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Medford and Jackson County His
tory (ram Iht tilea of the Mail
Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years
10 YEARS AGO
June 18. 1942
(It was Thursday)
Wire service reports Gold Hill
Crater Lake road, running
through Camp White cantonment
area, will be closed August. 10.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The treas
ury department reports that for
every man, woman and child In
the land there is now in circula
tion $86.94, or a dull week's pay
on a defense project.
20 YEARS AGO
June 18, 1932
(It was Saturday)
State police start crackdown
on cars bearing out of state li
cense plates In the Medford dis
trict. Report shows city of Medford
funds used for relief during fis
cal year 1931-1932 totaled
$7,196.
30 YEARS AGO
June 18, 1922
(It was Sunday)
Jackson County Game Protec
tive association secures services
of game warden to protect fish
congregating below Gold Ray
dam.
Alex Sparrow, superintendent
of Crater Lake national park, re
ports road from Medford to
Klamath Falls by way of the
park "is open and In good con
dition.
40 YEARS AGO
June IB. 1912
(It was Tuesday)
Mrs. E. S. Parsons, defeated
candidate for Medford school
board, offered professorship at
University of Oregon,
From Classified Advertising:
For Sale 160 acres, eight acres
in corn, three-room house and
barn and out buildings, good
team, wagon and harness, all
farm machinery and all house
hold furniture, price $900.
HOUSE LASTS LONG
Exeter, N. H. U.R) Part of
the Old Garrison House here Is
being restored to its original con
dition so the town will have nn
old shouse to show visitors. The
house, built in 1650, still Is occu
pied.
LEGAL NOTICES
National Forest Timber For Sale
Sealed bids will be received by the
Forest Supervisor, U. S. Forest Serv
ice, P.O. Box 812. Medford. Oregon,
up to and not later than 2:00 pm,
Pacific Standard Time. June 27. U52.
for all down and dead timber marked
or designated for cutting, located
within 300 feet of the Parker Mead
ows Road, within a strip approxlnv
ately mile on each side of the
Parker Meadows Shelter. Hntfue Rlv
ar National Forest. Oregon, measured
to be 20.000 board feet of Douglas
flr, B3.0OO board feet of Shasta red
fir, 32.000 board feet of white fir.
hemlock, and spruce, and 400 board
feet of wliUe pine. No bid for less
than S3.S0 ner M board feet for Doug
las-fir. II. 75 per M board feet for
Shasta red fir, $1.50 per M board feet
for while fir, hemlock, and spruce,
and $10 00 per M board feet for while
pine will be considered. In addition to
the prices hid for stumpage. a co
operative deposit of $100 per M board
feet, to be used by the Forest Service
for paying tbe cost of slash disposal,
for the total cut of timber under the
terms of the agreement, will be re
quired. A deposit of $50 00 must ac
company each bid, to he applied on
the purchase prlre, refunded, or re
tained as liquidated damages, accord
ing to the conditions of sale. The right
to reject any and ell bids Is reserved
Before bids are submitted, f tilt Infor
mation concerning Ihe timber, the
conditions of sale, and the submission
of bids, should he obtained from (he
District Ranger. Bule Falls. Oregon, or
the Forest Supervisor, Medford.
Oregon.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Editorial Correspondence
Washington, D. C, June 19
able leg-work, we have reached a number of decisions, among them:
IF General Eisenhower is beaten by Senator Taft at Chicago
it will be the result of dirty work. And we don't mean the sort
of "dirt" that can be washed off readily in the nearest comfort
station. This "dirt" will stick to
mignt not be completely washed
e
More and more, the G.O.P. convention situation resembles the
situation of 40 years ago when Robert Alphonso's father was the
choice of the party PROFESSIONALS and ex-President Theodore
Roosevelt of the AMATEURS and
Had the members of the Republican party had a chance to vote
at Chicago In 1912, Wm. Howard Taft would have been beaten
even more decisively than he was in the subsequent election. But
they didn't. Taft won then, simply by running his steam-roller
over the opposition, with Elihu Root, a master and ruthless tac
tician, at the wheel.
We haven't talked with an
who can see how his more able,
FAIL to do the same. (And after 10 days in this eastern "Agua
Caliente" we have to admit our former Eisenhower optimism has
wilted considerably, but we still insist the chief reason is this is
"Taft's town." We hope for a more stimulating and cheering polit
ical atmosphere by the shores of Lake Michigan).
e a
Another blow to the local
fighting and forceful speech, at
smarter thing or one more
Ihrew away his prepared speech, ditched his stable of smart guys
and high paid ghost writers and struck out with both fists swing
ing, for HIMSELF IKE D. EISENHOWER, late of Abilene, Kan
sas! As one of the local press boys said, when the general started
a few days ago to repeat the old discredited campaign cliches
"Ike can take care of his ENEMIES, but God save him from his
FRIENDS!"
In view of last night's refreshing change, we think "Ike" may
yet fool the wise boys and save
bit of a prayer thrown in.)
There is another conclusion
very interesting, but somewhat
The longer a man stays in the Congress, Upper or Lower house,
the less HONEST he becomes.
There are, of course, exceptions notable ones. But by and
large we believe that claim can be supported by overwhelming
evidence. We don't mean they-all become, as time goes on, COR
RUPT that they lie or steal. Nothing crude like that. We refer to
what is generally known as "INTELLECTUAL honesty" Integ
rity of character a refusal to be
instead to play the game on the
frank, open, above-board. A bit
It is our contention that the
Congress, AS A WHOLE, those who are, in a sense, permanent
guests as contrasted with the transients, owe their security or
believe they do to a certain ability to equivocate and double
talk to take shortcuts, to flim-flam their constituents and other
customers not by saying what ISN'T true but by refusing to say
certain Important things that ARE true, when In their Judgment,
telling "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,"
would neither be as easy, or as profitable politically to THEM
SELVES. We could give examples and cite cases but perhaps we better
leave it at that. We imagine there is nothing very new or startling
in this discovery the undersigned probably -was Just a bit slow
in reaching it.
Perhaps it only adds up to what, through the years, experience
has shown to be, to most observers, merely "SMART politics!"
There Is another noticeable fact:
The habit of condemning
phrases out of context Is growing
Even President Truman yesterday followed Senator Taft's ex
ample and in his speech at the U
chlded General Eisenhower for
reduce taxes by some 40 billion
"An absurd statement! said
And of course it WAS.
But the point is "Ike" never
That IF peace SHOULD be restored, it would not be DIFFICULT
in TWO OR THREE YEARS to
amount.
A very different statement VERY1
But how many people checked it?
Very, very few! How many will? Even less.
s e
Senator Morse's speeches on
even more outrageously, time after
quoting small extracts which
Morse s position and his speeches
Moreover 99 of those who did this KNEW it. (The 1 who
didn't, couldn't have read the speeches not In full at least.) So
nil nauseuml
There Is only one sign In front
pressive Supreme Court building.
letters, black background:
"NO ROLLER-SKATING!"
WHAT!
Can't Judge Murphy put on his
next time he approaches the Supreme Tribunal of these United
States to plead his cause? R.W.R.
Cupid Slowing Up
Unless there is a considerable increase in the num
ber of marriages in the remaining days of June, 1952,
despite the fact that it is Leap Year, will go into the
record books as another bad one for cupid.
The widespread slump in nuptials is well estab
lished, according to the Federal Security Agency.
While nearly 1,700,000 couples were married in 1950;
in 1951 the total was down by four per cent. Marriage
license bureaus throughout the United States report
that it will be still lower this year.
A ND even when the nuptial noose has settled over
their heads, the matter of marriage is still more
uncertain than in former days. The June bride of 1952
js more likely than was her
visit to the divorce court; and much more likely than
was her grandmother. Between 1890 and 1949, latest
year covered by National Office of Vital Statistics
data, the divorce rate rose from .0o divorces per
thousand of population to 2.7 per thousand. The all
time high 4.3 divorces per thousand was record
ed in 194G, the first year after World War II.
a
ASSUMING that her mother was married in 1932
or thereabouts, the June bride of today is a child
of the depression era. The low marriage and birth
rates of the early 1930's undoubtedly are the principal
cause of the present slump in marriages. E.C.F.
WRINKLES IRONED OUT
Memphis, Tenn. U.R) The
young Chinese laundry worker
look time out to press Ihe dollar
bills with a steam Iron before she
handed Thomas Frederick the
change from a $5 bill.
Wednesday, June It, 1IS2
After 10 days here, and consider
"Jumbo" until the election, and
off even then.
a
liberals.
experienced newspaper man here
unscrupulous and adroit son, can
Eisenhower "defeatism" was Ike's
Detroit last night. He never did a
critically needed than when he
HIMSELF. (Here's hoping with a
we have reached at the end of 10
humid and wearing days to wit:
slick and just a BIT shady, and
up and up ALL THE TIME
naieve if you will.
battle-scarred veterans in the
statements by selecting Isolated
here by leaps and bounds.
- Boat ceremony at New London
claiming that if elected he would
dollars or words to that effect.
the President.
.
made it. What he DID say was:
reduce national expenses by that
the steel strike were condemned
time by the SAME METHOD
COMPLETELY misrepresented
as a whole.
of tho new and extremely lnv
This sign reads as follows gold
derby hat and roller skates the
mother to pav an eventual
ROTARY PAYS WELL
Mexico City 4U.PJ The recent
world convention of Rotary In
ternational netted the Mexican
tourist Industry and trade estab
lishments 30.000,000 pesos. ($3,-800,000.)
Crosstown
, '-- lrt toli4!a N-l feat u rat tat.
N t,-t3-SZ T M K t' I F4I Off!?
"The first step in our vacation plant are made my
husband t fishing tackle is well hidden.
COMMUNICATIONS
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On Cloud Seeding j testimony by an Oregon VFW
To the Editor: After reading official, the Senator leaped to a
the last two communications in
your paper regarding the cloud t
seeding operations I should like
to make a few comments. One
woman stated we should let Cod
and nature alone. I wonder if
she is letting nature alone when
she waters her garden or uses
fertilizer. Perhaps we should re
trogress to the beginning of
time unharness electricity, un
dam the dams, put all the tim
ber back in the forests, disman
tle all means of transportation
and use our God-given legs. Of
course, this would mean no mo
dern conveniences, cooking on
an open camp fire and washing
our grass skirts in the rivers.
But, perhaps we shouldn't even
have grass clothing as God made
us without such items.
All people who have strived
for progress have had trouble
and met up with dissenters, but
we are happy this day that there
have been those who forged
ahead to make our lives easier
with electrical appliances, ma
chine-made clothing and production-line
factories.
Another thing that would be
interesting to know is where
these people, who are so set
against hail prevention and a lit
tle washable smudge dirt, derive
their income. If it were not for
the orchardists, farmers and log
ging industries this valley would
be the desert it was before these
enterprises were started. The
grocers and clothiers, the realtors
and bankers, the packing houses
and canneries, the fuel suppliers
and service stations, plus nu
merous others would all be out
of business!
All who are to eager to build
barricades before the wheels of
progress in this valley, but whe
are willing to make their share
off the farmer, should stop and
consider all sides of the question
before Jumping to conclusions.
As has been pointed out, there
are no final conclusions as yet.
Please give them the opportun
ity to prove their theories con
clusively, s
One other comment: The writ
er of Monday's communication
stated sliver iodide is being used
here to dissipate the clouds, yet
in a nearby article it said Wash
ington cloud seeders are using it
to induce rain. Which shows the
ordinary individual knows little
about the situation and actual
results. Once again I beg give
them a chance. It may mean
your livelihood.
A farmer's wife.
Mrs. W. O. Beard,
Rt. 1, Box 311
Medford .Oregon.
The Mors Walk
To the Editor: If the Republi
can parly does not develop
plntform and a candidate for the
welfare of the country. Senator
Morse will take a walk and be
come silent. When I read the
Senator's statements to this ef
fect in our local paper I tried to
picture a brass band and a couple
of steam caliopes under full
steam walking in silence.
At the same time I was re
minded of the report in Stars
and Stripes In 1951 on the 22
U.S. senators who were pressur
ing for approval of a world gov
ernment or world union resolu
tion in Congress that would, in
effect, supersede the Constitu
tion of the United States Sen
ators Morse of Oregon and Ke
fauver of Tennessee drawing spe
cial mention.
Also Senator Morses testi
mony before the Foreign Rela
tions sub-committee page 5, par.
5 on the world federalist resolu
tion: "If this resolution could not
pass and I were then given only
the choice of the Atlantic Union
resolution, I would vote for it as
the best that we could get under
the circumstances.'' Dateline
Feb. 3. 1950.
Asked for a itatement on this,
By Roland Coo
name and address of the writer although
of a pen name or Initial for oublication
neutral corner and backed out
countering with something like
this, "I will be glad to respond
to any specific questions you
may have after studying my
statement before the Foreign Re
lations subcommittee, because I
always am open to a change of
view if facts and reasoned argu
ments are presented." Date, Feb.
3, 1951
Also, I was reminded of my
debate with Dr. Kenneth Lin
ingston in Portland in 1951 on
world government: he was then
president of the United World
Federalists, Oregon branch, this
being just prior to their defeat
in the Oregon legislature; when
he stood in front of a large audi
ence and read supporting state
ments to his cause from Senator
Morse who, in his own words,
was one of their chief supporters
in Washington, D. C, for world
government.
The senator should Interpret
his statement as to what he con
siders the welfare of the nation
to be and not leave us gaping
in anticipation. Does he mean a
reapplicstion of the fundament
als of our constitution? Or is he
still flirting around with a later
generation of the old Eugene V.
Debbs philosophy?
I suggest to the Senator that
if the good old diet of the Amer
ican way of life does not satisfy
his spice demanding taste buds,
he doesn't have to walk. He can
reach just around the corner
from where he appears to be
now and grab a Juicy morsel
the progressive party seems to
be short a qualified candidate
since Henry Wallace quit and
started farming.
Johnnie Walker
142 N. Ivy St.
Medford, Ore.
Two Choices
To The Editor:
We, the people of the United
States hold the fate of the world
in our hands. And why Is it in
our hands? Because we are the
leading nation, we have super
ior manpower and morale.
But who is trying to remove
the superiority from our hands?
Russia. The communistic re
gime's religion is to conquer the
world. Russian factories are hard
at work turning out machines
for one thing the destruc
tion of our present way of life.
But why haven't they struck
yet. They are not quite ready.
In a few years they will have su
periority in the air, on land, and
possibly the sea.
But they are waiting for one
other thing. What? The lessen
ing of the solidarity of the Am
erican people. How may this
lessening happen? It is about
to be accomplished as one can
plainly see.
What would happen if our
next president was so wrapped
up in his own self that he cared
not for his nation? And who
is running for president, that
Is egotistical? Robert Taft.
If Taft is elected our next pres
ident, our foreign policy will be
destroyed, all forces will be re
moved from Korea. There will
he unrest among otir people.
Too much worry. Our civilian
fo.k.-es will be mixed up. And
Russia will strike.
Therefore, the people of the
United States have two choices
prosperity, leadership, peace
fulness, rest and kindness or
Taft. Which is your choice, Mr.
and Mrs. America?
Lyle Rogers.
Rt. 2, Box 468,
Medford, Ore.
Not Mad, Just Hungry '
Muskegon, Mich. (UP.)
Police officer Marshall Rnbbins
answered an urgent call to
"come catch a mad dog . . , he's
frothing at the mouth." Robbins
caught the dog but what looked
like froth was only breakfast
cereal around the dog's mouth.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
An unarmed Swedish military
plane is shot down in the Baltic
by two Russian Miu ugmers.
The plane that was shot down
by the Russkies was searching
for another Swedish plane that
MAY have been shot down by
the Russkies.
TROUBLESOME (but signlfi
cant thought:
The Russians wouldn't have
done it if they had FEARED
Swedish retaliation.
GRIM conclusion:
The only way to handle bul
lies (international or other kinds)
is to be STRONG ENOUGH TO
HANDLE THEM when they go
on the loose.
f ORE of the same from Korea:
The key Issue blocking the
truce negotiations at Munsan is
the U.N. stand that no prisoners
shall be FORCIBLY repatriated
that is to say, sent back to the
commies to be shot before a wall
or sent to a slave labor camp.)
Of the 7.... 9.000 POWs we hold.
only 70,000 have expressed will
ingness to return to the Reds.
Of the remaining 99.000, many
say they will commit suicide
rather than go back.
Twitted by our General Har
rison about the inconsistencies
of the Red position on this ex
change of prisoners business.
Communist General Nam II
blandly accuses us again of in
cessant atrocities and slaughter
ing of war prisoners.
ne a cnange nis tune if we
were strong enough to handle
mm.
THAT brings up the S4 ques
tion: Why are we fighting in Korea?
The only intelligent answer. I
think, is that we're fighting
there to prove to the communists
that we can't be bluffed. But it
is becoming fairly plain that the
No. 1 reason for our prisoner
trouble on Koje island is that
we HAVEN'T MEN ENOUGH to
man the fighting lines and han
dle 170,000 prisoners of war at
the same time.
It looks like we'd better GET
men enough there to handle the
situation. Otherwise, we may
lose everything we're fighting
for in Korea.
MORE harping on the same
string:
General Ridgway (our new
SHAPE commander in Europe)
arrives in Rome for a conference
with Italian officials. L'Unita,
the Communist newspaper,
greets him with this big, black
headline:
"Get Out of Italyl GO HOME,
foreigner!"
IT'S rugged. It's mean. It's
- nasty, am lis GOOD PROPA
GANDA. ...-.
Suppose a foreign nation was
in practical control of our coun
try. Suppose its troops were
quartered among us and its of
ficials were occupying all our
best hotels and filling all our
best restaurants. Suppose they
had more money to spend than
we have. Even suppose that
without their help we'd go
bankrupt.
We wouldn't like it.
We'd RESENT it bitterly.
WELL, that's our position in
" Italy. It's our position tn
France. It's our position all over
Europe. The communists are
very, very shrewdly taking ad
vantage of it.
When it comes to propaganda,
they're super-smart.
MEANWHILE, this from
mac W.,h!n.tH,
Ca-
,, UOlllIlg.UII.
"W. L. Howard began his
third day atop a 50-foot pole here
this morning. He says he plans
to break the national flagpole
sitting record of 13 davs. If he
does, he will be on the small
platform at the top of the pole
until well into November.
"He says he won't shave or cut
his hair until he comes down."
VOU say It"
A It doesn't look well in print.
Don't Give To Blind,
Association Requests
New York (U.P. The New
York Association for the Blind
has requested that
sons stop dropping coins into
."c tups tarried oy Blind per
sons. "We know that if these people
were Interested in onino t ... i.
they could get Jobs," the asso
ciation saici. -we wish that you
wouldn't give to these people . . .
some of whom collect ! ,
week."
WEATHER
By United Pratt
North California: Fair Wed
nesday and Thursdav
coastal fog.
Court Records
POLICE COI RT
Jams L. Splllman, expired motor
vehicle license. S3.
r. Cornlnt Kenly. parking on wroni
side at street. S3.S0.
DISTRICT COlRT
Ji-lr ThM... ,L.I -.. . . .
...w...n Olivmr, VIQUSUOtS Of
basic rule. $1150.
Richard Martin Larson, no operator's
license. 56.
Oohn Robert Hamaker, overwidth.
CIRCUT COVRT
Gloria Wall s-hmeljr n. Harold
Schmelier. divorce decree.
laJean Pence vs. Harold Pence, di
vorce decree.
Betty Hampton vs. Clarence Vf
Hanipton, divorce decree.
Helen Sylvia Shoemaker va. Id.
Shoemaker, divorce decree
Zadee Joan Rivers vs. Herbert By
ron Rivers, divorce decree.
Oliv r Parks vt. Charles A. Parks,
divorce corlaiQU
Traditionally Neutral
Sweden Getting Tired
Of Russian Tactics
Bv PHIL NEWSOM
United Press Foreign News Ed.
Traditionally neutral Sweden
is finding it harder and harder
to stomach the high-naiiUea pol
icies of the
Russians.
She has been
the nice k i d
living down
the block, who
crossed the
street rather
than get into a
fight when the
kn 1 1 v an.
U J nroached.
mil sevvnm. . u ha, been
a tough position to maintain,
And even most recent events
are not likely to change its out
ward appearance. For 137 years
the Swedes have refused to join
foreign pacts or treaties.
But internally, the Swedes
have just about had enough,
When Russian MIG-15 jets
shot down an unarmed Swedish
rescue plane over the Baltic
Monday, Swedish newspapers
called the attackers "Russian
pirates." Angry crowds hooted
and jrl outside the Soviet
embassy.
More impressive, Swedish air
force fighters took to the air
and a Swedish spokesman said
pointedly that they were armed.
At the same time, some Swe
dish Communists were going on
trial on what seemed to be an
open and shut charge of spying
for Russia.
Each year since the end of
World War II Sweden has been
proclaimly religiously her neu
trality in the hot and cold wars.
Simultaneously, her relations
with Russian have been deter
iorating steadily.
Lies Close to Russia
On the north, Sweden lies on
tv.
Congressional Quiz
Questions and Answers en What Goat an at the Capital
Furnished by Congressional Quartern- Naws Features
a. Do doctors in uniform
still get extra pay to sweeten
the pill of military service?
A. Yes, if they entered ser
vice voluntarily those draft
ed are not eligible. A House
Committee June 9 approved a
Senate-passed bill to extend the
time in which doctors and den
tists can begin service and still
get the $100-a-month extra. The
Senate rejected a Paul H'. Doug
las, (D-Ill.), move to lop the bon
us to $5.
Q. It it true thai a state con
vention can require lis delegates
to national political conventions
to vol en bloc, regardless of
the preference of ihe minority?
A. True only in the Demo
cratic party, which permits state
convention to instruct its dele
gation to use the "unit rule,"
under which all votes go accord
ing to the wishes of the delega
tion majority. However, in the
18 states where some or all of
the delegates are chosen by pop
ulaf vote, the delegates so chos
en can not be bound by the unit
rule, except that In some states
delegates are required by law
to support the winner of the
presidential preferential pri
mary. Q. What did Senate probers
decide about the surplus tanker
tales deals?
A. The Senate's Investigat
ing Subcommittee, May 29 rec
ommended "prompt and vigor
ous" Justice Department action
on the surplus tanker deals it
KB: up to si p,oroj3j YE
-IV-U.
Experience tells us that It take,
that much to cover unexpected
emergencies and to build an
ample reserve for later years.
Are you following this wise
policy? And is your money
earning a high three percent?,
tt does herel Come in today.
Jackson County Federal
Savings and Loan Association
126 EAST MAIN MEDFORD, ORE.
ly about 150 miles from Russia.
On the south, across the Baltic,
she is about 200 miles from Rus-sian-controled
Estonia. On her
flank is Finland.
In 1048 the Russians accused
Sweden of planning to build
bases for United States planes
and parachute troops on Swed
ish soil. The Russians also
charged that a war party was
attempting to control the Swe
dish government.
In 1949 the Russians accused
the Swedes of mistreating Baltic
nationals.
Soviet Right Challenged
In 1950, Sweden, along with
the Danes, challenged the right
of the Soviet Union to declare
arbitrarily a 12-mile territorial
limit in Baltic waters.
But in that same period the
Swedes have been equally firm
in dealing with the Western na
tions. For example, they declin
ed membership in the North At
lantic Treaty Organization.
In 1946 Sweden entered in
to a $200,000,000 long -' term
credit agreement with Russia.
Included in the agreement were
delivery of Swedish locomotives
and welding and tool machin
ery, fishing smacks and other
items which easily could be class
ified as war material.
The agreement, entered into
over the protest of the United
States, finally fell through
through Sweden's actual or pre
tended inability to produce. In
any event, it was an illustration
of Sweden's effort to remain a
neutral.
However, despite provocation,
there is no reason to believe
Sweden will change her tradit
ional policy. She knows that,
this time, she will not escape
if war breaks out. But, as the
British once regarded the Eng
lish Channel, she sees neutrality
as her best protection.
has been investigating. The re
port charged that a group head
ed by former Rep. Joseph E.
Casey, (D-Mass.), failed to pay
from $850,000 to $1,400,000 in
taxes through "intercompany
manipulations," and that anoth
er group, in which Newbold
Morris figured, paid only $24.97
In federal taxes on a $14 million
business.
Q. I notice ihe only vote
againti House passage of a GI
bill for Korean veterans was cast
by a veteran. What was hit rea
son? A. Rep. James P. S. Dever
eux, (R-Md.), who served in the
Marines during World War II
and is a member of the Veterans
Affairs Committee which draft
ed the bill, objected to the meth
od by which it was brought be
fore the House. It was not sub
ject to amendment. He favored
the bill but opposed features
which he said discriminated fi
nancially against numerous vet
erans. The House passed the
bill 361-1 on June 5.
Q. Does the new foreign aid
bill include the Kern amendment
to put tricitr curbs on trade
with ihe Redt?
A. No. The Senate approv
ed amendment by James P. Kem
(R-Mo.), was knocked out of the
bill during a House-Senate con
ference. Existing legislation also
bans such trade, but allows ex
ceptions. The ban is enforced by
cutting off aid to U. S. allies
who send war-useful goods to
Russia and its satellites.