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9 TZB MZOTOBD (OXZOOH) MAIL TBXBTXHK Soda Kneh 9. ltSt POLITICAL sgebe set hi oresou EM State Once More Key Battleground For nominations By William Wants Salem, Ore. (U.R) Oregon, the atate that stopped the Stas sen stampede in 1948, became a key battleground again Saturday for both Republican and Demo cratic presidential nominations. Soma Unwilling Some of the candidates are willing. Some are unwilling. Two of the names mentioned most for president Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio for the Republi can nod and President Truman for the Democratic were not submitted by the filing deadline of 5 p.m. Friday and will not be on Oregon's primary ballot. Un der Oregon law, a candidate s consent is not needed for presi dential nomination. Oregon Significant The timing of Oregon's pri mary makes it nationally tig nificant. It will be held May 16 and will be the last primary be fore the national conventions. And many political observers have expressed belief that this makes the Oregon primary a good last-minute indication of the way the political wind is blow ing in the short time before the conventions. Willing Republican candidates for the Oregon primary vote are Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Har old E. Stassen, former governor of Minnesota and Gov. Earl War ren of California. Stassen and Warren were so willing they filed by personally signed petitions. Unwilling Republican candi dates include Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur and Sen. Wayne Morse, Oregon Republican. MacArthur requested, but was denied, permission to withdraw from the Oregon primary. His name was the first formally Hied in Oregon for GOP nomi nation two days before peti tions were filed for Eisenhower. Morse "Not Candidate" . Morse, an ardent Eisenhower supporter, said he was not a can didate for nomination and the filing of his name by political opponents was a trick. The only willing candidate for the Democratic nomination is Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennes see. Unwilling Democrats are U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson. Douglas' name was filed by petition against his will. He sent $100 to the state election bureau for a full page In the Democratic voters pam phlet to caution Democrats not to waste their votes on him. Both Stassen and Kefauver have promised extensive and vigorous campaigns in Oregon. if " 0 t, Presenting thejr Sn,. if iversary STANDING BESIDE COLLEAGUE, Senator Walter G. George (D) Ga., Senator Richard Russell, of Georgia, (right) tells Washington newsmen he will seek Democratic presidential nomination on plat form opposing excessive spending, corruption, over-concentration In government. He expects anti-Truman support. (International) City Officials of Jackson And Josephine Counties Set Discussion Meeting Here City officials and civic lead ers of cities of Jackson and Jo sephine counties will meet here Wednesday evening, March 12, to discuss common municipal problems. The meeting is sponsored jointly by the city of Medford and the League of Oregon Cities and is the third of 23 similar meetings to be held throughout the state this spring, according to Mayor D. L. Flynn, who is in charge of local arrangements for the affair. Speakers Listed - Participants in the meeting, in addition to local officials and those of neighboring cities, will include Commissioner William A; Bowes, Portland, president of the league; Herman Kehrli, di rector, Bureau of Municipal Re search and Service, University of Oregon and league executive secretary; Arnold M. Westling, bureau planning and public works consultant, and Raymond C. Coulter, former state legis lator who reoently joined the league staff as field consultant. Commissioner Bowes will open the meeting with a report on "Current Municipal Develop ments and League Activities." This will be followed by an informal discussion session fea turing questions and answers, reports on municipal activities and problems in the cities rep resented at the meeting, with Kehrli presiding. Informal Discussion In writing to city officials of this area Commissioner Bowes stressed the informality of the discussion session to allow full est opportunity for exchange of ideas on city problems. Prob lems and developments in city revenues, budget preparation, se curity and retirement for city employees, personnel and city planning will probably be discussed. The meeting will convene at the Medford hotel at 6:30 p. m. Mayors in Jackson and Joseph ine counties who have been ask ed to organize delegations to the meeting are P. H. Stansbury, Ashland; Robert O. Dimmick. Brookings; W. A. Hartlerode, Butte Falls; Fred C. Salvage, Cave Junction; Donald E. Burel son, Central Point; Fred M. Bur egger, Eagle Point; O. W. New land, Gold Hill; Morris Milbank, Grants Pass; Albert Hackert, Jacksonville; E. R. Claflin, Phoenix; Fred J. Dengler, Rogue River, and Harold M. Strauss, Talent. Members of their parties will include city councilmen, city employees and civic leaders closely identified with the city government. Large Family Puzzles Superior Court Judge Spokane (U.R) A superior court judge admitted Saturday he was stumped for a sentence for the convicted mother of 11 for fear the woman's younger children would be the "real vic tims" of her imprisonment. Judge Raymond Kelly delayed sentencing Mrs. Sadie Older, who pleaded guilty to receiving $159 from the state's aid to de pendent children program. "The court feels that persons guilty of outright, premeditated fraud should be sent to jail," Kelly said. "But we must temper justice with mercy when the real victims are the younger children." Six of Mrs. Older's children still live at home. She pleaded guilty to obtaining welfare aid without informing the state she had remarried. Investigation Spreads In Rosenblatt Shooting New York flJ.R) The in vestigation into the mysterious shooting of society lawyer Sol Rosenblatt spread to Boston and Hollywood Saturday as detec tives sought a possible motive for the attempted murder. Rosenblatt was shot from am bush Thursday night by a quick moving gunman as the lawyer was entering his Park avenue apartment. Many Candidates For State Jobs Lack Opposition Salem UJ9 The Oregon primary election May 16 will find a bounty of candidates for president and a scarcity of can didates for some state offices. Deadline for filing was 5 p.m. Friday. Unopposed And Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry finds himself in the happy situation of no primary campaign effort. He is unopposed for the Republican nomination for re-election. His ultimate opponent In the November general election like wise finds herself without op position for Democratic nomi nee. She is Mrs. Edith S. Green of Portland. The scramble is a bit thicker for state treasurer, a job for which Walter J. Pearson did not seek re-election. Sig Unander and State Sen. Jack Lynch of Portland filed for Republican nomination for state treasurer late Friday. , Fred E. Robinson of Medford has filed for the GOP nod for this post earlier. L. W. Blakes lee and Francis Lambert, both of Portland, filed for Demo cratic nomination for state treasurer. In the race for Republican nomination for state attorney general are Leonard Lindas of Oregon City, E. O. Stadter of Bend, John F. Steelhammer of Salem and Alex G. Barry and John B. McCourt of Portland. George Neuner, a Republican, will not seek re-election to the attorney general post he has held for years. Robert Y. Thornton of Tillamook is the lone Demo cratic aspirant for the job. State Supreme Court Justice George Rossman is unopposed for re-election on the nonparti san ballot to be held in con nection with the May 16 pri mary. Ralph Cake, veteran national Republican committeeman for Oregon, did not run for re-election, on doctor's orders. Filing to succeed him were Jesse Gard, Glenn R. Jack, Lowell Paget and Charles L. Paine, all of Portland. Monroe Swetland will be opposed by Mike DeCicco of Portland., -. Mrs. Marshall E. Cornett of Klamath Falls is unopposed for Republican national committee woman. Mrs. Margaret Canwood and Mrs. Lillian M. Burton will race for Democratic national eommitteewoman. " Late filings for other offices included: Dr. G. A. Dierdorff, Medford, filed for state representative from Jackson county on the Re publican ticket . . Harry D. Boivon, Klamath Falls, filed for congress from the second district on the Demo cratic ticket. Louis A. Wood of Eugene filed for congressman from the fourth district on the Democratic ticket. Carl H. Massie of Grants Pass filed for state senator from Jose phine county, Democrat. Barbara S. Draper, Republi can, Albany, congressman fourth district. Eisenhower, Taft Leaders File for Committeeman Job Portland (U.R) Although Sen. Robert A. Taft's name was not entered for the Oregon pres idential primary election, he'll be indirectly a party to the bat tle for GOP leadership in this state. At the last-minute Friday, the Ohio Republican's Oregon cam paign manager, Lowell Paget of Portland, filed for the post of Republican national committee man. Paget did so after discovering that Jess J. Gard, Multnomah county chairman of the Oregon for Eisenhower committee, had quietly filed for the same job- The Taft-Eisenhower "skir mish" followed a disclosure by Ralph Cake, Portland, who has held the committeeman job for 12 years, that his doctors had advised him against the c am paign. Two others are in the com mitteeman race, Glenn R. Jack, Oregon City attorney, and Charles L. Paine, Portland. 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