SIX MEDfOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday. July 17. 1956
ells Canyon Bill on Brink of Defeat
Hands of House Rules Committee
At
mittens of the House and the
chamber itself. Thus it can clear
for debate or kill off as it sees : the bill
BY A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
v. aniHfcion me neus iari- - - ,
von bill is teetering precariously I flt a!1 blIis Previously approved
. .. .... .! Kt' the .ar!rvne rftmmittcofl In i
close to the brink ol aeteai at ; -, - . ..........,-v.
the hands of I n,cn .'ney ere assignee.
t h e powerful "t"
House Rules' I'-s makeup is always heavily
C o m m ittee. I baianced in favor of the parly in
where a coali-' Power, so that the party leaders
tion of Rep-! mav exercise control over the
ublicans and! legislative program of the House.
Speaker Rayourn in this 84th
Congress has had his way pretty
much in u mg the committee as
in gaining one critical vote i toward western resource devel
from a Republican supporter of
Southern
Democrats are
trying to kill
off the mea
sure before it
full ,
A. KobL bmUD
ran be sent to the floor for
debate and a vote.
A vote is expected later this
week, but both sides are predict
ing it will be close.
Democrats control the com
mittee by a margin of 8 to 4.
With the Democratic leadership
in Congre.-s pressing for ap
proval of the Hells Canyon bill,
it was earlier presumed the
Rules Committee would clear
the bill Tor floor debate
Two conditions have now
rharged the picture overnight.
The four Republicans, among
them Rep. Harris Ellsworth
(R-Ore.), hope to pick up the
votes of the committee chair
man, Rep. Howard Smith (D
Va ), and another Democrat,
Rep. 'William Colmer (Miss.)
both of whom are sore at the
Democratic speaker, Sam Ray
burn, for the support he has
given a civil rights bill expect
ed to come up soon.
Would Tie Vote
Tiie defection of these two
Southern Democrats would tie
the vote, assuming all other
Democrats were present and
voted for the bill but one of
Ihein is now out of action as
result of a critical operation. He
i Pep. Homer Thornberry
(D-Tex ), who is not expected
back before adjournment.
Thornberry's absence could
make supporters of the bill one
vote shy.
The Rules Committee has the
function of acting as a funnel
between all the legislative com-
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who was in a position
to vote for the Hells Canyon
bill in the Interior Committee.
After this lawmaker. Rep. J.
Edgar Chenoweth (R-Colo.) voted
for the Hells Canyon bill, giving
it the necessary one vote margin
that let it get out of committee
14-13. Rayburn gave the go-head
on Chenowth's reclamation bill
in Colorado.
Not Symalhetic Group
Now Republicans are hoping
a spigot, turning off unwanted I to seize the opportunity of the
bills and letting others go ; moment and block Hells Canyon
through. I in the Rules Committee a move
As an example, the Rules ! that would undoubtedly kill any
Committee sat tight on the Fry-! further attempt to get the high
ingpan - Arkansas reclamation federal dam authorized,
project bill from February to i The Rules Committee's mem
the present time on orders from j bers as a whole are not the most
Rayburn, who .used it as a lever I sympathetic group, in Congress
opment. Dominated by eastern
and southern members, it has
only one western member
Congressman Ellsworth who in
this case is helping lead the op
position to a project that would
be partly in his home state. Ells
worth helped put across the
only other major western re
source project of this Congress,
the 5760.000,000 Upper Colorado
reclamation project, which the
administration and Republicans
supported.
! Civil Service Priniing
Jobs Now Avaihble
The civil service commission
has issued a new announcement
tor the examination for mon
otype keyboard operator and
slug machine operator in posi
tions paying S2.93 an hour in the
government printing office.
No written test is required.
Applicants must have had at
least five years of appropriate
printing experience.
Further information and ap
plication forms may be obtained
from Chester W. Silliman, U.S.
post office, Medford.
About one-third of the popu
lation of the' province of Mani
toba, Canada, resides in the city
of Winnipeg.
Lane County Forest
Land Ordered Closed
Salem (U.R) Proclamations
closing 225,000 acres of forest
land in Lane county to entry ex
cept under permit, have been
issued by Gov. Elmo Smith at
request of State Forester Dwight
L. Phipps.
The action was taken because i
of rapidly increasing hazardous i
fire conditions in parts of the ;
county.
Areas closed were 92,000 acres i
in the watersheds of the Mc- j
Kenzie and Mohawk rivers as j
well as Mosby creek: 62,000 !
acres east of Cottage Grove be- i
tween the middle fork of the i
Willamett river and Row river: '
and 70,000 acres southeast of
Cottage Grove.
Permits to visit the areas may
be obtained at the headquarters
of the Forest Protective Associa
tion at Springfield or at the var
ious warden headquarters in the
district. No smoking will be al
lowed and visitors will have to
carry tools suitable for fire
fighting in their cars.
Buenos Aires il'.P An Ar
gentine Airlines twin - engine
DC3 plane crashed in the rolling
country of southern Cordoba
province yesterday, killing all 18
persons on board.
Nine volcanic islands make up
the Azores chain.
For Conning
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I SAY, QUITE A TURN OUT Some 200 English fans
brave the rain to greet Marilyn Monroe and her play
wright husband, Arthur Miller, as the couple step from
their TWA plane at London Airport to begin their honey
moon. Newsmen mobbed the movie queen who told them
it was. as she put it, "wonderful" to be in England. Man
Ivn will film a movie while Arthur works on a new version
of one of his plays. Later they plan to tour France and
Italy.
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v i t a t i o n
the people of
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