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BIT MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thuriday. March IB. 1350 tAcme Rndio-Tetcphnt , A-BOMB SPY GETS 14 YEARS Crowd '" outside om Bailey Criminal Court in London, where Dr. Klaua Fuchfl, Britain's third ranking atomic scientist, pleaded guilty to betraying Anglo-American A-bomb secrets to Russia and was sentenced to 14 years In prison. The trial lasted only 90 minutes. Voter's Legislative Report (This is Ihe sixth in a series of articles regarding legisla tive procedure and organisa tion taken from The Oregon Voter.) RECORDS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS Except as above indicated for joint ways ana means committee, no records of committee meet ings or procedures are available as public records except the com mittee reports which are incor porated in the official journal of eacn nouse as inea, wun ine sec retary of state. That official journal no longer is published in full text, but the gist of each action is set forth in the pub lished volume. SUGGESTIONS AND RECOM MENDATIONS For many years the editor of The Oregon Voter has advocated (1) complete modernization of the rules, (2) the use of strike-out type (this recommendation adopt ed), and (3) the printing each night of the daily Journal of pro ceedings of each house, so it may be available the following morn ing on the desk of each member and also available to the public. At present, the cumbersome cal endar is printed each night fur distribution to members and the public the following morning. In the 1949 session, upon recom mendation by your editor, roll calls were published in this cal endar. Also the Senate's chief clerk, Mrs. Zylpha Burns, on her own initiative briefed the Senate Journal for printing during the night and availability the follow ing morning. What is naeded is not a "brief" of the daily Journal, but its printing in full text, so each member may examine the exact text which will be in the official journal of the minutes of the preceding day's action are ap proved as printed. Pending such approval as a first order of busi ness each day there would be opportunity for corrections, not only of errors (if any), but of roll-calls. Despite vigilance of desk-clerks, there is almost daily misunderstanding of votes by members who do not sneak un clearly, or who merely nod to the reading clerk, usually to avoid being heard in time to reveal to the entire membership of his house how he is voting. In recent years there has been no official publication of the en tire journal. All that is nublish- ed by the secretary of state at the end of each session is a brief of each action taken, including significant roll calls in full, and text of protests which members may enter as a constitutional right. Instead of minutes bcini! approved daily, with knowledge of their exact content, they are approved in a perfunctory man ner, or not approved at all except by resolution late in the session, resolution adopted without knowledge of their exact con tent. This practice has led to much misunderstanding of actual text of motions, resolutions, re ports and amendments, and much dispute of roll-ca Is as finally published months after each ses sion, (The journal of the 1U4U session, even in its brief form, has not been published yet.) By printing each night the full text of the official Journal, with corrections published in the next loiiowing printed Journal, the members and the public would nave the opportunity to be fully informed as to exactly what had happened on each particular day. inose wno kept the dally Journal for later reference would be equipped with accurate informa tion either for publication, dis cussion or for use in litigation. It would not be necessary to issue the Journal after the end of the session as a volume, except in its present briefed form, with its lists and excellent indices, for convenient reference as a whole. Also, daily printing of the cumbersome calendar could be dispensed with. A small daily listing such as was printed for the informal ion of members, would be adequnte. If deemed necessary, the big cumbersome calcndnr could be printed once a To Give or Keep i rfvf'i i in Smart new monogram idea is an ideal Mother's Day or wed dine eift! Or make these mod ern-looking linens for your proud use. Simplest stitches for handsome motifs! Pattern 7123; transfer 12 motils 2x4 to 7x13 inches. Our improved pattern visual with casy-to-see charts and pho tos, and complete directions makes needlework easy. Send TWENTY CENTS in coins for this pattern to The Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P. O. Box 5640. Chicago 80. 111. Print plainly NAME. ADDRESS with PATTERN NUMBER. Our ALICE BROOKS Needle work catalogue is the best ever! Send fifteen cents, in coins, now for your copy. Illustrations of week, during the week-end, in readiness for convenient reier- ence the following week. This practice, daily printing oi the entire official Journal, and dispensing with all but a small daily calendar and a complete weekly calendar, lias been adopt ed by more progressive legisla tures of the Union, and has prov ed a great time-saver in its ex pedition of business, me prin cipal saving of time is in the avoidance of misunderstanding such as causes long delays of at tempts to correct legislation a it can be caught in time. Your editor (of the Voter) also has urged use of the electric roll call. The new catiilol is equipped in part for use of this modern device. Moll cans are dreary affairs, as now conducted viva voce (or by norta, loo oiten failing to reveal in time exactly now each member voted. They use up an immense amount of time. By the electric method, each roll call would be in full display before its house until ample time was given for its cor rection before its final recording, also by an electric device there would set up an unimpeachable record for the Journal. This one device could release members for many hours of committee work, Ihe use of the electric roll call and electric recording of itself could shorten an Oregon legisla tive session by weeks. (Tomorrow M 1 n o r sugges tions for time-saving. Conclusion.) W Will Serve Coffee and Cake All Day Saturday Fit . fflM You re Invited. . To Come In Saturday and See the Full FRIGIDAIRE Electric KITCHEN in OPERATION Featuring America's No. 1 Refrigerator, the New 1950 FRIGIDAIRE See the New Refrigerators, Ranges, Washers, Clothes Dryors, Home Freezers and Ironers in operation. See the New Frigidaire Kitchen Cabinets. Bring in your appliance questions and problems, FREE Two 54-Pe. Ruby Dinner Sets Will Be Given Away Saturday. Nothing to Buy. 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Also found were: An assorted collection of but tons, campaign badges and trash. Green paper cut in the size and shape of dollar bills and placed in semi-transparent en velopes. Some Passed Container Ellis said 1186 persons took advantage of his Red Cross din ner. "I sav more than one well dressed man with his wife eat dinner and then walk out with out dropping anything in the barrel," Ellis said. "Some waved their hands over the barrel as) OTHER SIDE SPEAKS though they were tiropp.ny money, but no cash lull out of their.hands." Ellis admitted there were "quite a few youngsters who ate a free meal." Clareir.ont, X. i!. (U.PJ -New est organization here is "Non Alcoholics Anonymous." Eligible for membership are the hus bands or wives of alcoholics. "We find by group discussion that we are better able to copej Hoslclare, 111. ftl.R) Members v;un me prooiems wmcn mine ui me cuy tuuncu were amazed in an alcoholic's home," an offic ial explained. 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