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Indications Show
Congress Ready
To Cut Excise Tax
Ike May Not Veto
.Modest Reductions
Washington (UPD
Congress appeared in a mood
todty to take the bit in its
letth end cut some federal
tfeit sales taxes despite
?teident Eisenhower's new
JtOl)i-line stand.
divert were intimations
Xrtaft high administration
vtmtxeti the President would
Qt veto some modest excise
i&t reductions.
House Speaker Sam Ray-
feurit (Texas), and Chairman
Wilbur D. Mills (D-Ark.), of
tht tax-writing House Ways
fnfi Means committee sched
uled a news conference today
9iey were expected to throw
th House Democratic leader
ship's support behind Eisen
hower's plea to continue pres
tnt excise and corporation
tei another year.
The White House an
nounced late Monday the
Cftief Executive had "no pres
tut intention" of recommend
iam any tax reductions this
91a r other than its previous
proposed tax relief for small
business.
The President decided
against tax reduction this
yeex primarily because he
nd his chief advisers thought
it would seriously cut feder-
fl Income and increase the
nttional debt without con
tributing materially to eco
nomic improvement.
The extent of disagreement
tt pinpointed in reaction of
to prominent senators.
lwla Gives Opinion
Sn. Paul H. Douglas (D
jtt.), the senate's leading tax
Cv advocate, said the Presi
dent made a "very bad mis
take." He said a tax cut of
bout 6 billion dollars is
xaeded to release purchasing
power and "start the economy
up again."
But Sen. Harry F. Byrd
(D-Va.), chairman of the sen
ate finance committee which
will handle the tax bill when
it comes from the house, con
curred with the administra
tion stand. He said there is;
already certain to be a 10
billion dollar federal deficit
In the fiscal year beginning
July 1 and "the project is for
fevy deficit spending, infla
ipa and increases in the pub
1 debt."
Meanwhile, Republican
leaders, with President Eisen
JAwer's backing, agreed to
47 to try to beat down any
emate attempts to liberalize
lha administration's unem
ployment pay bill.
Some senators from both
)prlies however, were ready
arith amendments that would
broaden the measure. There
Eat a possibility the senate
f euld complete debate on the
measure and take a final vote
TAH afternoon.
The bill would permit
states to borrow from the
federal government to finance
SO per cent extension in the
somber of weeks jobless wor
kers may draw unemployment
compensation. It already has
Cleared the house and been
tpproved by the Senate Fi
nance committee.
Russia Gives
fact Proposals
Moscow (UPD Russia to
47 handed the western allies
its detailed proposals for a 25
jeer nonaggression pact be
tween East and West.
Copies of the text were
Jnded to ambassadors of the
'orth Atlantic Treaty Organ
iition nations by officials of
b Soviet Foreign Ministry.
Russia called for the agree
jnent at the same time it an
jkovjnced it was withdrawing
,1 if troops from Romania as
H ftoot of its "peaceiui policy .
The double-Darreiea move
ctme in a communique issued
fcy the eight Communist na
tion! of the Warsaw Pact after
their meeting in Moscow last
week. The Warsaw Pact is
the Communist bloc's coun
terpart of NATO.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy
through Wednesday. Chance of
afternoon thunderstorms In
mountains. Low tonight 48.
High tomorrow 84.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 88
Lowest this Morning 50
Our Skies Tonight
The Sun rises
4:40 a.m.
7:38 p.m.
and sets
Che unseen stars in its back
ground are now those of Tau
us. Bloonset Wednesday l:o2 a.m.
fall Moon June 1
TISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, due south 9:1 p.m.
Saturn, low in south
ed 10:09 p.m.
Mars, rises 2:0S a.m.
Venus, low in east 4:01 a.m.
DRESS REHEARSAL Interment of the Unknown Soldier
of World War II and Korea is rehearsed at Arlington Nation
al cemetery by the service men who wilV participate in the
ceremony on Memorial day. Empty caskets were used to rep
resent the Korean Unknown (left) and the World War II
Unknown (right). In the background is the Tomb of Un
known Soldier of World War I.
Destroyer Carries
Unknown Soldiers
Washington (UPI) The
destroyer Blandy nosed up the
Potomac river today with the
flag-draped caskets of two un
known soliders on their last
long ride to hallowed burial in
Arlington National cemetery.
The soldiers an unidenti
fied World War II veteran
and one from the Korean War
await ceremonial burial on
Friday, Memorial Day, beside
the "Unknown Solider" of
Lumber Workers
Approve Strike
'If Necessary'
Portland (UPI) The 80,-
000 members AFL-CIO Lum
ber and Sawmill workers Un
ion has authorized a strike
if necessarv to back ud de
mands for a 31-cent hourly
package pay boost, it was an
nounced today.
Earl Hartley, executive sec
retary of the LSW's western
council, said union members
voted three to one in favor
of the strike.
The union said, however, it
was ready and willing to sub
mit to arbitration to avoid a
strike.
Hartlev said the vote, taken
by secret ballot, gave the ex
ecutive committee of the un
ion power to "initiate eco
nomic action where and
when it is determined neces
sary ...
The union has members in
nine western states.
Three .'large employer
groups are to meet with the
union tomorrow. They in
clude the Lumbermens Indus
trail Relations Committee,
the Willamette Valley Oper
ators, and the Plywood and
Door Manufacturers associa
tion. Governors Wield
Much Power
Salem (UPI) When the
governors of the 48 states are
unanimous on an issue they
can wield considerable power,
Gov. Robert D. Holmes told
a press conference here to
day. The governor, just return
ed from the National Govern
or's Conference in Miami
Beach, Fla., pointed to pres
sure the governors put on
the Army not to decrease
the National Guard program.
Gov. Holmes said he felt
this pressure was almost sole
ly responsible for the Army's
decision not to weaken the
guard at this time.
The governor said he
thought the guard was most
useful in times of state disas
ter. He has called the Oregon
guard out twice for use in con
trolling floods.
A good deal of controversy
over federal unemployment
aid was reported by Gov.
Holmes at the conference.
The governor himself supports
a bill by Sen. John Ken
nedy (D-Mass.) which calls for
a 13-week extension of unem
ployment benefits to be paid
for by the federal govern
ment. Everett, Was h. (U.P.I.)
The Sylvania state bank, 15
miles north-of here was held
up today by two men who es
caped with an undetermined
amount of money.
jLJ'-
World War I with President
Eisenhower leading the na
tion in tribute.
Behind them 33 miles at
sea off the Virginia capes
the slate green waves wash
restlessly over the ocean grave
of an equally honored com
rade, also known but to
God."
He was the "unchosen un
known" of World War II
whose number didn't come up
when the Navy Hospital
Corpsman lc William R. Char
ette, a Korean war hero, made
the final choice between the
caskets of a World War II
veteran from the European
theater and one from the Pa
cific. The 26-year-old Charette
didn't know which was which.
And neither did anyone else
after the military's complicate
ed mixing maneuvers to make
identification impossible.
So it was two for the land
and one for the sea. The Navy
buried the "unchosen" with
all the honors it could master
in solemn burial rites from
the guided missile cruiser
Canberra.
The sleek gray Blandy, with
the trim white Coast Guard
cutter Ingham as escort, was
due at the naval gun factory
here this afternoon.
The honored bodies will re
main aboard until Wednes
day morning when a delega
tion of government oficials
headed by Defense Secretary
Neil H. McElroy and Treasury
Secretary Robert B. Ander
son will formally meet the
Blandy.
Then the bodies will be
taken in identical hearses
with honor guard escorts to
the rotunda of the U.C. Capi
tol building where they will
lie in state on black-topped
catafalques until Friday.
On Friday afternoon the
caskets will be placed on
horse-drawn artillery caissons.
These will proceed at funeral
pace, past the city's great
monuments, to Arlington
cemetery across the Potomac
for the solemn last ceremony.
There the President will make
an address and place congres
sional medals of honor on both
caskets.
Plane Trip Set
For DAV Delegates
A chartered plane flight
over the Rogue valley and
Crater lake will be a feature
of the department convention
of Disabled American Veter
ans in Medford June 11-14.
George W. Simmons, Med
ford, retiring commander and
newly elected department ex
ecutive committeeman from
Jackson county, said that any
one wishing to register for the
flight should get in touch
with him. He is in charge of
the flight.
At a recent meeting of the
Jackson county DAV chap
ter, Lester P. Mathes, Central
Point, was elected commander,
succeeding. Simmons.- Also
named to offices were Treav-
ell M. Turpin, Medford, senior
vice commander; Eugene J.
Baucom, Medford, junior vice
commander; Karl J.'Xnutson,
Medford, treasurer; James R.
Lillie, Medford, cliaplain;
Frank Clayton, Camp White,
sergeant-at-arms. William A.
Eiden, Jacksonville, and F.
Edgar Nelson and George H.
Tucker, both Medford, were
elected executive committeemen.
Cardinal Stritch
Dies in Rome;
Services Thursday
First U.S. Born
Priest to Join Curia
Rome (U.P.I.) Archbishop
Samuel Cardinal Stritch of
Chicago, stricken at the mo
ment of his greatest honor in
the Roman Catholic Church,
died peacefully early today
clutching an image of the cru
cified Christ he loved.
The 70-year-pld Cardinal,
first American-born priest
ever summoned to Rome to
become a member of the
Church's governing Curia, ap
parently knew when the final
moment had come.
He raised the crucifix in
his left hand, blessed those
around his . bedside with it
and then died. His right arm
was amputated a month ago.
A church spokesman said
the Cardinal's funeral would
be held in the Church of St.
Ignatius Thursday morning.
The body will lie in state
at the North American col
lege, Rome, until the funeral
and will be returned to Chica
go for burial after the fu
neral, the spokesman said.
Cardinal Stritch had made
a valiant four-week struggle
against circulatory blockages
that caused the amputation of
his right arm, a cerebral
stroke and then a weakening
of the heart.
He arrived in Rome April
25, summoned by the Pope to
become pro-prefect of the
Sacred Congregation for the
Propagation of the Faith.
This body has charge of the
church's world-wide mission
ary work and he was expected
to assume the major burden
of the work from the prefect,
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Bi
ondi, who is 85, partially
blind and ailing.
Cardinal Stritch was or
dained a priest in Rome 48
years ago at the age of 22.
He rose rapidly in the
church hierarchy. He became
assistant pastor at St. Pat
ricks' church in Memphis,
Tenn. In 1916 he became sec
retary of the bishop of Nash
ville and the following year
was named chancellor of the"
Nashville Diocese. -
When he. was only 34, in
August, 1921, he was made
bishop of Toledo, Ohio, the
youngest member of the hi
erarchy in the United States.
At the age of 43, he was en
throned as archbishop of Mil
waukee, Wis., and in January,
1940, was installed as arch
bishop of Chicago.
He was nominated to the
College of Cardinals by Pope
Pius XII in December, 1945,
and went to Rome two months
later to receive his red hat.
Senate Group
Aids Railroads
Washington (UPI) The
Senate Commerce committee
Monday approved an eight
point bill which would treat
the ills of the nation's rail
roads with a variety of reme
dies including guaranteed
loans and tax deferrals.
Before approving the meas
ure the committee made some
changes in the subcommittee
bill. Redrafted was a section
designed-to let the Interstate
Commerce commission set
railroad rates on the basis
of railroad costs without mak
ing allowances for competing
carriers.
Other recomme ndations
would repeal excise taxes on
passenger travel 10 per cent
and freight shipments three
per cent, institute a 20-year
depreciation period for rail
road equipment, and modern
ize the Post Office depart
ment's regulations for mail
haulage. .
Vancouver, Wash. (UPI)
Several small lightning-set
fires were reported today in
southwest Washington for
est lands.
Board Submits List of State Building
Needs Totalling About $58,325,000
Salem (UPI) The state
board of control today sub
mitted to the state finance de
partment a tentative list of
its institutional building
needs amounting to $58,325,
for the next 10 years. ,
. .The total asked for the next
biennium is $19,538,000.
' The board asked the 1957
legislature for $10 million for
construction needs and got
just under $5 million.
Estimates of needs for the
1959-61 biennium include $7,
904,000 for completing phases
one and two of construction
at the F. H. Dammasch state
hospital near Wilsonville and
$3 million for the third phase
Medford
20 Pages
DfaDy's Ms Gain
Voting Strength
Rome (UPD The pro
western Christian Democrats,
Italy's largest political party,
registered gains in this week's
election but failed to win un
disputed control of . either
house in the new parliament.
Mounting returns showed
gains for the Communists and
other extreme leftists that
Kiwanis Club to
Sponsor County
Fair in August
A late-August county fair,
sponsored by the Medford Ki
wanis club, will be held in
Medford this year, according
to Col. Arthur M. Savard, gen
eral chairman.
Final action confirming the
expansion of last year's Town
and Country Holiday into a
county fair came at a recent
meeting"' of the Kiwanis board
of directors.
A survey by members of
the fair planning committee
showed considerable interest
from exhibitors, rural groups
and the . public, according to
Russ Jamison, Medford pub
lic relations man and director
of the fair.
Dates selected are August
21 to 24 and "every attempt
will be made to plan displays
and events which will coin
cide with the long-established
annual Jackson county 4-H
and FFA youth fair scheduled
for Aug. 19-23," he said.
Rental of booth space will
begin next week under Jami
son's supervision, allowing ex
hibitors ample time to plan
exhibitsan"d",arrange details.
Emphasis on Exhibits
Special emphasis will be
placed on exhibits of locally
grown products, area indus
tries and farm or forest organ
izations, with sections devoted
to hobbies, crafts and sciences.
Suppliers of products for
farm, ranch and home will
be ' invited . to display and
demonstrate.
.Plans also call, for a full
scale carnival, along with pro
fessional and local amateur
talent in stage shows.
-Savard said this marks the
first attempt in many years
at producing a county fair and
he invited anyone with sug
gestions to write to Kiwanis
County Fair, 11 Almond st.
v The fair has been encour
aged by members of the coun
ty court. Meetings are sched
uled later with . the county
fair board to discuss ways
official agencies may assist.
Costs of producing the event
will be underwritten by the
Medford Kiwanis club, sup
ported by rentals and ad-
Youth Fails To Give
Reason for Derailment
Birmingham, Ala (U.P.I.)
Junior J. D.. Moore, 18, under
$1,500 bond here for trying
without success to derail a
train, gave officers no reason
for the action except that he
had never seen a train wreck.
(Bulletin
Washington (UPI)
President Eisenhower sign
ed - the bill to raise postal
' rates and wages today, say
ing its "public interest"
futures outweighed its ob
jectionable provisions.
of the new correctional insti
tution near here.
Women's Prison Talked
Also on the tentative 1959
61 list is $1,183,000 for, a new
penal institution for women.
Preliminary studies for such
an institution will be finished
by October of this year.
Some other new structures
suggested for the next two
years were a food service
building and five inmate cot
tages at Oregon Fairview
home to house an additional
600 children.
The old gymnasium at Mac
Laren school for boys near
Woodburn would be convert
ed into an "all faith" chapel
MEDFORD, OREGON,
threatened the stability of
strategic Italy, the U. S. de
fense partner that dominates
the central Mediterranean.
The Communists and the
left-wing Socialists were lead
ing the Christian Democrats,
39.2 per cent to 39.1, in incom
plete, returns from the cham
ber of deputies election. ;
Final returns from the sen
ate election showed the leftists
trailing by about 5 per cent,
41.2 to 35.9.
In the last general election,
five years ago, the Christian
Democrats polled 41 per cent
of the popular vote to 33 for
the extreme left.
The Christian Democrats
gained 12 seats in the Senate
to 16 for the leftists, making
their respective totals 122 and
951. A majority of the 253
member upper house is 127.
Prospects Shaky
The prospects confronting
Italy during the - next five
years appeared to be that of
a French-type ' succession of
shaky moderate coalition gov
ernments, continuously at
odds with strong left-wing op
position. The Christian Democrats
and the Communists were run
ning close to the percentages
they polled in 1953. The big
gainers in the new election
were the left-wing Socialists,
who . drew strength from
small moderate parties.
It appeared certain that the
Reds would redouble their ef
forts to revive their long-time
alliance with the Socialist left,
which broke down as a result
of Soviet repression of the
Hungarian revolt.
s
Pose New Threat
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Algiers, Algeria (UPI)
Seventeen French warships
with the power that : might
enable French Algerian rebels
to make good their boast that
they "soon shall march to
gether up the Champs Ely?
sees", either already were at
anchor in Algerian ports to
day or reported on their way.
But whether they were
there on normal call, as the
government of French Pre
mier Pierre Pflimlin insisted,
or to join the forces rallying
around the standard of Gen.
Charles de Gaulle, as the
rebels hoped, remained an un
answered question.
A spokesman for supreme
Algerian commander G e n:
Raoul Salan refused to say
flatly whether the navy ships
had come to join the cause
of the, rebel French Algerians
and generals whose coup has
spread to Corsica and is reach
ing out toward the mainland
of France.
But he said significantly:
"In the navy, ships go along
with the man who commands
them, just as our soldiers fol-
low their officers.
Wedding Dale Set
For Hatfield
Portland (UPI) Secre
tary of State Mark Hatfield
and his fiance, Miss Antoin
ette Kuzmanich of. Portland,
have set July 8 for their wed
ding date.
Hatfield, who is the Repub
lican nominee for governor,
and Miss Kuzmanich will be
married at Hinson Memorial
Baptist church here on the
50th wedding anniversary of
the bride-elect's parents.
and $330,000 provided for a
new vocational school build
ing at Oregon State School
for the Deaf here. " - . - .
After approval by the Fi
nance department, the plans
must be submitted to the 1959
legislature.
The long . range 1959-69
plan invisions that Dammasch
state hospital would be com
pleted during the 1961-63 bi
ennium with ah appropriation
of $6,753,000. Also tentatively
scheduled for completion that
biennium would be the cor
rectional institution with a
proposed expenditure of $2,-900,000.
French Warship
TUESDAYMAY 27, 1958
'Could You Just Tell Me, Is There
Ever A Good Time?"
Atfe fJ :
Alaska Proposal
Tentatively Killed
Washington (UPI) Thfe
House today tentatively killed
the Alaska statehood bill.
It voted 144 to 106 to strike
the bill's enacting clause.
- It was a teller vote in which
32 Men To Be at
Aerial Project
. Cave Junction A 32-man
crew of smokejumpers will be
stationed at the .forest serv;
ice's, aerial project headquar
ters here this season.
Only 14 will be new men,
with the other 18 returning,
some of them for the ninth
year, according to Project
Supervisor- Jim Allen. The
first men are expected to ar
rive June 2, and will start
their practice jumps June 5.
: The training program for
the new men will run from
June 16 to July 15, covering
physical fitness, survival, tree
climbing, mending and pack
ing parachutes, and jumping
in fields and timber.
Al Boucher is chief squad
leader. Squad leaders will be
Rod Newton, an -eight-year
man, Jack Harter, six years,
and Ron Price, four years. Ed
Schulz, the pilot since 1949,
will return.
The first business of the
season was last week, when
two full-time employees mend
ed I and packed parachutes
used by firefighters on a fire
near North Bend.
Next week a cargo-dropping
school will be held for
forest service personnel from
Medford and elsewhere in
southwestern Oregon.
Bank Debits Show
Rise Oyer March
Eugene April bank debits
in southwestern Oregon,' in
cluding Curry, .Jackson and
Josephine countits, were 8.6
per cent higher than the deb
its in March, but were 4.i per
cent below debits in April,
1957. Total debits for April
this year in southwestern Ore
gon were $61,146,337.
Bank debits represent the
dollad value of checks drawn
against deposit accounts of in
dividuals and business firms,
they are generally regarded as
good indicators of business ac
tivity, according to the Bu
reau of Business Research at
the University of Oregon.
The figures from southwest
ern Oregon were compiled
from 11 reporting banks.
In all Oregon, with 167
banks reporting, debits were
$1,580,783,625. This is an in
crease of 5.1 per cent from
March, but a decrease of 2 per
cent from April, 1957.
Pendleton Company
Gets Base Contract
Seattle (UPI) McCor
mack Construction company,
Pendleton, today was award
ed a $47,110 contract for con
struction of receiver and
transmitter buildings at the
Air Force station near Baker.
The Seattle district of Army
Engineers received the bids.
Tribune
No. 57
members pass down the cham
ber's middle aisle to be count
ed for and against proposed
amendment. The vote is sub
ject to possible reversal Wed
nesday when a roll call vote
is to be taken.
The amendment to strike
the anacting clause was pro
posed by Rep. Walter Rogers
(D-Tex.).'
A coalition of Republican
and southern Democrats join
'ed forces against the administration-backed
bill.
. Among those observed vot
ing against the measure were
House Republican leader Jo
seph W. Martin Jr. (Mass.),
House Republican whip Leslie
C. Arends (111.), and Rep.
Charles A. Halleck (Ind.), for
mer Republican floor leader.
President Eisenhower was
reported to have thrown, his
active support behind the
drive to make Alaska the 49th
state.
Those voting against the
move to kill the bill included
Speaker Sam Rayburn (D
Tex.) and Democratic leader
John W. McCormack, Mass.
Should the roll call vote
Wednesday uphold today's
tentative vote, the bill would
be killed. On the other hand,
if the roll call vote reversed
today's action, the House
would continue action on the
measure, and it would be sub
ject to other motions to amend
it.
Home Inspections
Campleted in City
Firemen inspected 1,482
homes for fire hazards, in the
three-week campaign which
end today. On 805 visits, no
hazards were found, and 979
recommendations were made,
Fire Chief Gordon Barker re
ported. Calls totaled 2,898. In ad
dition to the 1,482 homes in
spected, no one was found at
home at 1,256 residences, and
160 householders declined the
invitation to have free in
spection. Of the four most common
hazards listed, excessive use
of extension cords was found
in 327 homes. Other high
ranking hazards were improp
er or dirty flues, 268; accum
ulations of rubish and trash,
161 ,and careless storage of
inflamable liquids, 151.
Lone Negro Slated
To Graduate Tonight
Little Rockj Ark. (UPD
More than 200 National
Guardsmen and police will be
on hand tonight when an 18-year-old
Negro boy becomes
the first of his race to receive
a. diploma from heretofore
segregated Central high
school.
Ernest Green, one of nine
Negroes admitted to the
school last September, will be
the lone Negro receiving a
diploma in commencement
exercises in the high school
stadium. ; . ;
Portland (UPI) A
painter was rescued from the
Willamette river today after
falling into the stream from
the east end of the new Mor
rison street bridge.
Left-Wing Forces
In Opposition;
Strife Threatens
Assembly To Choose
Government Leader
Paris (UPI) Gen. Charles
de Gaulle announced today he
is preparing to take over the
government in a legal man
ner. But left wing opposition
to him mushroomed so swiftly
it increased the threat of civil
war.
Premier Pierre Pflimlin, his
authority crumbling by the
hour, refused to step down
and decided to let the Nation
al Assembly chose tonight be- .
tween him and de Gaulle.
Cabinet spokesmen revealed
the Premier's decision after
Pflimlin held two meetings
with President Rene Coty and
long sessions with his own
Cabinet.
The Cabinet source, reveal
ing Pflimlin's desperate an
swer to de Gaulle's bid to take
over power, said Pflimlin per
sonally met with the general
Monday night.
But even before the an
nouncement, the Communists,
bitter foes of De Gaulle, acted.
The Communist-led Gener
al Confederation of Labor
called out railroad workers at
noon (4 a.m. p.d.t.) and de
manded a general strike:
across the nation two hours .
later. ,
The strike fizzled before it
started. It produced only mo-1
mentary delays on electric .
lines and subways were un
affected. Call For Demonstration
The Communists then call-
ed. on "the workers and all
republicans of Paris and all
the Parisian area" to demon-
strate Wednesday afternoon,
near the Bastille Square,
where France's 1789 revolu
tion started.
Also the balky and unpre- "
dictable French, national as
sembly was debating Pflim-
lin's sweeping bill for consti-
tutional reform.
The bill would make it al
most impossible to overthrow
a French government and it
was the reported plan that
Pflimlin would resign, once
the bill was passed, to make
way for.De (jBulle's investi-.
ture in his place. .
A defeat would mean Pflim
lin's automatic resignation and
a summons from Coty to De
Gaulle. :
- But under those conditions
De Gaulle's chances for suc
cess might also be slim.
In that case, France could
continue its plunge toward
chaos, with what many fear
would ,be" either a military
government or a Communist
dominated "popular front."
De Gaulle warned that
"every action, from whatever
quarter it may come, against
public order, runs the risk of
having grave consequences."
Agreement Reported
Political sources had re
ported earlier that De Gaulle
and a representative of the .
Pflimlin government had es
tablished. "the beginnings of
an agreement" under which
De Gaulle . could return to ,
power before France plunged
into civil war. ,
The negotiations between
De Gaulle and the Pflimlin
government oversh a d o w e d
opening debate in the Nation
Assembly on the government's
constitutional reform bill.
The bill, originally design-,
ed to block De Gaulle's bid
for power, would give the
government sweeping execu
tive powers. Pflimlin has stak
ed the life of his government
on its passage.
As the assembly began its
debate, the deputies crushed'
412 to 149 a Communist bid
to block the reform plan
which would make the gov
ernment almost impossible to
overthrow.
Small Residence
Destroyed by Fire
Central Point A small
residence on Willow Creek
rd., owned by the state of
Oregon, was destroyed by fire '
about 9 p.m. Monday. It was
unoccupied.
Five trucks and 12 men
from the Central Point rural ,
fire department extinguished
the blaze, which had spread
to grass in the surrounding
area.
Firemen said an employee
at the Double Dee lumber
company nearby turned in the
alarm. .
The department also dis
patched three trucks and
seven men to Lotus . lane
about 12:30 p.m. yesterday
to extinguish a two-acre grass
fire.
It was believed started by
small children playing with
matches and a cigaret lighter.