Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 11, 1955, Image 1

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. New York (U.R) Former
Communist Harry Matusow, a
.self-styled "coward," returns to
Federal Court today for more
testimony about his "false" ac
cusations against 13 convicted
Red leaders.
Matusow, 27, told Federal
Judge Edward J. Dimock Thurs
day that he had only been a pup
pet in the hands of Roy Cohn,
one of the prosecutors of the
convicted Communists and later
aide to Sen. ' Joseph R. Mci
Carthy.
He said Cohn promised him
$25 daily inaddition to the reg
ular r$4 regular fee paid to gov-
Oregon Relative
Responsibility Act
Declared Invalid
".- Law Said Incapable
o Of Interpretation
v; Portland (U.R) Multnomah
County Circuit Judge Frank J.
Lonergan yesterday declared un
constitutional the ' state's rela
tives' responsibility act..-
Judge Lonergan said the law
was "so conflicting, vague, in
definite and uncertain as to be
incapable of interpretation."
He further declared the 1949
law was "unreasonable, arbi
trary, discriminatory' and op
pressive in that it fixes and in
flexible scale determining the
liability of responsible relatives
without relation to ability - to
pay . . or pro rata assessment
on all liable relatives."
The decision was handed down
in a suit-brought by Alma D.
Mallatt, Portland school teacher,
against the state Public Welfare
Commission. '
Validity Challenged -
The plaintiff, who had been
ordered by the welfare commis
sion to pay $70 monthly toward
the support of her parents, chal
lenged the validity of the law.
She asked the cijurt to determine
whether her brothers and sis
ters, should not be equally liable
. on a pro rata basis -depending
" on their incomes. .
Judge Lonergan criticized thetaxes and a balanced budget.
law, wnicn was amended ;, in
1953, for singling out one . or
several of responsible relatives
holding such persons liable for
the full measure"bf contribution.
The judge, in declaring the
law unconstitutional, issues a
conditional decree which would
authorize the state legislature
to correct its faults before it
is voided. The ruling would take
: effect April 15.
Salem U.R) Legislation de
signed to make the state's rela
tives' responsibility act constituv
tional will be introduced in the
legislature, Sen. George Ulett,
chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee on Social Se
curity, said today.
Attorney General Robert
Thornton said he would appeal
Judge Lonergan' s ruling to the
State Supreme court. But in the
meantime, ..Sen. Ulett said his
committee would study the de
cision and go ahead with plans
toa introduce remedial legisla
tion. :
Neuberger Tells of
Identical Letters
Washington (U.R) Sen. Rich
ard L.' Neuberger (D-Ore.) said
today it is "sort of a sinister
thing" that he received 40 or 50
identical form letters opposing
Senate confirmation of Judge
John Marshall Harlan to the
Supreme Court,
Neuberger told the. Senate
that all the letters some of
them carbon copies were on
letterheads of the Crawford &
Doherty Foundry Co., 4604 S. E.
17th ave., Portland, Ore.
"Either owners are dragoon
ing their employees into sign
ing these letters, or there is
some undercover movement
against Judge Harlan, for which
no reason is given,"' Neuberger
said. -' i
Washington AQ.Pi Fish sticks
are steadily taking a place
alongside drum sticks on tae
American menu. '
Six People Arrested on Liquor Charges
Aaron Francis Gentry, 25; of
42V2 Third st, Ashland, was one
of six people arrested yesterday
on liquor charges, according to
sheriff's and city police records.
Gentry was charged with fur
nishing liquor to minors.
The Ashland man appeared
in circuit court on -a similar
charge less than a month ago
and received a one-year suspend
ed sentence after promising the
court, "I'll never do it again."
At that time Gentry pleaded
guilty to a charge of contributing
to the delinauency of a minor
boy by giving him whiskey,
Also arrested last' night and
Says
ernment witnesses and took him
on a free-loading trip to swank
New York night clubs while
helping him to prepare "false"
testimony. - " .
Cohn refused to comment on
Matusow's testimony but pre
viously the black-haired young
attorney had said he would not
"dignify any statements by this
individual."
But McCarthy, reached at
Green Bay, Wis., where he made
an address on U.S. foreign re
lations on Thursday night,
quickly came to Cohn's defense.
"I believe in Roy any time,
any place, on any subject," Mc
Carthy said. "I have never found
fmy Jesigros
M Phoenix -Chief-
Phoenix Jim Perry, chief of
police of Phoenix for the past
2 years, will resign, he said
this morning. '
Perry was suspended from
his post at a council meeting
here, last Monday, following an
order by the council that records
of his department be impounded
and audited.
In a telephone call from Port
land, where he was this morning,
Perry told Frank Lovett, city
council member and chairman of
fewer Lawyers
Salem (U.R) Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry told dele
gates to the opening session of
the 45th annual meeting of the
Oregon State Farmers Union
yesterday , that the Legislature
needs fewer lawyers and more
farmers and businessmen.
He said he likes lawyers "but
we don't need so many legal
heads in the Legislature." The
secretary of state said Oregon
has enough laws ' and needs to
cive "more serious attention to
Newbry also opposed the
seven-state Columbia basin com
pact. He got a hearty round of
applause when he said we have
no more right to give a corpora
tion or. industry the use of any
portion of - the Columbia river
than we have to give away a
right to run part " of our high
ways. It should be developed by
the people."
Penal Institution
Appropriation Urged
Salem (U.R) An appropria
tion of $1,250,000 by the 1955
Legislature for work in the next
two years on the intermediate
penal institution was . recom
mended to the State Board of
Control today by the governor's
advisory committee, which sug
gested as the name "The Ore
gon State Correctional Institu
tion."
The 1953 Legislature appro
priated $1,250,000 and with the
additional amount recommend
ed, the committee said the first
and second steps of construction
could be completed. . -.-
Total estimated cost by the
committee would be five million
dollars if prison labor is used
and six million dollars if done by
private contract.
Uranium Strike Reported
On Spokane Reservation
Olympia j(U.R) Reports ; of a
uranium strike on the Spokane
Indian reservation have started
a land rush in eastern Washing
ton, the Department of Public
Lands said today.
Frank Sether, assistant state
land commissioner, said the pub
lic lands office has been flooded
with applications to buy or lease
state land.
New .York (U.R) A commit
tee organized to protest the Sen
ate censure of Sen. Joseph R.
McCarthy (R-Wis.) has disband
ed but hoped shortly to become
a permanent organization.
charged with furnishing liquor
to minors was Robert Lawrence
Ray, 22, of 11 B st.,' Ashland.
Three teenagers were picked
up on charges . of illegal posses
sion of liquor. They were Eve
lyn Jean Todd, 18, of 171 B st.,
Ashland; Paul Leon Jacks, 19,
of 54 Mountain ave., Ashland,
and a 17-year-old Ashland girl.
All five were arrested in Med
ford. . They were occupants of
a car driven by George Mack
Smead Jr., 20, route 1, box 430,
Talent, who was cited for driv,
ing under the influence of in
toxicating liquor, city police
said. Smead appeared in muni
Legislature Need
toy Mi
Cohn to distort the truth."
Matusow said Cohn, a "star"
of the recent Army versus Mc
Carthy televised hearings,
coached him on what to say
just Before the Red leaders went
on trial on charges of conspir
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'.the police commission, that he is
withdrawing his name as police
chief, and will have a letter of
resignation, ready, for submission
at a special council meeting to
morrow evening.
A controversy has developed
around Perry's method of opera
tion of the department in recent
months, ; with some residents
criticizing him and others prais
ing "him for his work.
Last Monday a traffic bail re
ceipt was shown the council, but
police court records failed to
show that the amount had been
turned over to the court. This
was just before the audit was
ordered and Perry, suspended.
Perry was the unsuccessful
Democratic candidate for county
sheriff last year. He also has
been driver-training instructor
at the Phoenix High school.
Nixon Cites
Mexico Ties
Mexico City (U.R) Vice
President Richard M. Nixon said
today that the basic current of
"Americanism" underlying rela
tions between the people of
Mexico and the United States
"overshadows " any ' superficial
differences that may be between
us.".
Nixon, in a brief address pre
pared for delivery before the
Mexican; Chamber of Deputies,
said the reception he has re
ceived during' his visit here has
given .him "a new perception
of the reality of our common
Americanism."
The vice-president has charm
ed the Mexicans with the same
smiles and handshakes that
made him one of the most suc
cessful campaigners in U. S. poli
tics.. , '
OLCC Denies License
For Bohemian Club
The Oregon Liquor Control
commission has written city of
ficials that the Class "A" liquor
dispensing application of the
Bohemian club, 10 South Fir st.,
has been denied.
A copy of the letter from the
OLCC was filed with city police;
It said the application was de
nied on the grounds that the
commission . "h a s reasonable
grounds to believe that there are
sufficient licensed premises in
the locality set out in the appli
cation." It ; was signed by L.-B.
Russell, license supervisor.
This is the second such denied
by the OLCC of a Medford ap
plication in recent months.
Earlier, an application by a
Front st. tavern was also turned
down. '"- ;,,,: , " 'T'l '.
The city council Jan. !3 rec
ommended approval of the Bo
hemian club application ., by a
vote of 4 to 3.
New York (U.R) The Brit
ish ship City , of Bristol and'
the American President Liner
President Harding collided at
the rain-swept entrance to
New York harbor today. 'The
Coast Guard said the City of
Bristol is sinking. .
cipal court this morning and was
advised of the nature of the
charge and given time to contact
his relatives. r-
A seventh arrest was made
last night, on a liquor charge. It
involved Rodney Eugene Dun
can, 33, Hilt, Calif., who was
arrested on Highway 99 near
Siskiyou summit on a drunk
driving charge. , '
In another case, Darl Fredrick
Beier," 37 Grand Island, Neb.
was arraigned in district court
yesterday as a "fugitive from a
California bad check charge. He
waived hearing and is being held
under $1,000 bond for California
authorities.
Ti
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n
ing to advocate overthrow of
the U. S. government by force.
He said he met Cohn March
21, 1952 at the Stork Club. ,
Matusow said he gave false
testimony during the trial but
Cohn failed to give him the $25
MEDFORD, OREGON FRIDAY, FEBRUAr
Last Stragglers of.
Tachen Evacuation
Going Onto Vessels
Demolition Crews
Boarding Transports
Taipeh, Formosa U.R) The
evacuation of the Nationalist
held vTachens Islands ground to
a close today with all but the
last, straggling members of the
demolition crews which blew up
the Tachen Islands' fortifica
tions aboard transport ships.
The American and National
ist ships which carried out the
touchy, and hazardous assign
ment were ready to cast off for
the last time, as soon as the
demolition work was complete
and the last of the , demolition
crewmen safely aboard.
Fleel to Pull Out
By 8 p.m. tonight, (PST).'the
powerful Seventh Fleet was
scheduled to pull out, leaving
only the scorched earth behind.
The Communists continued a
hands-off attitude as the evacu
ation of men, weapons and sup
plies headed toward completion
in little more ... than half the
eight days time originally esti
mated. '
Rear Adm. Alonzo Sabin Jr.,
amphibious group commander
in the island group 210 miles
north of Formosa, pledged as
the- evacuation neared its end
that "not a tin can will be leit'
for . the Communist Chinese to
take over.
A Navy spokesman, mean
while,, announced that carrier
based aircraft of Task Force 77
have flown 18,271 sorties in the
period since Sunday, when Jhe
first aerial evacuation patrol
was flown.
Milton-Freewater
Youths Killed
The Dalles U.R) Two Milton-Freewater
youths were
dead today as the result of a
truck-auto collision 18 miles
west of Arlington that was
blamed on a falling rock.
' The victims were Robert Nor
man Dausener, 18, quarterback
on last year's Mac-Hi football
team, and Edward Eugene
Knapp, 18. Dausener was killed
instantly and Knapp died last
night in a local hospital.
State police said a falling
rock at Watchman's Dip struck
the left rear fender of . the
youths' car, causing it to skid
into the path of a truck. The
truck driver, Ken Willoughby
of The Dalles, was not seriously
hurt.
Fire Destroys Planes,
Hangar at Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Ore. (U.R) Fire
early today destroyed a private
airplane hangar about a mile
north of here.
The blaze destroyed the Dean
Curtis hangar and three planes.
A fourth plane was pulled out.
Cause of the blaze was undeter
mined. HEADS WOOL GROWERS
Portland . (U.R) Gaylord
Madison of Echo was chosen yes
terday 'to serve as president of
the Pacific Wool Growers until
a regular election of officers in
April.' R. Li Clark resigned the
post because of a heavy load of
civic and business responsibili
ties. ' .
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
' New York (U.R) Dow
Jones final stock averages: 30
industrials 413.99 up 1.10; 20
r a i 1 r o a ds 145.52 off 0.50; 15
utilities 63.67 up 0.36, and 65
stocks 152.55 up 0.21: Sales to
day were about 3,260,000 shares,
compared with 3,460,000 shares
traded yesterday.
The Dalles (U.R) M. C.
Mapes Jr., local attorney, said
he had been notified of his ap
pointment as a professional staff
member of the Senate Interior
and Insular Affairs Committee.
'- Salem -(U.R) State Sen. Pat
Lonergan1 of Portland said today
he would introduce a bill to have
Oregon's primary election held
on the first Monday in .August
instead, of the third Friday in
May. ..
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bonus as promised.
Matusow branded himself a
"coward" and cheat in a letter
made public Thursday by Harry
Sacher, an attorney for the Com
munist leaders who appeared in
Dimock's court seeking a new
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' GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBING maneuvers used In shooting down two MIGs which attacked them
while they were flying top cover for a reconnaissance bomber off Korea Is Capt. George F. Wil
liams, Austin. Tex. At right is Lt. Charles Salmon, Port Jarvis, N. Y, who got one. (lnUrnationai)
Auto-Crash Driver
Admits Car Theft;
Given Three Years
John Arthur Showalter, 29,
Porterville, Calif ., y e s t e r d ay
pleaded guilty to grand larceny
charges and was sentenced to
three years in Oregon state
prison. Sentenced was pro
nounced by Circuit Judge James
Bain, Portland.;. :. ' :
- rtShSwaltei? was. the driver, of. a
stolen-car which went out of
control, while he was attempting
to evade city police officers late
Monday, and crashed into the
lounge of the Jackson hotel.
Wounded By Shot
Showalter was wounded In
left leg by a shot fired by city
police officers d u r i n g , a foot
chase which followed the acci
dent. The man was held under
guard in alocal hospital before
being transferred to the county
jail Tuesday afternoon.
The stolen car involved in the
accident was owned by Alden
D. Powell, 281 Oak st., Ashland.
City police "staked out" the ve
hicle Monday evening when it
was found parked on a Medford
street, and gave chase when
Showalter and a woman return
ed to the car.
Police ascertained that the
woman was not implicated, in, or
aware of, the car theft, and she
was released after questioning.
Showalter had told her the car
belonged to his brother.
Used Alias
Showalter used the name John
Arthur Dane when he was pick
ed up by police so that his par
ents, who live in Ashland, would
not be aware he had been ar
rested,' according to law en
forcement officers. He. . was
visited in the county jail by his
mother.
Showalter has been on parole,
under the name John Arthur
Dane, on a Wenatchee, Wash.,
car theft charge. : '
Senate President Due
For Lincoln Day Talk
Elmo Smith, John Day; presi
dent of . the Oregon State Sen
ate, was to arrive in Medford by
air this afternoon. .He (will be
the main speaker at the 41st an
nual meeting of the Jackson
County' Lincoln club this eve
ning, .v.. .
-The dinner meeting will be at
the Ashland Elks temple , start
ing at 7 p.m. Harry Skerry Jr.,
Ashland, president of the club,
will preside.
Senator Smith will leave to
morrow for Klamath Falls
where he will speak in the eve
ning for the annual Lincoln day
banquet there. , .
A story; about Senator Smith
and the preparations he made
for his job, appears on Page .1
of ; section 2 of today's ' Mail
Tribune. :,' ; .. . '
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy to
night and Saturday. Occasional'
rain by early Saturday. Low
. tonight about 35. High Sat
urday 48.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday .. 57
Lowest this Morning 29
Say aft
trial. :
The letter," addressed to M6
Carthy. on Aug. 24, 1953, said:
"When I testified at the trial
of the 13 Communist leaders in
New York.' the defense charged
that you would do anything for
Press Full leased Wire
49th Year No. 280
Temp
20 B e low Ze ro Ove r
Wid
e Midwest
By UNITED PRESS :
The biggest , cold wave of the
season froze the nation's mid
lands from Canada to the Gulf
of Mexico today and turned its
numbing blasts on the East and
Southland, r . ;
Temperatures averaged 20 be
low. zero oyer, awide- area in
Minnesota, - Wisconsin, and the
Dakotas and" a 50-degree fall
from a .summery 60 .degrees to
a mere 10 above was expected at
Pittsburgh, Pa., by tonight. ; ,
Gas Turned Off - ,
Gas was turned off to schools
and industrial users in - 200
communities ' in four Southwest
states and, a freeze threatened
to kill vegetable and fruit crops
in the semi-tropical lower Rio
Grande Valley.., Chicago spent
$35,000 : on : salt alone digging
out of a five-inch snowfall.
The 'deep freeze spread from
the Rockies, where the tempera
ture hit 27 below zero, through
the Great Plains and entire Mid
west, v . ' .. ; . .
It was crawling towards the
balmy Atlantic Coast .early to
day and cold wave warnings
were posted for Pennsylvania.
Three inches of snow hit Lex
ington, Ky., and an inch fell on
Nashville, Tenn. , ;
Sub-Zero Temperatures .' .
The temperature went below
zero as far south as northern
Kansas, northeast Missouri and
central Illinois early .today. :
At La Porte City, la., .two
women iWere : killed when a
Rock island passenger train hit
their car. Police said .the side
windows of the car were so
Third Weather Balloon
To Be Sent Up. Here;
Public Said Welcome
' Three radiosonde balloon re
leases are now being 1 made
daily at the municipal airport
by the Medford office of the
U.S. weather bureau.
Robert Church,' meieorolo-'
gist in charge, said that the
third release at 1 p.m. is being
made under a, recent weather
bureau authorization and will
continue for approximately
three" months. The other bal
loons are being sent up at
7 a.m. , and 7 p.m. as in the
past. ' - ' '
Church invited all persons ,
interested, earticularly chil
dren on Saturdays and Sun
days, to witness the launching.
. from the inflation chamber.
The large ballons carry ra-
dio " transmitters which send
data back to a weather bureau
: receiver on temperature, hu
midity and pressure. . . -
Light Plane Strip
Development Discussed
Salem -i- (U.R) Progress to
ward development of light plane
strips at four sites in Oregon was
reported yesterday at a meeting
of the State Board of Aero
nautics here by Earl W. Sny-
der, board director.
Snyder also said progress was
being made in an effort to lift
the ban on air strips in national
parks. . ' v
Sites of the proposed light
plane strips are at Seaside-Gear-hart,
McNary, John Day and
Lake O' Woods.
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Tiros
a buck.' I denied it, but he was
right . . : v --: ;
"Next month I will be 28
28 of being a coward and being
dishonest. Or should I say, .most
of the time. I have gone through
life hurting the things : I love
and believe in being dishonest
with them for I was afraid if . I
was honest I would be hurt by
them. I was wrong."
Sacher also read a long state
ment which Matusow made at
the trial and Matusow said most
of the testimony was untrue.
Matusow also said he com
mitted perjury in testifying
against Owen Lattimore, Far
East expert who was accused by
M
erafure Averages
Area
frosted the women . could not
possibly have seen the onrush
ing train. - - ; . ...
Four Deaths in Indiana
Show ' storms were : also
blamed for at least four traffic
deaths in Indiana.
Chicago residents early today
shivered: in six below." zero
weather which 'packed the city's
worst snow fall of the season
into- an icy sheath. ' -
On the Pacific Coast winds
up to 60 miles per hour raked
mountain 'areas north and north
east of Los Angeles. In the city
itself, 5 however, ' the mercury
was expected to hit a summery
78 degrees. ' i : :
Pierre Pflimlin Gets
50-50 Success Chance
Paris U.PJ Pierre Pflimlin
began talks with political lead
ers today in an effort to form a
cabinet and observers gave him
a 50-50 chance of succeeding.
The -former Minister of Agri
culture called on ousted Premier
Pierre Mendes-France this morn
ing and talked with him about
German rearmament and North
Africa. Later Pflimlin said he
was thankful to Mendes-France
"for being ; better acquainted
now with these problems." "
Last night he saw Antoine
Pinay, the . businessman " who
failed to. form a cabinet in the
present crisis. Pflimlin indicated
afterward he had Pinay's bless
ing , in his . efforts to . become
premier. - '-, ,
No Snow Reported
On Oregon Highways
Salem (U.R) Oregon had
another day without snow,' with
the result - that chains were
neither needed nor advised on
any of the routes still open for
the : winter, the State Highway
Department said today. Spots of
ice were reported at Sunset
summit. Prospect, Siskiyou, Bly
and Seneca. ' V
( Mexico City -(U.R) At least
eight suspected "foreign agita
tors' .were rounded up by police
woh feared demonstrations or
sabotage during Vice President
Richard M. . Nixon's current
goodwilL visit in Mexico. ... I
Klamath County Cougars
Fail To Impress; Hunter
" Wayne. Buttram of Shady Cove isn't impressed by the
size of Klamath' county cougars. .
The other day, The Mail Tribune and United Press car
ried a story from Klamath Falls about capture of the largest -cougar
seen in 'those' parts in several years.' It was seven'
feet from nose to taiL. V '
Mrs. Buttram was reading the story Saturday when, she
heard her husband drive up. When she went to the door to
meet him, she saw something that made Klamath's "huge
cougar" look -like a kitten. ,. '' - , V . ...
: Draped over Buttram's car was an eight-foot cougar,
"which his two registered blue tick hounds had treed after a
three-mile chase in. the Elkhorn creek area. . .. . -
At that, it wasn't' the biggest cougar Buttram has
nabbed. He got one that measured 8 feet 4 inches three or
four years ago, and he recalls that an acquaintance killed
a cougar that measure almost 10 feet a few years back.
To add insult to the injury already heaped on Klamath
county's "giant" seven-foot cougars, Buttram estimates that , ,
the average length of adult cougars in Jackson county is
about seven feet. ''"
iff
McCarthy of having Communist
ties. i T." : ':
Matusow's about - face has
caused Washington investigat
ing committees to agree on
avoiding "witness stealing."
. Sen. James O. Eastland (T
Miss.), chairman of the Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee,
already has subpoenaed Matu
sow to testify Feb. 15 on his Lat-
timore testimony. Two other ,
congressional committees the
.Senate permanent Investigating
Committeeand the House Un-.
American Activities Committee
have decided to let the East- '
land group handle Matusow "ex
clusively." m
Mysterious Move
To Power Shift
Unpopular Decision V
Assumed To Be Cause
London (U.R) Soviet Russia t
purged its Supreme Court today
in a mysterious move which So
viet experts here believed may :
be linked to the recent top level'
shift in power in the Kremlin.
Moscow Radio, ' monitored :
here, announced that six justices
of the highest court in Russia
have been ousted and replaced. -
The Soviet Supreme Court is
the court of final jurisdiction .
in cases of" treason, sabptage and
other high crimes against ' the
state... ; , t
Unpopular Decision Seen
No reason was given for the
shakeup. But it was assumed '
that the judges who. were oust
ed had a hand in rendering
some decision not popular with
the new regime. ,
There , was speculation- that
there might have been some con
nection with the still hazy case
of the "nine doctors" who were
accused during Stalin's last days
of plotting to murder Russia's
top leaders and . then were ex
onerated when Georgi Malen
kov became Premier. With his
fall - from the top Soviet politi-
cal post and the appointment of
Marshal Nikolai Bulganin - as
Premier, i it was believor! the
case may have been reopened I
again. ' -; ' ." ,
Beria Ouster Less Likely
' A less likely possibility was '
that the dr astic court shakeup ,
had some connection with the
ouster, trial and execution of ,
Russia's former security chief,
Lavrenti Beria. :
It .was generally agreed here .
that the announcement indicates
some significant . shift in Soviet
Communism line.;, l . t
The Moscow broadcast said
the six judges had been ordered '
removed by the Supreme Soviet.
The decision was put ' into ef
fect in a decree signed Feb. 7 1
hw Affarcfial Tflomonti VrtwicViiT-
ov, chairman of the Presidium -of
the Supreme Soviet.
- Little is known to the outside
world about the makeup of the :
Supreme. Court of the USSR, ;
even ' the : exact number ' of 1
judges on the Russian supreme ,
bench is obscure.
O&C Logging Road j
Review To Be Made
Washington (U.R) - Secre- '
tary of the Interior Douglas Mc-,
Kav said tnrlav anntVioi- reirioitf
would be ' made of proposed ;
changes in logging road regula-
tions on Oregon and California
grant lands. " - " '
changes from several quarters in '
Oregon has prompted the re-!
view. The ? changes were pro
posed ; by the O & C Advisory
Board and were reviewed by the :
Bureau of Land Management,
which administers - the lands in:.
western Oregon counties.
Main objections to the pro-"
posed changes, McKay said,- was
that they favored the big timber
operator. He said the intention
was to give equal access to
O&C timbertfo all operators. '