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HALL S. LUSK
To Speak Her
High Court Judge
Sets Medford Visit
Hall S. Lusk, justice of the
Oregon supreme court, will
speak to a meeting of the Jack
son County Bar association at
noon Thursday, May 3. Justice
Lusk will discuss "Modern Ju
dicial Trends" with local attorneys.
Justice Lusk has been a judge
for 25 years and has served on
the Oregon supreme court for
the past 18 years. He served a
term as Chief Justice of the
court from January, 1949, to
January, 1951, and participated
In the first national conference
of state chief justices in St.
Louis, Mo., in 1949.
Judge Lusk was admitted to
the bar of the District of Colum
bia in 1907 and to the Oregon
State Bar in 1909. He was in pri
vate practice in Portland from
1909 to 1930 except for a two-
year term as assistant United
States attorney for the district
He is also well known for his
work in civic affairs and on
numerous bar committees. He is
a candid; te this year for another
six-year tprji on the Supreme
court.
Eisenhower Expected
To Accept Farm Bill'
Washington (U.R) Repub
lican congressional leaders said
after a White House conference
today that President Eisenhower
probably will accept a new farm
bill without advance payments
for the soil bank.
Democrats have denounced as
"a political gimmick" the ad
ministration's proposal for $500,
000.000 in payments this year
to farmers who promise to put
acreage into the soil bank next
year.
Rep. Charles A. Halleck (R.
Ind.) member of the GOP top
command in the House, was
asked after the conference with
the President if Mr. Eisenhower
would sign a farm bill without
that provision.
"That would not be a jeason
to veto the bill," Halleck said.
Alabama, District of Columbia
Voters Cast Ballots in Primary
Washington (U.R) Voters in
Alabama and the District of Co
lumbia cast ballots in presiden
tial primaries today.
The district balloting provid
ed a contest between delegate
slates pledged to Adlai E. Ste
venson and Sen. Estes Kefauver
(D.-Tenn.) in the Democratic pri
mary. But only six convention
votes were involved.
In Alabama, a state with 26
convention votes, delegates were
unpledged and neither Steven
son nor Kefauver's name was on
the ballot. But about one half
of the delegates have said they
favor Stevenson. 1
Other political news:
The death of Sen. Alben W.
Barkley (D.-Ky.) started specu
lation immediately that Gov.
A. B. (tfappy) Chandler of Ken
tucky might resign and take the
Senate seat himself by appoint
ment. Or he might appoint some
one else temporarily and run for
the seat at a special election in
November.
Democratic National Chair
man Paul Butler swung at Gov.
Frank Lausche of Ohio, fellow
Democrat and possible dark
horse presidential candidate.
Butler at a news conference in
Delaware, O., accused Lausche
of failing to help the Democrat
ic party. He said he expects
President Eisenhower to carry
Ohio in the November election.
Butler told students at Ohio
Wesleyan university his party
"will not make any concessions
to the South" on civil rights this
year. He said: "We will support
X-Ray Clinic To Be
Open Wednesday
The chest x-ray clinic at Sa
cred Heart hospital will be
open between 7 and 9 p.m. to
morrow to accommodate resi
dents who are unable to visit
regular Thursday afternoon clin
ics, according to the Jackson
County Public Health associa
tion. The purpose of the clinic is
to discover unknown cases of
tuberculosis, lung cancer, heart
condition and other chest dis
eases.
New cases of tuberculosis in
Jackson county last year cost
the local taxpayers at least
$225,000, according to Dr. A. E.
Merkel, county health officer.
He emphasized the importance
of adults having a chest x-ray at
least once a year.
Each new case of tuberculosis
represents a financial outlay of
about $15,000 in tax dollars as
well as much more in personal
tragedy and expense. The finan
cial loss could be avoided if un
known cases were located and
infection stopped, Dr. Merkel
stated.
Eight new cases of tubercu
losis in the county have been re
ported this year which means
that many others have also been
infected, he said.
the integration decision of the
Supreme court.
Kefauver barnstormed across
Florida. He said at Blountstown
he never favored using federal
troops to enforce the Supreme
court school integration order.
He called the idea - "unthink
able." Stevenson campaigned in Ore
gon. At Astoria, he accused the
administration of falling down
on extending Social Security
and developing natural re
sources. Fears He Is Behind
Both Stevenson and Kefauver
forces made cautious comments
regarding the District of Colum
bia primary. Kefauver said he
feared he was behind.
Less than 60,000 residents
registered for Washington's first
primary since the- Grant admin
istration. Most of the 113 candidates
running in the Alabama Demo
cratic primary left themselves
plenty of room to change even
the weak endorsements some of
them made. No candidate would
be able to consider his chances
much strengthened by the re
sults of the primary.
The Republicans are not in
volved in the Alabama contest.
They name their convention
delegates at a state convention.
The Republican primary in
the District of Columbia is a
formality. All candidates favor
President Eisenhower.
Senate Committee
Opens Investigation
Into Gas Bill Lobby
Washington (U.R) Senate
investigators began their widely
heralded lobbying investigation
today by seeking testimony from
the head of a large industry
group that favored the contro
versial natural gas bill.
Chairman John L.' McClellan
(D-Ark.) called Maston Nixon,
chairman of the General Gas
Committee, to testify before the
special eight-man investigating
committee. The Corpus Chrtsti,
Tex., oil man was the first
witness to be heard in public
session.
Created in 1954
The General Gas Committee
was created in 1954 to collect
and circulate information favor
able to the natural gas bill. It
has filed reports in the Senate
and House under the federal
lobbying act, but asserts that its
activities were not primarily de
signed to influence legislation.
McGlellan's investigating com
mittee was established in the
wake of a lobbying furor that
resulted from Senate debate on
the since-vetoed gas bill. The bi
partisan committee voted to'
make lobbying for and against
the bill it's first item of business.
Sen. Francis Case (R-S.D.)
started fhe furor when he dis
closed during the debate that he
had turned down a $25p0 cam
paign contribution from an oil
lobbyist interested in the pas
sage of the gas bill.
Attorneys Criticized
Two attorneys for the Su
perior Oil Company of Califor
nia were criticized for "irre
sponsibility . . . run riot" by an
other special committee that
looked into the Case incident.
The first special committee said
Superior's president, Howard B.
Keck, could not escape the
blame
McClellan said he hopes
Nixon's testimony, and the rec
ord of his organization which he
has promised to supply, will set
a "broad base" for the inquiry's
future activities. McClellan said
the scheduling of Nixon as first
witness does not indicate any
wrong doing by the organization.
Governor Praises
Crime Prevention
Bend (U.R) Efforts in Ore
gon toward juvenile crime pre
vention were praised here last
night by Gov. Elmo Smith in an
address to the City Police Offi
cers association.
Pledging the interest and help
of state government in combat
ting the participation of juve
niles in serious crime, the gover
nor praised communities that
have undertaken constructive
programs of juvenile crime pre
vention.
"J. Edgar Hoover's report on
the high , percentage of major
crimes committed by persons un
der the .age of 18 should cause
us all to take serious stock of
our situation," the governor
said.
"It has been alarming to note
the greater participation of ju
veniles in serious crime and it
is certainly better and also
cheaper to carry on activities
which will reverse this trend,".
he continued.
Gov. Smith pointed out that
city officials now are responsi
ble not only for suppression of
crime, apprehension of offend
ers, recovery of property and so
on, but they also are expected to
regulate automobile use,' "cope
with juvenile delinquency, de
velop a crime prevention pro
gram and carry on many other
significant duties.
New York City had 34,000
traffic mishaps in 1955.
Tuesday. Mar I. 1938
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