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1 Herron Denies Any Intimidation of Federal Official Washington (U.R) William G. Herron Saturday denied that he "intimidated" a government official in seeking to land a con tract to bjiild grain elevators in Pakistan. He said he just threat ened a congressional investiga tion. Herron, chairman of the board of the Agricultural Construction Co. of Los Angeles (Tacco). told newsmen," I have doie nothing that I call political pressure.1 Disclaims Threat Herron said he did warn How ard F. Morrison, project mana ger on the Pakistan deal for the Foreign Operations Administra tion.'You will find yourself subjected to inquiry by one of the interested committees of Congress" if Morrison rejected all bids. Morrison told the Senate In- vestlgating Subcommittee late Friday, in an explosive climax to several days of hearings, that Herron tried to "intimidate him by talking of his congres sional contacts. He said Herron told him un less Tacco got the contract "they were likely to have to take re course to the Capitol hill." Mor rison opposed giving Tacco the contract because it was the high bidder He said he did not yield Stassen Issued Order Morrison also testified that FOA Administrator Harold E Ptasse:; ordered the contract awarded to Tacco Dec. 22, one ?ay after Stassen conferred with Tacco officials and Rep. John Phillip3 (R-Calif). Testimony also disclosed that the Los Angles Chamber of Commerce, for which Herron was once a Washington repre sentative, urged Senate Republi can Leader William F. Know land, Calif., to intervene for Tacco. But Knowland . merely sent the telegram along to FOA with no request for special con sideralion. Measures in Oregon Legislature Sunday. April 17, 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE The common cold results in an economic loss of $5,000,000,000 yearly in the U.S. HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station Sundays KWIN 10:15 1400 K.C. A M- Salem (U.R) Final action on a proposed building program costing nearly 515,000,000 has been delayed by the Joint Ways and Means Committee until next Tuesday. Sen. John Hounsell (R-Hood River), chairman of the subcom mittee which presented the building program recommenda tions, said he thought members cf the full committee should have more time to study the re port item by item. Largest Single Item Largest single item on h program was the $6,330,000 recommended for a new mental hospital in Portland or vicinity The money would provide the first unit of the institution with 450 beds. Ultimate pians call for a 1500 bed hospital to augment present mental institutions at Salem and Pendleton Even if the money is appropri ated now, the first bed would not be ready for occupany for three years, Hounsell said. The board of control probably would not be able to spend more than $2,500,000 of the appropriation during the next biennium. Sen. Charles Bingner (R-La Grande) protested that the build ing program contained no ap propriation for Eastern Oregon College of Education at La Grande and he said he felt it was overbalanced in favor of the Willamette valley. Oregon Tech Building An appropriation of $414,360, if approved, would go for a new shop building and equipment for Oregon Technical Institute. Sen George Ulett (R-Coquille) told the committee that Ihe Klamath Falls school turned out taxpay- mg citizens faster than any other educational institution in the state. Hounsell said the subcommit tee recommended use of con tract rather than convict labor on construction of the first unit of the new intermediate institu tion because. of the greater effi ciency of free labor. An item of $1,250,000 was included for that project. It would be in addition to the $1,000,000 still left from in appropriation in 1953. Salem (U.R) The House has voted to reconsider the votes by which it had defeated three bills last week. Opponents of the moves protested that repeated votes for reconsideration would extend the length of the session but were overruled. Brought back for new at tempts at passage were bills that would deny cities the right to levy business taxes based on in come; set up a state supported program of driver training in high schools, and permit coun ties to build and operate sewage disposal systems. The House approved a bill set ting up standards for commit ment to the proposed interme diate penal institution. The ver sion of the bill passed Friday eliminated the rigid age limits championed by the Oregon Prison Association. Instead of following the association's rec ommendation that no men be committed to the medium se curity prison beyond the age of 26, the House State and Federal Affairs Committee amended the bill to state that, when possible, the institution would be re served for youths. Rep. William Eradeen (R-Burns) said the com mittee felt such a standard would be more flexible than the association recommendations. A bill that would have re quired cities and counties to pay overtime to their employees for work beyond 40 hours was de- leated by one vote wnen it was brought back for reconsidera tion. It was defeated once before by another hairline vote. Salem (U.R) Bills which tighten regulations for homes for the aged and for nursing homes have been passed by the Senate. The measures give the State Board of Health greater control over operation and licensing of operators. Other measures passed bv the Senate strengthen the tew re lating to support of dependent children. They make payment to the court clerk mandatory and citation for contempt of court mandatory if payment is more than 10 days overdue. Acddenfal Libel CBdDQ Approved by Senate Salem (U.R) The Oregon Senate voted 20 to 8 late Friday in favor of House Bill 434 which limits the liability of inadvert ent or accidental libel in suits filed against newspapers, radio and television stations. The bill now goes to the governor. An attack on the constitution ality of provisions in the bill was led by Sen. Carl Francis. He cited court decisions in other states where similar provisions had been adopted and said the courts had held that any limit of liability was unconstitutional. But Sen. Paul Geddes said the issu jihad never been passed upon by The Oregon Supreme Court or the United States Supreme Court, and added: "We must pass a bill into law before the courts can rule on it. It is a moot question now. I would not know this minute, were I a member of the Supreme Court, how I would rule. But I believe that we should pass the bill and thus give an opportunity for the courts to deal with it." Sweeiland Switches An attempt to re-refer the bill to the Senate Judiciary commit tee was defeated 17 to 11. Two members were excused. Sen. Joseph K. Carson Jr. said he had to vote against the bill because he felt its provisions violated the 14th amendment of the federal constitution. Sen. Monroe Sweetland who was one of the sponsors of the bill, voted first to refer it air though several members ex pressed fear such referral would mean the burial of the bill. And when the rollcall was taken on the bill itself," he voted egainst his own measure. He said he did so because he felt it had been shown that the bill would be UAH II What woman ever had enough storage space? Here's a handsome inexpen sive answer to the problem and guaranteed moth protection, too! You'll be amazed at how little floor space this newly styled Lane Cedar Chest takes yet the big storage com partment and drawer bold an amazing number of garments, blankets, other valuables that moths prey upon. CEBAB SB EST IP - Chest finished in gleaming blond oak. Drawer has velvety lining. Cedar compart ment carries moth protection guarantee. Chest No. 3100. ONE NICE GARMENT SAVED FROM MOTHS CAN PAX FOR IT! USE GATES EASY BUDGET PLAN 341 North Central FREE CUSTOMER PARKING Snnirnnniliinri0 MEDFORD o GRANTS PASS ASHLAND held unconstitutional and would not therefore give the relief sought by the newspapers and by radio and television stations. Sweetland publishes a weekly newspaper in Milwaukie. Sen. Lowell Steen said he was a farmer, not a lawyer, but he had seen the effects of some of these libel suits following unin tentional errors and urged pass age of the bill to give the courts an opportunity to rule on it. Holmes Defends It The bill was carried on the floor by Sen. Robert D. Holmes, himself an operator of a radio station. He stressed that if the bill became law, persons injured by intentional libel or defama tion would have the same rights he has now to recover damages. It would only prevent, he said, collection of special damages in case of inadvertent error. Any actual or general damages caused by the unintentional libel could be recovered. Sen. Holmes expressed resent ment against an implication he said came from some of the op positing senator-lawyers that the committee on state and federal affairs had not properly consid ered the bill. He said hearings had been held and attorneys ap pearing before the committee had disagreed in their opinions as to whether it was constitution al or not. Senators voting ior the bill were Allen, Belton, Bingner, Boivin, Chase, Geddes, Hardie, Hatfield, , Holmes. Hounsell. Johnson, Leth, Lonergan, Mc Minimee, Merrifield, Ohmart, Steen, Ulett, Ziegler and Smith. Senators voting against it were Brady, Brown, Carson, Francis, Gill, Husband, Lowry and Sweetland. Sens. George and Wilhelm were excused. Gold Hill Councilmen Slate Budget Work Gold Hill The Gold Hill city council will start work on the city's budget for the 1955-1956 fiscal year at a meeting sched uled for Monday, according to Recorder Ferd Jones. ' Items being studied for possi ble inclusion in the budget are street projects, including widen ing and paving jobs, work on the city reservoirs, and improved street lighting. It is expected that, as in the past, a city election on the bud get will be necessary. The mat ter depends on clarification of the state's law on tax bases. Foresters, SOCTFA To Mark Anniversary A program in observance of the 50th anniversary of the U. S. Forest Service will be held Fri day at a joint meeting of the Siskiyou chapter of the Society of American Foresters and the Southern Oregon Conservation puu A.ti- aim aNuuauuUf b was reported Saturday. . J. Herbert Stone, Portland, regional forester, will be the principal speaker, and there will be other events on the program. 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