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OPENINg BATTLE against grasshoppers infesting 21 of Colorado's rich farming coun
ties, pre-World War II B-18 bomber dumps spray near Kit Carson. ( UPI Telephoto)
Senate May Pass Bill to Make
Alaska State Within
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington Unless there
is a last minute upset of the
prevailing political alignment
in the Senate, it will pass the
Alaskan state-
A ?rhood bill
within the
$ next week or
t two and Old
"Glory will
have 49 stars
by year's end.
0 F o 1 1 owing
the passage of
the Alaska
a. aobt smith bill by the
House by a vote of 208 to 166
just before Memorial Day,
Alaskans had the happy ex
perience of their holiday
week end being favored with
sunbathing weather 85 " in
( 1 f A
" Fairbanks. 72 in Anchorage
to help dispel the nagging no
tion in the States that Alaska
is just a land of ice and snow,
of little value to the nation.
The sun that shone so
- brightly that week is still
shining figuratively, in Wash
ington. Sen. Lyndon B. John
; son (D-Tex.) has said he plans
to bring the Alaska bill up in
the Senate vfithin 10 days,
maybe this week.
' What Counts Most
But ghat counts for most
'" are two backstage deveop
ments which are sure to help
'. shape the outcome. These de
.. velopments have affected the
. two partisan groupings with-
in the Senate from which hos
tility to statehood has come
theo hard core of southern
Democrats, and a group of
q very conservative Republi
i cans. The northern Democrats
and Eisenhower Republicans
are for statehood.
' The southern Democrats
held their first caucut of the
'- year last Monday to , discuss
- strategy and viewt on vari-
ous issues reteted to civil
J rights. Statehood i9 such an
'il. issue only because a ney state
-1;. would give two more Senate
T votes to the nofthem presum
abv Pro-civil right roup in
- the Senate.
ZT" But the Dutherner were
Z split on statehoqtf. Sens. Hol-
land (Fla.), Long (La.) . and
T ' Yarborough (Tex.) I1 ravor
Alaskan statehoo. About 14
cppose it.
- Given Assurance
- Before their caucus, the
southern bloc had been given
assurances that Hawaii was
. not in the cards. Their feel-
ings are stronger against Ha
waii because as3 a state it
- would doubtless elect some
colored members of Congress
J of OrientgJ extraction. The
' upshot of the conference was
that they plan only token op-
- position to .Alaska and plan
no move to tie the Hawaii bill
to Alaska in hopes of killing
t both of them.
On the Republican side,
- Sen. William F. Knowland (R
" Calif.) has been demanding
assurances for months from
'I' the Democrats that they
.would bring up Hawaii right
- after Alaska. Republicans
. End of Recession
Seen 'Very Soon'
Washington (UPI) Presi
dent Eisenhower's personal
economic adviser has forecast
' the recession will end "very
- soon" and a "great forward
' movement" in the economy
will develop this fall.
Dr. Gabriel Hauge said
Sunday "resistance, to the
downward movement isshqw
ing itself and very soon we
ought to have this thing
- stopped."
7 Hauge, speaking on a tele
1 vision program (NBC) "Youth
- " Wants to Know," listed the
Xrise in industrial production,
the decline in unemployment,
' and increases in personal in
come and housing) construc
; :tion as evidence to support
his optimism.
He said the American pub
lic, through its own confi-
- d e n c e and efforts, had
. "stopped this recession and
'. "will soon be able to lift this
' ""economy again on a great for-
r '- ward movement."
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have traditionally been more
favorably disposed toward
Hawaii because of its sup
posed leanings toward the
GOP.
The Hawaii bill had been
resting in the House Terri
tories subcommittee. So with
prodding from the Eisenhow
er administration, the com
mittee put the Hawaii bill
"into motion" toward the
House floor by passing it out
of subcommittee.
Little Chance
It's conceded by Republi
cans that there is little or no
chance of final action on Ha
waii this session, but they
don't want anyone to have ah
excuse in the Senate for
claiming the bill is bottled up
and, therefore, should be tied
to the Alaska bill as an
amendment. All hands fear
such a combination bill would
be defeated as it has been in
the" past.
Knowland and the Republi
cans generally now appear
agreeable to voting'for Alas- Hawaii will be close behind
ka by itself. If no complica- in the next session of Con
tions arise to confuse the gress.
s That So'?-
Alexandria -The Suez
Canal isn't 100 years old, but
the Red Sea and the Medit
erranean have been linked by
canal for the better part of
the past 4,000 years.
The hook-up was originally
made by a canal built by the
Pharoahs to connect the Nile
with the Red Sea. And though
it was often rendered useless
by sandstoi-ms and earth
quakes it was repeatedly
restored.
I was reminded of this as
an Egyptian naturalist point
ed out that though scores of
types of fish found in the Red
Sea are also found in the Sea
of Japan, none of them are
reported in the Mediterran
ean. Conversely, a substantial
number of types in the east
ern Mediterranean are also
known in the Gulf of Guinea,
off West Africa, and even in
West Indian waters, though
not in the Red Sea.
Nonetheless, there are 'some
40 kinds of fish, including
mullets, sardines, eels, skates,
sting-rays and torpedoes that
are common to both seas.
Since many of these are
shall6vv-water fish that sur
vive equally well in brackish
water, some of them could
easily have crossed the Suez
Isthmus via the ancient can
al system. The probability is,.
however, that the crossing be
gan long before the canals
were dug.
According to geologists 50,
000 years or so ago a shallow
channel, maybe 30 miles in
width, separated Egypt from
the Sinai peninsula. At that
time the Nile discharged mdSt
of its water into the. channel,
some of it going into the Red
Sea. As the centuries passed
the Nile silted up the channel,
moving its mouth steadily
northward and to the west
a 1 o n.g the Mediterranean
coast.
Barrier Not Crossed
Thanks to the tremendous
quantities of fresh water pour
ing into the channel, and its
shallowness, the rock fish of
bpth seas made no attempt to
cross the barrier.
The naturalist discussing
this with me was particular
ly interested in the gray mul
let, which he cited as one of
the leading -examples of the
fish that was originally com
mon to both the Red Sea and
Mediterranean.
The gray mullet, with a
greenish back and rather sil
very sides, reaches a top
weight of 15 pounds. He is an
excellent food fish, and in
Egypt is found not only in
salt and brackish water but
even in fresh, although he
never penetrates very far up
the river system from the
coast. -
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vote, well over half the sena
tors are expected to support
admission of Alaska.
Why Alaska should be the
leader and Hawaii the follow
er, just the reverse of past
statehood attempts, is hard to
explain. Alaska's claim to
statehood has greatly im
proved with adoption pf a
constitution and discovery of
oil.
Claim Slipped
Hawaii's claim appears to
have slipped slightly, in the
eyes of some conservatives in
Congress like Sen. Arthur
Watkins (R-Utah), because of
charges heard by the Senate
Internal Security committee
about alleged communist ac
tivity in the islands. Hawaii
last year elected a delegate to
Congress, John Burns, who
had support from Harry
Bridges and the ILWU, which
some claim has hurt Hawaii's
chances.
But many believe that if
Alaska makes it this year,
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Cave Junction Chief
Of Police Resigns
Cave Junction The city
council last week accepted
the resignation will be effec
tive the end of June.
Phil Kellar, who was chief
of police here for two years
and retired in 1956, will be
acting chief temporarily until
the post can be filled.
Turpin came to Cave Junc
tion in April, 1957, from
Grants Pass. He is leaving for
San Rafael, Calif., to accept
employment with a construc
tion unit.
Garcia En Route
To U.S. Capitol
Honolulu ( UPI) Presi
dent Carlos P. Garcia of the
Republic of the Philippines
arrived in Honolulu Sunday
en route to Washington on
what he termed a "mission of
vital importance."
It 'was reported that he
plans to negotiate a $300 mil
lion loan for his nation while
in the United States.
He arrived at Hickam Air
Force base aboard a char
tered Pan American airliner
and will continue his trip
aboard President Eisenhow
er's personal plan, the Col
umbine. Garcia told the crowd gath
ered to greet him that he is
"in high hopes that the great,
generous and understanding
American people will not fail
us, as they have never failed
us before."
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Soy Scout Found
After 15 Hours
Salem (UPI) A Boy
Scout who disappeared on a
camping trip in the Cascades
about 65 miles east of here
was found unharmed early on
Sunday by the Norman Wil
son bloodhounds of Dallas,
Ore.
Albert Donovan, 16, Salem,
was with a group of scouts
from Salem Explorer P o. s t
No. 106 who were camping at
Camp Pioneer near Highway
222. The scouts told police
they last saw Albert about one
mile from the camp at Temple
Lak'e Saturday afternoon.
The bloodhounds were call
ed in and tracked the boy
down about 4 a.m. Sunday. He
had been lost about 15 hours
and was tired and hungry, but
unhurt, officers said.
The boy told a scout officer
the trail he took to get back
to the camp led away from
the camp.
Accused Killer on
FBI 'Wanted' List
' Washington (UPI) An
accused killer whose troubles
with the law began at the
age of 13 was placed on the
FBI's list of "ten most want
ed fugitives" today.
He is Angelo Luigi Pero,
pudgy, 53-year-old ex-convict
who once raised pigeons as a
hobby and prefers conserva
tive business suit to more
colorful hoodlum garb.
Pero and a friend already
on the "most wanted" list are
charged with murdering a
17-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y.,
youth in gangland style last
March.
The youth, Alexander
Menditto, died nine days aft
er five bullets, were pumped
into him on a New York City
street.
Operating Engineers
Authorize Strike
' Portland - (UPI) Mem
bers of the International Un
ion of Operating Engineers
have authorized the union to
order a strike if negotiations
with the Associated General
Contractors fail, a union
spokesman said today.
Dick Cleveland, secretary of
the union's Portland local 701
said the union Sunday reject
ed a three-year package offer
from the employer group but
that negotiations would con
tinue here Tuesday.
Union members voted 1069
to 69 in favor of a strike au
thorization. The union has 5,
550 members in Oregon and
Southwest Washington.
The union and AGC have
been negotiating since Octob
er. The previous contract ex
pired last January. '
$4,137 Found Inside
Shirt of Pensioner
Noonday, Tex. (UPI)
Smith county officers found
$4,137 in old bills sewed in
side the shirt of Wil Swancy,
78-year-old Negro old-age pen
sioner killed Saturday night
when struck by an automo
bile. Officers said the money was
wadded up in a cloth pouch
sewed into the shirt. Many of
the bills were discolored and
some of them dated back to a
1934 series.
Relatives said the old farm
er didn't believe in banks and
had been carrying the money
with him for years. He lived
in a shack and never allowed
himself any luxuries.
.' Highway patrolman James
H. Hinsley said Swancy ap
parently walked out in front
of an automobile driven by
William W. Wilson of Plain
view. The impact threw him
nearly 75 feet.
TREASURY REPORT
Washington (UPI) The
Treasury issued a final report
on its recent $9,550,000,000 fi
nancing. It said holders of
three maturing issues ex
changed all but $356 million
worth of their securities for
the new Treasury issues offer
ed. Subscriptions for a new
2 per cent bond totaled
$7,384,371,500. The balance of
the rollover, $1,815,261,000,
went into a 1V4 per cent cer
tificate. New
LYING IN BED at Chicago hospital, Mrs. Mae Winsberg,
58, whose heart stopped beating at least 20 times during
two-day period, hears explanation from Dr. David Berkson
of how electronic machine saved her life by shocking heart
into renewed pumping after each stop. (UPI Telephoto)
What Is The Law?
This column is prepared as a public serrice by the
College of Law. Willamette University, Salem, to
explain basic legal principles, not to provide legal
advice. The reader is cautioned not to apply these cases
to his own problems without an attorney's advice, for
differing facts may change the outcome.
Who Loses When a Forger
or an Imposler Profits?
Jim Shadyman paid for a
tailor-made suit by forging
Joe Doakes' signature to a
sizeable check. The tailor in
turn obtained payment from
Cityville bank. Following dis
covery of the forgery, who
must take the loss for the
amount of the check: Joe
Doakes, the Cityville bank or
the tailor?
Because the law requires
the bank to know the signa
tures of its depositors, the
bank cannot charge Joe's ac
count. Joe did not direct the
bank to pay the tailor; there
fore the bank wrongfully
paid the check. The most
clever forgeries do not cancel
the bank's responsibility to
honor only valid signatures,
and the bank must take the
loss even though it was not
negligent in ascertaining the
forgery.
Suppose, however, that Jim
Shadyman becomes an impos
ter of a different kind by con
vincing a businessman in a
nearby community that his
name is Bonaparte and that
he owns a tract of land in
Cityville. The businessman
checks the records to confirm
that the specified land is
owned by one . Bonaparte be
fore accepting a mortgage on
the land from Jim, alias
"Bonaparte," as security for
a $3,000 loan. .Jim promptly
endorses the name "Bona
parte" on the $3,000 check
given him by the business
man, receives payment from
the Community bank and
flees with the money. When
the facts of the transaction be
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This time the bank is free
of responsibility because for-
eerv is not involved. The
businessman thought he was
making the check payable to
a responsible party named
Bonaparte, and, in so doing,
he directed the bank to pay
the $3,000 to the check payee.
The law -therefore regards
him as having made the check
payable to the physical per
son under the name of Bona
parte, with whom he dealt.
Jim assumed the title of
"Bonaparte" by virtue of the
businessman's intention; his
endorsement as Bonaparte
transferred that title.
The businessman should
have checked more closely in
to Shadvman because he is
responsible for the commit
ments he chose to make. His
only remedy is against the
imposter.
Trucker's Body
Taken From River
Eugene (UPI) The body
of a Salem truck driver whose
truck plunged ' into the Mc
Kenzie river June 5 near here
was recovered by Lane coun
ty sheriff's deputies Sunday
night near the Coburg bridge,
about five miles downstream
from the scene of the acci
dent. The victim was identified
as Eldon C. Reynolds, 30,
Salem, a truck driver for
Harbert Brothers Construc
tion Company of Estacada.
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FHA Stud
Choice on
Washington (UPI) The
Federal Housing Administra
tion is studying a'proposal to
give future home buyers with
FHA - insured mortgages a
choice of How to pay the in
surance premium.
Home buyers now include
in their monthly payments a
one-half of one per cent
charge figured annually on
the unpaid balance of a mort
gage. Under the proposed
change the buyer would be
given the option of paying the
entire premium when the
home loan is made probably
at between 5 and 6 per cent of
the principal amount.
The plan was suggested to
FHA Commissioner Norman
P. Mason at a closed-door
meeting with an advisory
committee of bankers, life in
surance representatives and
other lenders.
To Be Studied
Members of the committee
doubted that a lump sum pay
ment would mean any savings
for home buyers. Mason said
he would study the matter.
Meantime FHA officials
threw cold water on another
proposal that FHA reduce its
insurance premium to a sin
gle, one-half of one per cent
charge on the principal
amount of the mortgage. That
plan was advanced by build
er William Levitt of the Le
vittowns in New York, Penn
sylvania and New Jersey. He
said it would mean lower
monthly payments.
One FHA official said Le
vitt's suggestion was "com
pletely preposterous." He said
it took no account of the
agency's need for protection
against default on more than
$21 billion of mortgage insur
ance now in force. Levitt con
tended that the FHA's $600
million reserve was more
than ample protection.
Only Congress Could Reduce
In any case, the FHA of
ficial said, a reduction in the
premium would require con-
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gressional action, not very
likely this late in the year.
The law authorizes the pres
ent FHA premium payment
arrangement at not less than
one-half point rate and not
more than one per cent.
Levitt also said that with
home?- building important to
many sectors of the economy,
part of the insurance premium
should be paid by the teasury
out of general tax revenuesr
Mason's advisory committee
disagreed, holding that FHA
should be completely self-supporting,
as it now is. The
premium payments also cover
FHA operating expenses.
Mason accepted a commit
tee recommendation that FHA
review the actuarial assump
tions on which the premium is
based to see if they are not
unduly pessimistic.
FHA officials pointed out
that the agency pays insured
mortgagors a dividend cover
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Balbino Guiliano, minister of
education in the days of the
Italian Fascist regime, died
on Saturday here at the age
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