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Johnson's Victory
Over Shivers Ups
domination Chance
Washington (U.R) Southern
senators today hailed Senate
Majority Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson's victory in Texas as a
big boost for his chances of cap
turing the 1956 Democratic pres
idential nomination as a "dark
horse" candidate.
Johnson last Saturday wrested
from Gov. Allan Shivers control
of the 56-vote Texas delegation
to the Democratic National Con
vention. Shivers, a staunch
states' right advocate, bolted the
Democratic party in 1952 and
helped swing Texas to President
Eisenhower.
Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.)
Millard Tydings'
Bid Major Contest
In Maryland Vote
Baltimore (U.R) Former
Democratic Sen. Millard E. Tyd
ings' attempted political come
back provided the major contest
in today's Maryland primary.
Maryland Democrats and Re
publicans also were deciding
how their delegations to the
August political conventions
should vote.
Republicans balloted on wheth
er to give President Eisenhower
first claim on their 24 presiden
tial nominating votes or to send
an uninstructed delegation to the
GOP convention. The choice for
Democrats, who will have 18
convention votes, was between
Sen. Estes Kefauver and an un
instructed delegation.
Both Mr. Eisenhower and Ke
fauver were heavy favorites. '
Tydings Seeks Old Seat
Kefauver won the state's Dem
ocratic delegation four years ago.
Mr. Eisenhower was not entered
in the 1952 primary but carried
Maryland in the election.
Tydings was seeking the Dem
ocratic nomination for the Senate
seat he held for 24 years and lost
in 1950 to incumbent Republican
Sen. John Marshall Butler. But
ler was a candidate in today's
Republican primary against two
opponents who were given little
chance of upsetting him.
Strong Opposition
Tydings, on the other hand,
had strong opposition in the
Democratic battle from George
Mahoney, wealthy Baltimore
paving contractor. Mahoney has
made impressive but unsuccess
ful tries three times previously
for statewide office and has built
up a strong following within his
party, although he is opposed by
most party regulars.
More than 1,000.000 voters
755,000 Democrats and 313,000
Republicans were eligible to
vote in today's primaries.
Five of six Maryland con
gressmen were running without
oppostion in the primaries.
Agate Rings Taken in
Break and Entry Here
A breaK and entry at Santo's
Agate shop, 411 East Main st.,
early Monday morning was. re
ported to Medford police.
The front window was broken
with a pipe wrapped in paper,
and a display case containing 46
agate rings valued at $7.80
apiece, was taken, police said.
Baseball
AMERICAN
Cleveland 1 4 0
Boston 3 14 2
Garcia, Houtteman (6), Da
ley (8) and Hegan; Brewer and
Whhe. Home runs: Gernert,
Boston; Vauchin, Boston.
Hassle May Keep Kefauver,
Adlai Off Joint Platform
Portland (U.R) Jack Bain
and William L. Josslin, co-chairmen
of the Oregon Kefauver
committee, today invited Adlai
Stevenson to share the platform
and the meeting they have ar
ranged fcr Sen. Estes Kefauv
er when he visits Eugene May
15.
The co-thairmen said they had
received a telegram from Keith
D. Skelton, Lane county Stev
enson supporter, stating that
'Lane county Democrats de
mand" a joint meeting of the
two candidates. They informed
Skelton that the offer was accepted.
Wire
Pages
termed it a "most sweeping vic
tory" for Johnson whose politi
cal stock surged as a result of
the triumph.
Chances Are Better
Johnson has insisted he is not
really a candidate for the Dem
ocratic presidential nomination.
He has said his only aim is to
unify his party in Texas and
keep the state in the Democratic
column.
Nevertheless, George and oth
er Senate Democrats said John
son's chances for the nomination
have been enhanced.
Saturday's results in Texas are
"most helpful to the party and
his prospects for 1956," George
told a reporter.
Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.)
one of the leaders of the South
ern bloc in the Senate, said the
Texas results would give John
son "a big boost" if he should
decide to become an active can
didate for the nomination.
Other Comments
Sen. Allen J. Ellender (D-La.)
said "'definitely, yes," when ask
ed if Johnson now is a strong
"dark horse" possibility for the
nomination.
Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.)
who has not come out for any
candidate, said the Johnson vic
tory "is good news for the unity
and future of the Democratic
party.".
Johnson now is virtually as
sured of being named Texas'
favorite son candidate for the
presidential nomination, and his
victory will lend new strength
to supporters who want the full
convention to accept him as a
dark horse candidate in the
event of a convention deadlock.
Heart Attack Victim
The Johnson bid is not con
sidered serious, however, be
cause, as a victim of a : heart
attack, his nomination would
rob the Democrats of the health
issue they plan to use against
President Eisenhower.
But aside from the nomination
contest, Johnson, as a result of
his Texas victory, will be on
hand to wield a moderating in
fluence at the convention in
efforts to select both a candidate
and a platform acceptable to
both North and South.
Trial Starts for
Connelly, Caudle
St. Louis (U.R) Former
Truman aide Matthew J. Con
nelly and T. Lamar Caudle, an
assistant attorney general in the
Truman administration, went on
trial on tax fraud charges today.
Harry I. Schwimrner, former
Kansas City, Mo., attorney, was
also on trial with Connelly and
Caudle on charges of trying to
defraud the government in a tax
case.
Former President Truman
gave a deposition in Connelly's
behalf in Kansas City Friday.
The federal court ordered the
deposition sealed and Connelly's
lawyer, John H. Lashly, would
not reveal its contents. It was
believed to be brief.
Connelly is Mr. Truman's one
time White House appointments
secretary. He . is now a New
York public relations consultant.
Caudle practices law in Wades
boro, N. C, and Schwimrner is
in business in Puerto Rico and
has a home in New York.
Coos 6a Fringe
Annexation Defeated
Coos Bay (U.R) Residents of
a fringe area lying between Coos
Bay and North Bend voted over
whelmingly against seeking an
nexation by the city of Coos Bay
in a special election Saturday.
The proposal, however, was
rejected by Hy Raskin, Chicago,
who is in charge of Stevenson's
Oregon campaign. Raskin said
that Stevenson supporters did
not intend to share their candi
date's platform with Kefauver.
. Today Josslin and Baine de
clined to speak at the Stevenson
meeting along with "other .can
didates" and said, "Sen. Kefau
ver will not be the tail on any
Stevenson kite."
' The senator's campaign lead
ers in turn extended an invita
tion to Stevenson to appear at
the program they have arranged
for Kefauver.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1956
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FOOTLIGHTERS HOME Shown above is
the almost-completed theater building at the
fairgrounds which is the home of Medford's
little theater group, the Footlighters. For
merly a two-story building located near High
way 99, it has been cut down to one story,
and moved several hundred feet due east in
the rearrangement of the area .to permit con
struction of a new armory building. Though
Rain Showers Good
For County Crops;
Some Hail Reported
Spotty heavy rain showers
over the week end generally
were beneficial to county crops.
according to C. C. Cordy, county
agent for horticulture.
Only' .35 of an inch of ram
was measured at the Medford
weather bureau, but it was con
siderablv heavier than that m
other portions of the county.
There were scattered reports
of hail between Medford and
Phoenix, but no damage from
either hail or rain were made
to the county agent's office.
Cordy said the rain tended to
dampen soil which has dried out
somewhat in recent days.
Clearing Predicted
Yesterday's rain was followed
by .04 of an inch this morning.
Partial clearing is expected to
night and Tuesday morning with
sunny and warmer weather to
morrow afternoon.
The weather bureau said that
despite below-normal April pre
cipitation, water-year runoff still
is forecast at above normal. And
partly as a result of the fact that
April precipitation was only 50
to 80 per cent of normal last
month, no flooding is expected
in southwestern Oregon coastal
basins, the bureau said in a
water forecast summary given
as of May 1.
Runoff during the April to
September irrigation period in
the Rogue river below the south
fork is estimated at 2,020,000
acre feet, or 15Z per cent oi
normal. Inflow into Upper Klam
ath lake is expected to be 189
per cent of normal.
Kefauver To Test
Ike's Farm Bill Veto
Indianapolis (U.R) Sen.
Estes Kefauver will try to make
political capital out of President
Eisenhower's farm bill veto in
tomorrow's Indiana presidential
primary.
It will be the first day at the
polls for. farmers from the corn
hog belt since the President
vetoed the controversial farm
bill.
Kefauver tried to cash in on
this in his one-day week end
swing through Indiana. The Ten
nessean made three stops, draw
ing the most attention at the
farm community of Franklin. He
was off in North Dakota cam
paigning for "more support to
day. It appeared likely the Presi
dent will out-draw Kefauver in
votes tomorrow, since both po
litical camps predicted a 4 to 3
GOP margin among 700,000 ex
pected voters. But the senator's
workers hoped he could do bet
ter than Adlai E. Stevenson's 41
per cent showing against Mr. Ei
senhower in 1952.
Minors Arrested for
Alcohol Violations
Ralph Eugene Murphy, 18,
route 2, box 127, Central Point,
and three other minors, aged 15,
16 and 17, were arrested at Eagle
Point Saturday by state police
officers, according to the sher
iffs office. Murphy was charged
with furnishing alcohol to
minors, the report indicated.
The four were brought before
juvenile authorities and were to
appear in district court today,
the sheriff's office said. The
younger minors face charges of
illegal possession of alcohol. Two
of them are from Central Point
and the other is from Butte
Falls.
Medford police said two other
minors, aged 17 and 15, were
arrested and confined to the
county jail Saturday on a simi
lar charge. Both youths are from
Rogue River.
Employment Increases
During April; Number
Of Jobless Declines
Lumber industry employment
and construction activity took
a sharp upswing during April,
and unemployment declined, ac
cording to the monthly report
of the Medford office of the
state employment service.
Fine weather through most of
the month brought an increase
in log supplies, which permitted
more sawmill operations to get
under way. and several mills
added night shifts, according to
John J. Patton, office manager.
Activity Grows
Construction work increased
he added, and activity in other
industries had a noticeable but
lesser increase.
Unemployment at the end of
Court Rules on
US Mail Airlift
: Washington, (U.R) The Su
preme Court today denied a
hearing to five Western rail
roads which object to a post
office experiment under which
some refeular first-class mail
travels by air.
The court's brief order leaves
standing a lower court decision
that Postmaster General Arthur
E. Summerfield had authority
to conduct the experiment.
Under the program, three-cent
mail normally carried by sur
face transportation goes by air
if there is any empty space after
all other traffic is accommo
dated.
The railroads claimed the law
requires that "all mailable mat
ter being transported as mail
by air" bear six-cent postage.
Three other experiments are
being carried out in eastern
United States as well : as the
western one involved in today's
case.
The protesting carriers, which
operate in Washington, Oregon
and California, are the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe, the Great
Northern, Northern Pacific,
Southern Pacific and Union
Pacific.
Air-Dropped H-Bomb
Explosion Postponed
Aboard USS Mt. McKinley at
Eniwetok, (Tuesday) (U.R)
Atomic officials have postponed
for the second time the explos
ion of America's first air-drop
ped hydrogen bomb.
Officials announced late Mon
day that the explosion has now
been tentatively scheduled for
early Thursday morning (Wed
nesday PST). However, they had
no assurance that the weather
will be any better by then.
The bomb was originally
scheduled for firing today but
unfavorable winds forced test of
ficials to postpone it until Wed
nesday. Officials said "unfavorable
northerly winds at practically
all altitudes" forced the new
postponement. If the bomb were
exploded under such conditions,
it would mean the atolls south
of Bikini would be dusted with
dangerous radioactive fallout.
Today s Deadline
For Absentee Ballots
Today is the last day for ob
taining absentee balolts for the
primary election, according to
Mrs. Bereth Hopkins, county
clerk .and recorder.. The dead
line is 5 p.m.
A demonstration of proper
voting procedures will be tele
vised between 9 and 9:30 p.m.
today, Mrs. Hopkins said.
JTribune
Price 5c
the -building is not entirely completed,' the ,
Footlighters are using it anyway, and will
offer their first production in more than a
year there this week, Tuesday through Satur
day nights. The play is "Good Housekeeping,"
a Broadway comedy success of a few years
ago. Curtain time each night is 8:30 p.m. -
(Brainerd photo) '
the month was estimated at 965
persons, including - 275 women.
This was 44 per cent below the
same time at the end of March,
and 31 per cent below the same
time a year ago. . Unemploy
ment compensation claims
dropped to about half, of those
the month before, with 3,104
weeks claimed, compared to
6,305 in March. . . '
Jobs To Increase
Job opportunities are expect
ed to increase in most local in
dustries during the next 60 days,
the report indicated. The next
large demand for seasonal help
is expected in. June, when fruit
thinning gets under, way. A num
ber of students aged 16 or more
will be able to help in this field
when school closes.
The ' employment service said
its aptitude testing program, in
the county's - high schools-' has
been completed, and that a num
ber of seniors with ability will
be looking for jobs after gradua
tion. The tests give reliable indi
cations of students' abilities, the
report stated. .Employers with
job openings were urged, to get
in touch with the office here..
Young Republicans
Table Accounting
Portland (U.R) i The execu
tive board of Oregon Young Re
publicans yesterday fought down
a proposed resolution that would
have demanded an accounting of
campaign expenditures from two
national committeeman candi
dates." The resolution was introduced
by Jane Arthur of Portland after
George K. Tomlinson, ' retiring
president of Oregon Young Re
publicans, charged - that Candi
date Robert Mautz had spent
530,000 in his campaign for Re
publican national committeeman
from Oregon. ' ' '
Tomlinson said "Mautz has al
ready spent more than $30,000
on a race which pays nothing.
John .Merrifield has -spent -only
$2,080. The supporters of Mautz
are a small but wealthy clique
within the Republican party."
The resolution was tabled per
manently by' the board.', -
State Senator Merrifield is op
posing Mautz for- the party of
fice. Both are from Portland.
- Madison, .Wis. -4U.R) About
400 students nominated Adlai E.
Stevenson for President and Sen.
Wayne Morse' of Oregon for .vice
president at the University of
Wisconsin's mock . Democratic
convention Sunday. ' '
Banana Tree
Of Harris Ellsworth; Capital
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington Rep. H a r r i s
Ellsworth (R.Ore.) has proved
his point--namely, that- there is
enough hot air around the Unit
ed States capitol to grow a tropi
cal plant. ):'
The Roseburg congressman
has a flourishing banana plant
his hands, courtesy of the
Jackson County. Chamber of
Commerce. He said that in the
two weeks he has had it the
plant has grown one big new
green leaf and is sprouting an
other. The gift was prompted by a
television show Ellsworth puts
on regularly for Medford's TV
station. -On this occasion he had
with him Frank Teuton, research
specialist from the .U.S. Depart
ment of -Agriculture, who dis
played various fruiU and other
commodities tested by the gov
ernment.
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No. 40
Billy Nunn Bound
Over to Grand Jury
At Hearing Today
Judge HofcJs Evidence
Sufficient for Action
Billy Junior Nunn, 28, Klam
ath . Falls millworker who has
admitted the April 19 slaying of
Alvin William Eacret, 14, Klam
ath Falls, was bound over to
the grand jury ' following pre
liminary hearing in district court
this morning. . ' ' -
District Judge Rawles Moore
ruled that testimony of State
Police Sgt. Thomas Eaton, Med
ford, one of the investigating of
ficers in the case, and only wit
ness at the hearing, was suffic
ient to hold Nunn to answer to
the grand jury.
Sergeant Eaton told of Nunn's
verbal description of the sex
killin g ' while : en route ; to - Med
ford from Alturas, Calif., where
he made the written confession.
Brought Here Friday'
Nunn was brought to' Medford
on Friday, May 4, by Sergeant
Eaton and Joe Walsh, chief
deputy sheriff. Two other state
police-sergeants, Earle Tichenor
and Byron D. Winningham, both
Klamath Falls, accompanied
them part of the way.
Sergeant Eaton testified that
Nunn told the officers of pick
ing up the Eacret youth in his
car when the boy was hitch
hiking to work on April 19, in
ducing him to travel with him
to Tub Springs state park and
hiking with him through the
brush to a secluded location.
Sgt. Eaton said Nunn told the
officers : that at that point he
asked Eacret to submit to an
unnatural sex act, and at the
completion of that strangled the
boy with his hands.
Afraid He'd Tell
The sergeant said Nunn had
told him he killed -the boy be
cause he "was afraid- he would
tell someone." Nunn was quoted
as saying he later fastened a belt
around the boy's neck, stuffed
a handkerchief into the victim's
mouth,. removed his clothing, hid
the clothing nearby and left the
park through the brush, avoiding
the foot path.
' Robert . Duncan, Medford at
torney who is temporarily han
dling Nunn's defense, repeated
ly objected to this "portion of
Sergeant Eaton's .testimony. His
objections were overruled by
Judge Moore.
' The sergeant was asked to
describe the finding of the mur
der victim's body, the surround
ing area and details that led to
the apprehension of Nunn in
Alturas. Nunn was arrested last
Wednesday night by an Alturas
city policeman.
Interrogation . Questioned
Duncan ' spent considerable ;
time questioning Sergeant Eaton
about the interrogation of Nunn
by officers before Nunn wrote
out his . -confession. Sergeant
Eaton -said the. officers had not
mistreated, the suspect,, either!
physically or verbally, at any
time. , It was however brought
out . that Nunn had not been ad
vised of his right to counsel or
told that, anything he said would
be held against him at anytime
Sergeant Eaton could remember.
- 'The hearing was interspersed
with objections and counter ob
jections, by Duncan and District
Attorney: Walter- Nunley.
A- district attorney's- informa
tion charging Nunn with first
degree murder was filed Satur
day morning.: The . suspect was
arraigned the same day.
Eacret's nude body was dis
covered by two teen-age girls
picnicking in Tub Spring park
on April 29. , '
From Jackson
Bragging about the wide va
riety of products grown in the
Medford area, Ellsworth told
Teuton his congressional district
raised everything but tropical
fruits. '
The Jackson chamber's alert
agriculture committee immedi
ately arose to. the situation and
wired '. Ellsworth that- it was
sending by air mail "robust ba
nana plant from Rogue valley
in answer to-recent television re
port that our area grows every
thing but bananas." - "
When the foot-high plant ar
rived, the congressman perched
it on his desk and wrote his
friends in Medford, "Now I've
seen everything." He added:
"You need have no fear of
the plant flourishing in this cli
mate. We will, of course, keep
it indoors but there is enough
hot air around the Capitol at all
times, especially while Congress
is in session, to cauM the plant!
Plans To Give
Allies Advanced
Weapons Told
Washington
(U.R)
John
B. Hollister, foreign aid chief,
said today the United States
plans to give its allies $500,000,
000 worth of "advanced wea
pons" under the military aid
program.
Hollister did not elaborate.
But defense sources indicated
that the weapons would be pri
marily for strengthening West
ern Europe's air defenses. They
would include anti-aircraft mis
siles such as the Nike; bombard
ment missiles such as the Mata
dor and Honest John; new fight
er planes such as the F100 Super
Sabre, and a new communica
tions network to provide a uni
fied warning system.
Hollister, appearing before
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee to plead for Presi
dent Eisenhower's $4,900,000,
000 foreign aid .request, said
about $500,000,000 is earmarked
for "an initial increment of ad
vanced weapons for . . the free
world defense effort."
He said the program would
Train Loaded With
Children Derailed;
Several Injured
Waukesha, Wis.; (U.R) A
Milwaukee Road train loaded
with school children en route
to the Braves- Brooklyn game
in Milwaukee was derailed today
L. a collision with a gravel truck
and "many" injuries were re
ported. ;'.-
The sheriff' office said there
were "between 30 and 40"
stretcher cases, but no known
fatalities.
Waukesha Memorial hospital
reported receiving "between 25
and '30" stretcher cases.
Coachee Piled Up
A railroad spokesman said the
16-car train was hit at an inter
section by the gravel truck, that
smashed into the train near the
front at the second or third
coach. . :- i-
Witnesses said coaches were
"piled up" along the right of
way.
' The train was a baseball spec
ial, carrying school children to
the game in . Milwaukee' from
the Portage, Wis., area and from
other points along the division.
One ' report said the train
caught on fire.
All ambulances and doctors
in the area were summoned.
Five buses picked up those who
were not seriously hurt.
300 Children Aboard -
The wreck occurred about
four miles north of here near
the village of. Duplainville, ' a
crossroads town on Highway 164.
1 Officials said there . were at
least 300 children aboard - the
train, chartered especially for
the trip to Milwaukee,.
Many of the' injured were
able to walk and were brought
to the hospital here in school
buses. They suffered cuts, bruis
es ana minor injuries. -
Weather
FORECAST: Partial clearing and
cooler tonight and Tuesday
morning. Sonny and warmer
Toesdar afternoon. Low to
night 39. High Tuesday 70.
Temp.
Highest yesterday . 62
Lowest this morning 46
Prec.
To Id a.m. today . 36
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
4:59 a.m.
Sunset
, 7:18 p.m.
Moonrise Tuesday ...... 3:36 a.m.
New moon May 10
MORNING STARS:
Mars, in the southeast . 3:14 a.m.
Saturn, in aouthwest 4:04 a.m.
High above Mars ia seen the
"summer triangle" of . Vega,
Oeneb, and Altair.
County Thrives on Desk
Hot Air Sufficient
to grow well.'
The longest speech yet made
this year by Sen. Wayne Morse
was a four-hour stem winder re
cently attacking the pattern of
decisions handed down by the
National Labor Relations Board,
which Morse said generally fa
vored management against la
bor. ' Historians reviewing . this period-
of the history of the repub
lic may wonder whether it did
not indicate that Wayne Morse
was losing his stamina, for near
the close of his speech he called
for a five- minute recess.
- Anyone who thinks Morse was
wearing down couldn't be .fur
ther from the truth: What hap
pened doesn't -show up in the
Congressional Record, but here
it is:
When Morse got the floor
around five o'clock in the after
noon to start his . speech, the
provide the allies "with weapons
designed effectively to counter
the growing potential of Com
munist forces.'? Too. he said, it
would "serve to reassure our
allies that we are doing all in
our power to assist them in buil
ding a modern defense for our
mutual benefit."
NATO Members On List
Hollister said $195,000,000 has
been allocated to North Atlan
tic Treaty Organization mem
bers, with the remainder alloca
ted "in the manner best adapted
to advance free world and U.S.
security."
Hollister defended the admin
istration's request for authority
to make long term foreign aid
commitments.
"The power requested to make
commitments does not amount
to binding contract authority,"
he said. There would be no need
for actual appropriations except
on a year to year basis, he said.
But "countries in which such
a project is to be carried on
would have strong assurance it
is an undertaking for which the
United States expects later to
make appropriations."
Dulles Opened Hearings
Secretary of State John Fost
er Dulles opened the Senate
hearings last Monday with a
general plea for approval of tire
full amount of funds asked bv
Mr. Eisenhower. The President
called the program part of a "na
tional insurance policy" against
further Communist aggression.
Committee Chairman Walter
F. George (D-Ga.), said the Sen
ate hearings would run all of
this week.
Similar hearings were under
way before the House Foreign
Affairs committee with witnes
ses from the general public
scheduled to testify today.
Hitchcock Will Be
' . - - -
In County Tuesday
Phil Hitchcock, candidate for
the Republican nomination for
U.S. senator, will arrive at the
Medford airport, Tuesday at 4
p.m. for an overnight county
visit. . .
The former state senator will
attend an informal reception at
4:45 p.m. at the Central Point
American Legion hall following
a brief tour of Elk Lumber com
pany en route from the airport.
Robert ' Rukovina, county
chairman of the Hitchcock for
senator committee, said the com
mittee urges residents in the
northern part of the county,
from Rogue River to Prospect,
to meet Hitchcock at the Central
Point get-together. -
Hitchcock will speak briefly
at a "candidates night" of the
Jackson County Young Repub
licans Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the
YMCA and on television at 8
p.m. The YR meeting is open
to the public.
He will meet Ashland Repub
licans Wednesday at 8 ajn. dur
ing a coffee hour at Hathaway
house, Rukovina said.
Truman Files Probed
For Potsdam Report
Washington (U.R) Stata
Department historians preparing
a special report on the controver
sial World War H Potsdam con
ference now have access to form
er President Truman's personal
files.
The historians have been in
Kansas City Mr. Truman'i
home town examining t h
papers and making photograph
ed copies of some, it was learn
ed. Mr. Truman promised depart
ment officials about a year ago
that they could examine docu
ments in his possession after he
had completed work on his mem
oirs. freshman senator from West Vir
ginia. Laird, was handed the as
signment of presiding over the
Senate. Gradually, the rest of
the senators drifted out of the
chamber, returning either to
their offices or leaving for home.
Three and a half hours later
the senator from Oregon was go
ing strong and the senator from
West Virginia was getting more
and more uncomfortable with
no one in sight to relieve him.
Ksnally he communicated hi
discomfort to one of . the Senate
workers, who stepped over to
where Morse was standing and
whispered into the orator's ear.
Morse - promptly called for a
brief recess and the presiding
officer lost no time dashing
from the chamber. -
A few moments later he was
back on the rostrum,' and the
Senate resumed its deliberation.