ffffrommaim Vettoeo Kei?i?
Nattoal- Gas Measure
President Claims
Not Designed for
National Interest
Friends, Foes Press
For Truman Action
Washington, Apr. 15 (U.R)
President Truman today vetoed
the Kerr bill to exempt inde
pendent gas producers from fed
eral regulation and said he did
so because the measure "would
not be in the national interest."
The president had been under
intense pressure from friends
and foes of the bill.
Strategists of the democratic
national committee had urged
him to reject the measure on the
ground that signing it would
give the republicans campaign
ammunition for accusing him of
knuckling under to a "vested
interest."
Rayburn in Favor
But powerful figures like
Speaker Sam Rayburn, on whom
the president must rely for pilot
ing administration legislation
the bill.
Foes said the bill would jack
up gas prices to consumers by
$200,000,000 to $500,000,000 a
year. Rayburn reported it would
not boost costs "one red cent."
(At his home in Bonham, Tex.,
all Rayburn would say about the
veto was, "I have been right in
the middle of the fight on that
measure I was for it, but I
don't think I'll comment on the
presidents action until I see
him." Rayburn said he will see
the president in Washington on
Tuesday.)
Clue Vote Recorded
The bill passed both houses by
close votes, a fact which ap
peared to destroy ony hope of
its proponents for overriding the
president's veto.
Chairman Edwin C. Johnson,
(D., Colo.), of the senate com
merce committee, agreed with
this appraisal. Asked if there
was any chance of overriding the
veto Johnson, a supporter of the
bill, snapped: "of course not."
The veto pleased Sen. Paul
H. Douglas, (D., 111.) who put in
many hours of research and
made many speeches in a vain
effort to defeat the bill in the
senate.
King Leopold Offers
'Yield' Temporarily
Brussels, Belgium, Apr. 15
(U.R) King Leopold III offered
today to yield his royal powers
t least temporarily to his son,
19-year-old Prince Otto Baudou
in, if parliament will recall him
to the throne.
The king, addressing his peo
ple for the first time in nearly
10 years in a recorded radio
speech, asked parliament to ap
prove a compromise solution for
the royal crisis which has left
Belgium without a government
for four weeks.
He asked for a law empower
ing him to delegate his powers
to Baudouin, his son and heir,
"and to put an end ... to this
delegation at a time that I will
adjudge in conformity with the
interests of the nation."
Leopold indicated in his eight
minute speech that he would ex
pect parliament first to recall
him to the throne and that he
would then consult with political
leaders on a solution to the cri
sis. WEATHER
By United Press
Northern California: Fair Sun
day and Monday except vari
able cloudiness on extreme north
coast and local high fog along
the coast north of Fort Bragg.
Warmer over interior Sunday.
Registration Procedure
List of Registrars Provided
Getting properly registered to
vote is a simple chore. The reg
istrant merely gives the regis
trar his name, age, occupation,
address and precinct numbers,
swears the information is the
truth, and is then eligible to
perform the citizen's most im
portant duty voting.
The county government has
left very little excuse for Jack
son county residents failing to
register. In addition to precinct
maps printed on pages four and
five of the second section of to
day's Mail Tribune, the county
clerk's office has appointed reg
istrars at every city, town and
whistle stop in the county. They
are authorized to accept regis
trations up to and including
next Tuesday, April 18.
In Medford. the League of
Women Voters is conducting an
intensive non-partisan campaign
to get every eligible voter's
name on the poll books. They
have set up registration booths
in the J. C. Penney store and at
all the city's elementary schools.
They are allowed to accept reg
istrations only from persons re
siding within the city limits.
There are 25 other registrars
scattered throughout the county.
Registrars Listed
Residents in all Medford pre
cincts can register at the clerk's
office in the courthouse or with
Doris M. Roberts at the labor
temple. 24 'j South Grape street.
There are five registrars In
Ashland who are appointed to
register voters in all the Ashiana
preclncU. Mm. Neile M. Burns,
'Wofer Bureau' Tells
Weather Forecasts
Portland, Ore., Apr. 15 (U.PJ
The weather man called the
United Press Portland office
today with the daily report
and. in a hopeless tone of voice,
said:
"This ii the weather bureau
talking. Or should I say the
water bureau?"
Plaintiff Awarded
$50,000 in Damages
By Circuit Court
A $50,000 award for damages,
believed to be the largest ever
awarded by a circuit court jury
in Jackson county, was returned
Saturday afternoon in favor of
Edward Gaines, plaintiff against
Cloyd A. Golden, B. F. Nork
and Elk Lumber company.
Gaines' attorney was Don New
bury. The case, which began last
Tuesday, corncerned injuries
suffered by Gaines in a collision
between his and Golden's ve
hicles January 23, 1948 on Crat
er Lake highway near Camp
White. Nork and the lumber
company were named co-defendants
but were not included in
the judgement. '
The case involved numerous
and complex questions of law
and fact and Circuit Judge H.
K. Hanna said the number of
counsels' requests for instruc
tions to the jury was the great
est ever submitted to him since
he has been on the bench in
Jackson county. There were 89
of them.
Attorney William McAllister
represented Golden: George
Roberts, G. W. Kellington and
Edward Branchfield appeared
for Nork, and Frank Van Dyke
was counsel for Elk Lumber
company.
Air Force Corporal
Sentenced 5 Years
Garmisch, Germany, Apr. 15
(U.R) A 19-year-old air force in
telligence student, who insisted
he was caught in his own trap
for Red spies, was sentenced to
five years at hard labor today
for trying to give U. S. secrets to
ttussia.
Cpl. Gustav A. Mueller, St.
Paul, Minn., sobbed dejectedly
after the seven-man military tri
bunal delivered its verdict and
sentence. He had blushed and
stammered when he was on the
stand in his own defense.
Mueller readily admitted he
had sent a fatal for him tele
gram to the Soviet embassy in
Berne, Switzerland, offering to
provide top secret documents to
Russia.
The handsome, blue-eyed de
fendant also confessed he re
moved classified information on
German subversive movements
from the library of the nearby
U. S. intelligence school, where
he was a student, and gave it to
two men he believed to be Soviet
agents.
Springfield Balloting
Shows Mayor in Front
Springfield, Ore., Apr. 15
;U.R) Returns from Friday's
municipal election showed that
Mayor B. P. Larson won against
an attempt to recall him by a
vote of 1,198 to 903.
Larson had been opposed be
cause of his program of con
tinuing with a public power pro
gram in Springfield in competi
tion with the Mountain States
Power company.
justice of the peace for the Ash
land district, will register voters
in precincts 1 through 18 at her
Maps of Medford. Aihland
and Jackson county, showing
the recently re-arranged pre
cinct boundaries, are printed
on pages four and five of the
second section ol today Mail
Tribune. In addition a list
of precincts by number and
by name is printed for the in
formation of Jackson county
voters. The registration dead
line is the afternoon of Tues
day, April 18.
office, 15 North Main street.
Those precincts include Ash
land west. Barron. Bcllcview,
Pinehurst and Col&stine pre
cincts. Lona M. Damcron, in the city
recorder's office in Ashland, is
authorized to register voters in
precincts 1 through 13, In Ash
land proper. They can also reg
ister with Samuel S. Davies at
the barber shop located at 784
"A" street. Layton E. Schell and
Richard Joy. in a store at 1257
Siskiyou boulevard, are regis
trars for all Ashland precincts.
Ashland west and Barron and
Bcllcview precincts. Pinehurst
residents can also register with
Ferris Mace at a store located
midway between Pinehurst and
Lincoln.
Others Named
Other registrars, their pre-
I cincU and locations art;
Democratic Leaders
Assert Republicans
Playing Russ Game
Barkley, Lucas Lash
Out at GOP Tactics
Washington, Apr. 15 (U.R)
Democratic leaders asserted to
night that republicans search
ing for "spies or devils" in the
state department are playing
Russia's game by encouraging
bipartisan bickering which could
lead to another Pearl Harbor.
Vice President Albcn W. Bar
kley and the senate's two top
administration leaders swung
hard on charges by Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy, Wis., and other
republicans that the commun
ists and spies have infiltrated
the government.
Barkley Lashes Out
Barkley, in a speech delivered
on the steps of the U.S. capitol,
lashed at those who would
"sow rumors and suspicion" at
home. He told his listeners that
such persons would consider
Thomas Jefferson, Abraham
Lincoln and Tom Paine "revolu
tionary . . . subversive" if these
heroes of the past were alive to
day. Senate Democratic Leader
Scott W. Lucas told a democratic
political rally at Carbondale,
111., that now is the time to end
"partisan" tactics which he said
have "dismayed our allies and
encouraged our enemies."
"In recent weeks," Lucas said,
"the people of this nation have
been bewildered and astounded
by a series of savage attacks
upon the men who must bear the
burden of guiding our foreign
policy."
Acheson Defended
Secretary of State Dean Ache
son has been "bitterly denounc
ed" and President Truman has
been subjected to "a barrage of
partisan criticism" on foreign
policy by some republicans, Lu
cas said.
"It is time for true Americans
to ask their senators to compose
their differences, to close ranks
with their leaders, and to join
in the great effort which must
be made to save our civilization
from the hordes of communism,"
Lucas said.
Lucas, who for the first time
came directly to the defense of
Acheson, told his audience that
some members of congress sought
to make a "scapegoat" of the sec
retary and Mr. Truman for the
collapse of nationalist China.
Wendell Paul Flipse
Killed at Camp White
Wendell Paul Flipse. 25, of 444
North Grape street, was killed
instantly during operations Fri
day afternoon at the Elk Lumber
company decks at Camp White,
according to Coroner Carlos Mor
ris. Flipse reportedly was struck
no the head by a boom when the
boomline broke. Conger-Morris
ambulance was called. He was
en employee of Bernie Hughes,
logeing contractor.
Survivors include an uncle at
Glcndale. Conger-Morris has
charge of arrangements.
Ski Conditions
Warm weather and good
skiing were expected today at
Crater lake, the national park
ranger's office reported.
All roads were open yester
day and no chains were re
quired. The ski tow and lunch
counter were to operate today.
Weather at the lake yester
day was warm. There wai a
hard snow pack with a two
or three-inch mushy surface.
Easy;
Agnes B. Nelson, precinct 19
at the Lake Creek store: Roy
Ashpole, precincts 21, 22 and
25, Eagle Point north and south
and Shady Cove, at his hard
ware store in Eagle Point.
James H. Grieves and Eula
Middlebusher. Flounce Rock pre
cinct 23. at Prospect; E. A. Hild
reth, Butte Falls precinct 20. at
Butte Falls; W. E. Webb, Derby
precinct 27, as a residence on
Crowfoot road; Evelyn Watson,
Trail precinct 24 and Shady Cove
23, at a bhady cove curio snop;
M. E. Randies, the three Phoe
nix precincts, 59, 60 and 61, at
Randies' store; Norma O. White,
both Talent precincts, 62 and 63,
at White's store.
G. A. and Winifred A. Kim
ball, Jacksonville precincts 65
and 66, Applegate 81, Union 82,
Watkins 8.1 and Sterling 84. at
their cafe and real estate office
in Jacksonville; Guy Tex. Cen
tral Point precincts 69, 70 and
71, Willow Springs 72 and
Mound 73 at his Central Point
insurance office; W. V. Foster,
Mound 72, at the Camp White
domiciliary center; Donna V.
Straus, Sams Valley precinct 74.
at her Sams Valley residence.
I. M. Starzinger, Wimer 73.
and Rogue River precincts 76
and 77. at a real estate office In
Rogue River; Ruby A. Whitmore,
Gold Hill precincts 78 and 79
and Foots Creek 80, at the Whit
more Variety store In Gold Hill;
Letsy E. Miller. Foots Creek 80.
at her home lust north of the
Foots Creek bridge on highway
8.
Medford
45th Year. 28 Pages
NAVY PATROL BOMBER
C0HGRE
possible life raft in hunt for missing United States navy patrol bomber missing in Baltic. Photo above
was maae prior 10 plane s laKeou
Oil Slicks in Baltic
May Indicate Plane
Copenhagen. Sunday. Apr. IS
(U.R American rescue planes
took off today for the area
where two oil slicks and a
possible life raft gave search
officers "the hottest lead
yet" in the search for 10
missing crew members of a
U.S. navy patrol bomber.
Copenhagen, Denmark, Apr.
15 (U.R) A search plane to
night reported sighting two oil
slicks and what appeared to be
a life raft in the Baltic hunt
for 10 mussing crewmembers of
a U.S. navy patrol bomber.
Search officers said it was the
"hottest lead yet."
The crew of the last search
Railroad Unions
Meet Again Today
To Discuss Strike
Chicaga, Apr. 15 (U.R) Un
ion leaders held a three-hour
meeting today to discuss wheth
er to call 110,000 firemen and
enginemen out on strike against
the nation's railroads.
Officials of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and En
ginemen adjourned their secret
strategy session late today and
said they would meet again to
morrow. They declined to com
ment on their discussions.
The union has threatened a
strike to support its demand that
the railroads hire an extra fire
man on each multiple-unit diesel
locomotive. No strike date has
been set but the union is free to
strike at any time because "cool
ing off" provisions of the rail
way labor act have been
exhausted in the two-year dis
pute. However. David B. Robertson,
president of the brotherhood, de
clined to comment on the possi
bility of an immediate strike as
today's session broke up. '
Premature Explosion
Kills 3, Injures 1
Anchorage, Alaska, Apr. 15
(U.R) A premature dynamite ex
plosion killed three men. in
jured a fourth and buried the
Alaska railroad mainline for a
distance of 200 feet today, an
ARR official said.
Herbert Rhodes, public rela
tions officer for the road, said
the charge fired prematurely
while workmen employed by the
Max Kuney Construction com
pany were cutting away a bank
in preparation to building a
highway parallel to the main
line.
The 10th Rescue squadron
sent two helicopters with doctors
and medical equipment to the
scene, about 75 miles north of
Seward near the community of
Bird.
Portland Fisherman
Missing in Columbia
Bonneville. Ore.. Aor. 15
(U.R) A fisherman was feared
drowned and another rescued
today when their boat upset
and filled with water In the
Columbia river off Bonneville
point.
Authorities said Lee Talley,
23, a Portland filling station em'
plovee. was missing.
Martin W. D'Volvc, 30, Port
land, was rescued.
The two were fishing for salnv
on when their boat developed en
gine trouble. Talley pulled the
motor Into the boat to work on
it while D'Volve tossed out the
anchor. The anchor fouled up
and tipped ux boa
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 16,
SS 0V
ST BATTLES
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(Acmt Ra(iio-Tl tmh Mai
MISSING Search nlane Saturrtav nioht rennrlnrf nil lirlt snri
on routine training flight on which
plane to land at Kastrup Air
drome tonight reported the
lind, alter air force authorities
announced they would abandon
the search at dusk tomorrow un
less some important clue turned
up.
Cutter Dispatched
A Danish cutter immediately
was dispatched to the spot, 48
miles northeast of Bornholm is
land and 23 miles southeast of
the Swedish naval base of Karls
kron. The location given by crew
members was just about an
hour's flying time from the point
over Rusfia-held Latvia where
the Soviets said the missing
navy privateer and a Soviet
fighter exchanged fire last Sat
urday. J
The crewmen said they
spotted the slicks and a yellow
and blue object which they all
insisted was a life raft about
dusk, a.; the plane was coming
in to wi"d up the seventh
straight day of futile search.
Dusk Ends Search
They said they circled over
the object until dusk closed in
and shut off visibility. They said
it was yellow on top and blue
underneath. The bottom, they
said, became visible when a
wave lifted the raft.
Crewmembers of the search
plane said "there was no visi
ble sign of life on or around
the raft."
Lt. W. E. Dahlcn, of St. Pet
ersburg, Fla., who piloted the
plane said there was "excellent
visibility" at that time. He said
he made two passes over the
lifcraft before returning to Kas
trup airport here.
4 Naval Reservists
Killed Plane Crash
Spokane, Apr. 15 (U.R) Four
Spokane naval air reservists
were killed today when their
Grumman Avenger torpedo
bomber dived into the ground
as it prepared to make a prac
tice carrier landing.
Lt. Comdr. Robert Anderson,
Geiger Field naval air station
here, said the plane crashed In
a clump of pine trees 300 yards
west of the Spokane-Cheney
highway a half mile from Geiger
field.
Victims were:
Lt. Duane K. Johnson. 37.
pilot; Chief Aviation Mechanic
James F. Uprichard. 37; Avia
tion Ordinancoman 3rd Class
Lewis J. Knccvich. 21. and Avi
ation Mechanic 3rd Class Don
ald W. Wcstervclt, 25.
'Mac' McKinney Dies
At Local Hospital
Earl E. "Mac" McKinney, 55,
of 423 Laurel street, died at a
local hospital yesterday after
noon following a heart attack at
his home.
McKinney, a salesman for
Frideger Grocery company, Ash
land, was active in semi-professional
baseball circles here un
til the recent advent of profes
sional ball. He was a member
of the former Medford Athletic
association and was Its secretary
for a number of years.
In 1940 he was a leader In the
sale of bonds for lighting the
fairgrounds ball park. McKin
ney was one of those instrumen
tal in formation of the Far West
Baseball league and then in
bringing professional baseball
here.
Survivors include his widow,
Henrietta.
Perl funeral home has charge
of arrangements. Time of serv
ices and a rornplete obituary
will be published later.
Washington, Apr. 15 U.R
The United States today ap
peared in full retreat along the
eastern European front of the
cold war.
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it disappeared.
Huge Throng Jams
Armory for Scout
'Adventure7 Show
A crowd which varied in size
during the evening, but which
never dropped below an esti
mated 2.000 persons, jammed the
Medford armory last night for
the largest Boy scout exposition
in Mcdford's history.
The event, given the theme
"Scouting Adventure," carried
out this motif with many dis
olays of camping activities and
troop, pack and unit projects.
More than 4U0 boys cubs,
scouts and explorers Darticinat
ed to make the affair one which
scout leaders characterized as
"the best ever.
Two of the outstanding fea
tures of the evening were the
"monkey bridge," a three-rope
suspension conveyance stretched
from one balconj' of the armory
to the other, put up by Troop
10, and a breeches buoy, also
from one balcony to the other,
operated by sea scout Ship 21,
Grants Pass.
The exposition opened its
doors at 7:30 p. m., with the
flag raising ceremony at 8. Hon
or ribbons were presented to the
winning and participating
booths at 9:15. and the closing
ceremony on the year's theme,
"Strengthen the Arm of Lib
erty," closed the show at 9:30
p. ni.
forty-four different units par
ticipated. Tacoma Finance Firm
Held Up; Cash Taken
Tacoma, Apr. 15 (U.R) A
bandit wearing a bandana over
his face held up the Lake Fi
nance company in the downtown
Rust building here today and es
caped with "several hundred
dollars" in cash, police reported.
The olfice is located on the
third floor of the building.
Officials said the man walked
in and without saying a word,
motioned Credit Manager Ver
non M. Johnson to the cash
drawer. He kept his hand in his
pocket as if carrying a gun.
Mrs. Dorothy Walsh, a typist,
said Johnson handed him the
money, after which the bandit
said, "Is that all?" He then went
to the door, opened It, stopped to
look back and escaped.
NW Irrigation Water
Supply Said Enough
Washington, Apr. 15 (U.R)
The agriculture department to
day forecast a shortage of crop
irrigation water for the souin
west but said there may be
enough water in the northwest
to cause floods.
The forecast was based on
Aoril 1 surveys of the snow
pack and water reservoir hold
ings in the western mountains.
The department predicted that
northwestern states will get
"plenty of water and maybe
enough more to Indicate flood
possibilities." It said there will
be "enough water" In the Inter
mountain area and the Pacific
slope, but "not enough for com
fort ' in the Rio Grande valley
and Arizona.
Book Shop Thieves Gef
Terms in State Prison
Charles R. Winn. 24. and Fred
M. Bangle. 35. both of San Ber-
! nardino Cal., Saturday were sen
fenced to prison terms in Ore
gon's penitentiary for the theft
of SI 923 from Swem's Book and
Gift shop here Dec. 11, 1949.
Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna sen
tenced Bangle to three years In
prison and Winn was given two
vears and eight months. The pair
had been held here In lieu of
$10,000 bail since they were ap
prehended Just two days after
the crime was committed. They
pleaded guilty January 6.
RIBUNE
1950
NO. 21
STILL
SPORTS BULLETINS
Medford high golfers placed
second behind Corvallis in the
first half of the upstate high
school golf tournament played
en the Corvallis Golf club
course. The Tornado was 36
strokes behind Friday and
could not catch up with the
Spartans Saturday.
Phil Getchell scored a 76 and
was medalist, Eddie Oldiield
and Bill McAllister each got
77, Justin Smith 86 and Bob
Shepherd 90 for Medford on
Saturday.
JOE CHEZ WINS
Berkeley, Cel., Apr. 15
(U.R) Stanford university took
a firm hold on second place in
the California Intercollegiate
Baseball association today by
defeating University of Cali
fornia 5 to 2,
Sophomore Pitcher Joe Chei
repeated an earlier win against
the Bears by holding them to
eight scattered hits.
Los Angeles. Apr. 15 (U.R)
New Westminster staged m
three-goal . comeback ..in - the
final period Saturday night to
defeat Lot Angeles 6 to 4 in
the opening game of the Paci
fic Coast Hockey league play
offs. Search Planes Seek
Tug, Six Crewmen
Missing in Pacific
San Francisco, Apr. 15 (U.R)
Six military search planes
scoured 60.000 square miles of
Pacific ocean In clear weather
today but found no trace of
the crippled tug Omar, missing
five days with six crewmen
aboard.
As night fell, the planes re
turned to their scattered Pacific
coast bases from a fruitless
"box-pattern" patrol over the
area where the helpless 60-foot
tug last reported herself two
days ago.
Only four planes will go aloft
tomorrow to spread the search
over a wirier area in coordina
tion with two coast guard cut
ters. The navy withdrew its
two planes.
here announced the search will
continue "as long as there Is
any hope."
"We've got to work on the as
sumption they're still not there,"
a spokesman said.
Latvian Deputy Raps
U. S. for No Apology
London. Sunday. April 16
(U.Ki Latvian hupreme bovlet
ucpuiy faiu.s ,uimacn Diasiea
the United States today for not
apologizing to Russia for a "vio
lation of the Latvian frontier by
an American plane," Radio Mos
cow reported.
Zulmach, according to the
broadcast, warned that "the So
viet people do not tolerate those
who arc Insurrerahly brazen.
The radio said that Zuimach
identified as "a Stalin prize
winner and a glassblower by
trade, mane his attack in a let
ter to the Latvian press.
Californian Facing
Charges of Murder
San Jose. Cs-1 . Apr 15 UP)
Harry A. Wilson, 28, husky
Mountain View truck driver and
ex-convict, will be charged Mon
day with first degree murder in
connection with the slaving of
Mrs. Helen May Piper. 27, Sher
iff Howard Hornbuckle said today.
Census Deadline for Metropolitan
Areas Extended; Ahead of Schedule
By United Press
Saturday night's census dead
line for metropolitan areas was
extended indefinitely as enumer
ators nursed dog bites, bruises,
bumps on the head, broken limbs
and sore feet.
Rural enumerators took to
rowboats, marsh buggies and
horses to make sure that every
nose was counted. They traveled
nearly eight million miles to
seek answers to nearly 300 ques
tions about each of 1.823,000
farms.
In Washington, census spokes
men said the count will be two
thirds completed by Monday
night, according to reports from
450 field offices. The metropoli
tan target dale had been tonight
two weeks from the start. The
rural deadline for the 17th de
cennlnl human inventory Is
April 29.
Areas as I whole were 11 per
cent ahead of schedule, Washing
ton officials said. Census offici
als throughout the nation told
the United Press that some met
WEATHER
FORECAST-Increasing cloudi
ness Sunday and Monday
with few thowtri Monday.
Continued mild.
Tamp.
Highest Yesterday 4
Lowest Yesterday , , f
Easter Recess Ends
For House Tuesday;
Senate Continues
Session Deadline Set
For July 31 by Laws
Washington, Apn. 15 (U.R) "
Congress passed the theoretical
halfway point for Its 1950 session
today with a heavy backlog of
unfinished business Indicating
that the biggest fights are still
to come.
The house returns Tuesday
after a 12-day Easter recess to
resume debate on its $29,000,
000,000 omnibus appropriation
bill. The senate, which took no
recess, will be back at work
Monday wrestling with its $1,
500,000,000 river and harbor
bill.
Congress ha hppn in u.tinn
for 3lx months, and under the
congressional reorganization law
it is supposed to quit at the end
of seven, that is, by July 31.
The deadline was ignored last
year but there will be terrific
pressure to meet or beat it thia
year to allow time for campaign
ing. All house seats and 36 sen
ate seats are at stake in the No
vember elections.
A look at the record shows
that congress has much more left
to do than it has done this year,
even after deducting the hotly
disputed parts of President Tru
man's program which have been
shelved until after the election.
These pigconhold bills include
the Brannan farm plan, federal
aid for education, national health
insurance and repeal of the Taft
Hartley law.
Major bills which have be
come law include measures to
repeal oleomargarine taxes and
to provide economic aid for Ko
rea and Formosa. Another car
ried credit aids for "middle In
come" housing but lacked the)
administration-backed plan for
loans for cooperative housing.
Displaced persons bills in line
with administration recommend
ations have passed both houses
but difference between the two
must be adjusted.
Springfield Police
Chief Resigns Job
Springfield, Ore., Apr. IS
(U.R) Police Chief Clell Pryor
Saturday night become the fifth
official of this city of 15.000 ts
resign or be fired this week.
Springfield's civic upheaval
reached a turning point today
when final results of Friday's
niayorial recall election were an
nounced. Mayor B. P. Larson re
tained his seat by a small ma
jority. Earlier this week the city
council fired City Manager Fred
Chetham, and Marvin Sander,
citv attorney, resigned.
Today Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Gile, city recorder and his sec
retary, turned in their resigna
tions tp the council.
And that isn't all the polled
force of Springfield is reported
considering a mass resignation
hut has assured the council it
will stay on duty over the week
end. Myrtle Creek Logging
Company Election Tie
Portland, Ore., Apr. 15 U.R
A 43 to 43 tie vote was announc
ed by the National Labor Rela
tions lioard today on the basis of
returns from an AFL-CIO elec
tion for representation among
employees of the Myrtle Creek
Logging company.
Robert J. Wiener, local NLRB
administrator, said a run -off
election will be held to break
the deadlock.
y
ahead
ropolitan checks had lagged con
siderably. Many will take to 14
days longer than had been hoped,
according to area offices.
Enumerators r e p o r te d that
floods, snowstorms and a lata
spring thaw probably would pre
vent the rural count from being
finished in time.
"The idea of a two week cen
sus was to get metropolitan
populations enumerated by th
15th." said Zola Bronson, direc
tor of the New York-northern
New Jersey census district. "We
are going over the 15th in the
cities."
Directors of the count blamed
delays on bad weather, short
ages of enumerators and failure
of thousands of citizens to coop
erate. Census Director Roy V.
Peel said in Washington that dust
storms in the south and middle
west hampered progress early In
the month. Ice In the middle
west and north and floods In th
Ohio and Mississippi river val
leys made matters even worse.
Peel said.
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