more than 200 German trucks were backed up on each side of the Russian zonal border check point at Helmstedt. 110 miles west of Berlin. Helm stedt reported it was the biggest tieup since the big blockade. of 1948-49. Situation Eases Just as the traffic jam was paralyzing all movement over the zonal border, the Soviet guards and their German police asistants began passing 10 to 14 trucks an hour. ' American officials said the situation had "eased considerab ly" by midafternoon, but that about 200 trucks still were lined up for clearance. "The jam is still pretty bad," said Charles A. Dix, U. S. trans port chief in Berlin, "but the Russians are letting through from 10 to 14 trucks an hour just about the number queuing up each hour." Air Force Limbers Up The record squeeze by the Rus sians came In the wake of big events. The U. S. air force in Germany had just started man euvers to see that its blockade wide transport units were ready to go again if necessary. Talk of a communist putsch against the west Berlin govern ment circulated here. The West German government had decided Two Californians Admit Burglary Of Swem's Shop Charles R. Winn. 24. and Fred M. Bangle, 35, both of San Ber nadino, Cal., appeared in Jack son county circuit court yester day afternoon to aamit iormauy that they took $1,923 from the safe at Swem's Book and Gift shnn here December 11. The pair were picked up in Coos Bay the day following the burglary, and have been held in the Jackson county jail in lieu of $10,000 bail each since that time. Asks Reports Before pronouncing sentence, Circuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna requested a pre-sentence report from State Parole Officer Lee Nelson who is now checking their previous records. City police here have felt the case was "positively sewed up" ever since Bangle and Winn were apprehended. A diamond and onyx ring missing from Swem's safe was found in their possession and a hammer handle, abandoned among the debris in the mezzanine office, matched a hammer in the two men's Cadil lac. Two high-powered Savage rifles were found in the car also. Charge against the two Cali fornians is burglary not in a dwelling. Industrial Shutdowns Increase In Tempo Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 7 U.PJ Industrial shutdowns increased in tempo today as John L. Lewis' soft coal miners threatened to carry on their "no contract, no work" strike even if the govern ment obtains a Taft-Hartley in iunction. Steel mills and railroads an-1 nounced new cutbacks. Utility companies ordered dimouls and curtailment of use of electric power. Few Miners Work Nearly 400,000 United Mine Workers "sat out" government efforts to get them back to the pits. Only a few mines wun which Lewis has obtained con tracts still were working. The Association of American Railroads said average supplies of coal burning lines would be reduced to less than four days by next Monday. Republic Steel company closed down two blast furnaces In Port land, but planned to keep three others going "for the time being at least." At least seven other steel companies have curtailed operations because of dwindling supplies. A&P Boosts Prices On Coffee Brands New York. Feb. 7 (U.R) The Great Atlantic it Pacific Tea company today raised retail prices on its leading brands of coffee three to four cents a pound. The two leading grades. Eight O'clock and Red Circle moved up four cents to 63 and 66 cents a Dound and the Bokar brand by three cents to 68 cents a pound. Three pound packages carry a six-cent discount. to stop the shipment of steel to East Germany. A new American policy for Germany was set forth yesterday by U. S. High Com missioner, John J. McCloy. Charles A. Dix, U. S. transport chief in Berlin, said that 150 trucks bound for western Ger many were damming up behind the Helmstedt check point at midday. More than 60 were held up for clearance along the highway east to Berlin. Could Use Trains Through an official publica tion the Russians invited the western powers to use more trains if they wanted to avoid congestion on the Berlin high way. The invitation appeared In the Soviet newspaper Taegliche Rundschau. The paper said there was no blockade of Berlin but that truck traffic must be thoroughly checked because of smuggling. Ex-Associates Of Mickey Cohen Held In Blast Inquiry Los Angeles, Feb. 7 (U.R Three former associates of Mickey Cohen with long police records were arrested 'early to day in connection with the dyna miting of the little mobster's home. Police charged Joe Sico, 38. his brother, Fred, co-owners of a health center and a shirt store and Salvatore Piscopo, 54, alias Dago Louis Marli, on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder. Arrest Follows Blast They were arrested less than 24 hours after would-be assass ins touched off "between 20 and 30 sticks of dynamite", at Coh en's west Los Angeles home. The blast ripped open his bedroom and rocked the fashionable res idential district for blocks around. ' Cohen escaped death only be cause he was in his wife's room. Neither she, Cohen, a maid, their Boxer dog nor residents of sev en neighboring homes that were damaged suffered injuries. Inspector Jack Donahue said arrests of the Sica brothers and Piscopo were part of a roundup of underworld figures. Free On Bail The Sica brothers were free on $7,500 bail after their In dictment with 14 others Janu ary 19 in connection with a west coast narcotics ring. Two men seen prowling in Co hen's neighborhood when the homemade bomb went off had been sought as suspects in the assassination attempt. Officers said they were seen roaming the streets i.i a black sedan at the time the dynamite exploded with a roar heard 10 miles away. Police said the sedan was seen about 4:20 a.m. yesterday at the time the dynamite exploded. Asked To Move Although Cohen maintained he was a legitimate businessman without enemies, his neighbors demanded that he move. "It has become frightening here," Mrs. William Gude said. "Something should be done to give us 24-hour protection so long as the Cohens are living here." Strauss Resigns As Member of AEC Washington, Feb. 7 (U.R) President Truman today accept ed the resignation of Lewis L. Strauss as a member of the ato mic encrgv commission. The resignation is effective April 15. Strauss, in a letter dated Janu ary 31, said he is quitting to re turn to "my private affairs .from which I have been separated for so long." He said that between now and April 15 he will give all possible help to the new AEC chairman who has yet to be named by Mr. Truman. Strauss was one of the original members of the five-man body which runs this country's $4, 500.000,000 atomic energy pro ject. He is the fourth of the orig inal commissioners to resign be fore expiration of their terms next June 30. RESIGNS POST Tokyo, Feb. 7 U.R) Calvin Verity. Ohio businessman who came last year to act as deputy chief of allied headquarters' eco nomic and scientific section, an nounced today he has resigned his post and will return to his Middletown home next month. London. Feb. 7 'U.R) Queen Mother Marv was reported to day to be suffering "some" pain as a result of a five-day attack of sciatica, i (Acme Ttltpholo) Harry Bridges Testifies at Trial Bridges Takes Witness Stand In Perjury Hearing San Francisco, Feb. 7 (U.R) The long and turbulent perjury conspiracy trial of Harry Bridges and two other longshore union officers reached its climax today when the labor leader went to the witness stand to testify in his own defense. The Australian-born chief of 75,000 west coast longslwremen and warehousemen is accused of lying at his naturalization hear ing in 1945 when he denied he was or ever had been a com munist. J. R. Robertson and Hen ry Schmidt, two officers in Bridges' union, are on trial on conspiracy charges for backing up their leader's sworn oath. Faces Testimony Bridges, wearing a gray suit. a two-tone red tie and loud red sox, took the stand faced with testimony by nine government witnesses who placed him in the communist party during a 10 year period from 1933 to 1943. Three of the government wit nesses claimed he not onlv was a card-carrying, dues -paying member, of the parly but that he held a place on the executive committee, the communists top ranking policy-making body. Bridges came forward to tell his own story as the trial moved into its 13th week. Indicating he planned to spend a considerable period of time, possibly four days, on the stand, he launched his testimony by re viewing his personal history. Family In Australia He said he was 49 years old and that his mother, Julia Bridges: one brother and three sisters all live in Australia. His father, he said, died in 1947. Leaning back in the witness chair. Bridges unbuttoned his coat, crossed his legs and with almost no prompting from De fense Counsel Vincent Hallinan told his story of how he went to sea in 1916 and for the next sev eral years performed every pos sible task as a seaman except to cook. San Franciscans Held On Narcotics Charges Portland. Ore.. Feb. 7 (U.R) Two San Francisco men were held on charges of possession of narcotics today after police trailed them to a Portland auto court. Officers said thev nabbed Carmen Anthony Bosco, 41, ex convict, and Domingo Carrier, 39, at the end of a 26-hour stake out. Police said the pair had 10 one-ounce packages of heroin. five more ounces loose, and about 1,000 morphine tablets in a small bottle; all worth about $80,000 in the narcotics trade. Both Bosco and Carrier denied selling the drugs in Portland. Missouri's Sk Of Command Norfolk, Va., Feb. 7 U.R The skipper who ran the battle ship Missouri on a mudbank was relieved of his command today, "at least" temporarily, the navy said. Adm. William H. Fechteler, commander in chief of the At lantic fleet, said the Big Mo's former skipper, Capt. H. Page Smith, would take over the na vy's only active battleship again "for the time being, and at least until the legal proceedings" of a naval court of inquiry arc completed. Capt. William D. Brown, who was taking the Missouri out on her first cruise under his com mand, faces a four-member board of inquiry which seeks to place blame for the Big Mo's humili ating 15-day stay on a Hampton Roads mudbank. The Atlantic fleet announce ment said "it is fair and proper that the commanding officer, navigator and other officers de fending themselves should not have the additional burden of the responsibility of the ship during the present legal proceed ings." Admiral Fechteler said if dock Portland, Ore., Feb. 7 (U.R) The flood potential of a record Willamette valley snowpack Is "high" and a "severe winter flood" could occur with heavy rains and abnormal tempera tures, the soil conservation serv ice warned todav. The Willamette valley In northwestern Oregon takes In the major cities of Portland, Sa lem and Eugene. Water Content High Partial snow survey reports showed the pack at scattered stations had the highest water content in the region's records. Santiam Junction reported 33.8 inches of water compared to the average of 14.4 for this time of year. Marion Forks had 27.8 compared to an 8.2 normal. Still Creek station noted 31.8 against 12.7 for 10 years' sur veys. In each case the readings were all-time records. W. T. Frost, in charge of snow studies, said his figures indi cated a potential flood hazard "somewhat greater than last February, when heavy rains and melting after mid-February sent the Willamette and many of its tributaries well above flood stage." Meanwhile, the weather bu- Russia Walks Out Of Council Meeting Lake Success, N. Y., Feb. 7 Russia walked out of the United Nations economic and social council today after failing to un seat the Chinese nationalists and Chiang Kai-shek's representative told the little assembly that the Kremlin's actions "call for the expulsion of the Soviet Union" from the entire world organiza tion. The 18-nation economic and social council rejected, by a vote of 10 to 3. with five abstentions, a motion by Russian Delegate Semyon K. Tsarapkin to ."ex clude the representative of the kuomintang group from member shin in the council. Russia, Czechoslovakia and Po land voted in favor of the mo tion. Britain, France, Denmark, India and Pakistan abstained. Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Can ada, Chile, China, Iran, Mexico, Peru and the United Stales voted against it. Bergman, Infant In 'Weak Condition' Rome, Feb. 7 (U.R) Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and her five-day old son are in a "weak condition," according to an ac quaintance of Italian Film Direc tor Roberto Rossellini. The acquaintance, Uga Zatter in, said the condition of the act ress and her son made it impos sible for them to be photo graphed now. Zattcrin, employed by a mag azine owned by one of Rossel lini's film backers, spoke at a meeting of newsmen and photo graphers which Rossellini was scheduled to attend. However, Rossellini was not there. Zatterin said the boy was weak because it had been born ahead of schedule. "You understand that a pre mature birth affects the condi tion of health," he said. Washington. Feb. 7 (U.R) Mrs. Israel E. Hervin, Portland, Ore., was nominated todav for director of the League of Wom en Voters. Mrs. Hervin and oth er director nominees will be voted on by the league's nation al convention at Atlantic City, April 24-28. w ipper rreea Temporarily trials of the Missouri are suc cessful today, she will leave for sea trial tomorrow and return Thursday morning. Rear Adm. Milton E. Miles heads a four-member board seek ing to place responsibility for the ship's 15-day "anchorage." Yesterday the Missouri execu tive officer. Cmdr. George E. Peckham, of Cresco. Ia., said he recommended that the ship retreat and "twist right" when he saw it was going to run a secret acoustic range at the Hampton Roads entrance. Peckham said Lt. Cmdr. George E. Morris Jr. of New York, the navigator, told him of the approach to the range. Then, Peckham said, he saw a buoy ahead which designated the left limit of the safe channel. Asks Full Speed Back When he saw that the ship had headed to the left of the buoy rather than to the right, as he had recommended, Peckham said, he asked again that Big Mo reverse full speed. He said the request was not acknowledged and by that time it was too late. rag 1 1 fn-aact -nl . .... J with maximum temperaturei ranging between 42 and 52. ine oureau s river predictions for the next three days called fni "nrtrmal trt enhctantitil" ricaa of northwest Oregon streams. wiui a statement tnat warm weather and continued rains could speed up the runoff to a threatening rate. Damage caused by one of the coldest and most snow-filled .Inniiarvs in Vanitin nnpthuraat history continued to mount. Republican Party Adopts Platform For 1950 Campaign Washington, Feb. 7 U.R) Re. publicans campaigned to recap iure congress today with chargei that the Truman administration has failed to stop communism abroad and that its domestic pro gram is socialistic. They promised that a GOP vic tory in November would put new meaning into bi partisan conduct of foreign affairs and halt the homefront trend toward socialism. Platform Adopted The platform on which the re publican party is pitching lta 1950 campaign was adopted by the GOP national committee ai well as the house and senate membership late yesterday after several hours of wrangling over some of its provisions. As finally approved, the plat form or restatement of party principles, as republicans prefer to call it provided for: 1. A foreign policy which follows the spirit and letter of the constitution, opposes secret commitments, offers full support to the United Nations, and strong policy against the spread of communism. 2. A strong national defense and promotion of world trade "on the basis of fair and reason able competition." Principles Threatened 3. A definite stand In favor of individual liberty against so cialism. Basic American prin ciples are threatened "by the administration's program for a planned economy modeled on the socialist governments of Europe, including price and wage control, rationing, socialized medicine, regional authorities and the Brannan (farm) plan with Its controls, penalties, fines and Jail sentences." A A I t Jtl.Il 1 a, 1. nil ciia lu ueucii apenu- ing and a return to a balanced budget; adoption of the Hoover report for greater government economies: a policy of general tax reduction, and a study of federal-state taxes to secure the sovereignty of the states. 5. Retention of the Taft-Hartley labor act, with needed Im provements. Asks Farm Prpgram 6. A farm program which provides for fair prices and gov ernment supports without the "nationalization" effect of the Brannan plan. 7. Expansion of social se curity and other federal pro grams of aid for the aged and ' needy without government so cialization. 8. A complete overhaul of the government's loyalty pro gram to get all communists, fel low travelers and party sympa- inizcrs otf me payrolls. 9. Civil rights legislation guaranteeing equal opportunity for all to work, vote and enjoy all other protections of United States citizenship. Regular City Council Meeting Here Tonight Hearings on proposed grading and graveling Grant avenue be tween Belmont and Stewart ave nues and Monroe street between Holly and Fir streets are on the council agenda for its regular meeting at 7:30 p. m. today at the city hall. Other matters currently being studied by the council are pro posed Sunday closure of used and new car agencies, new gar bage rules and regulations and enlargement of the public li brary. The closure and garbage mat ters may be considered at to night's meeting, It was reported today. A group of dealers asked for the Sunday stw but two peti tions opposing such a measure have been received by the coun cil. LOADS REDUCED Load limits have been Im posed on another county road to prevent damage from heavy Iruck traffic on thaw-softened roads. County Engineer Paul Rynning said restrictions have been placed on the Dead Indian road, the first road in the south ern part of the county to be re stricted. Reduced load limits have also been put in effect on the Meadows and Ramsay can yon roads in the Sams Valley area. - "
