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f. 1h J ,!, J'ucHlc
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Tmtle .lories In the Pacific
"EES, our observers snot
iJi arowini! Jl concentration.
tX up countor-nltuck.
So Jpbocllc were counted.
The Tokyo nullo says 4U0 of
.... ..prior nlnnci iitliiekccl the
Manila re. damaging some Jnp
WARSHIPS. It's a fair (lucss
that the little yellow men were
biiidim up r,o,h,il"ii
irr. ihero. ond wo SMACrifcU
"'The point Is Hint we're ON
OUR TOtS :4-.t
tip forces on Lcyte ore cstl
J mtled today nt from 45,000
to 60,001) ami Ollu.L' unu"'
INC. They're flying in oir rein
forcements steadily.
One correspondent says today
lhat our progress In tho battle
oILeytc Is heartening, but dirty
lijhtlng Is still ahead, lie adds
that the going Is tougher Ihiin the
WORST 111 new uuincn uiai
iht enomv "has to ba pi'led out
ol foxholes Jnp by Jup."- -
ADMIRAL M1TSCIIEH warned
" us scvcrnl days bnck not to
upeel further SWEEPING ad
nce In the Puclflc for a while.
He pointed mil that we re light
Ini at VAST dlsliinccs from
home, thut we've been fighting
i LONG TIME, thus using up
immense quantities of supplies.
Well have to CO SLOWER
while we BRING UP MORE sup
plier Our present problem Is to
HOLD WHAT WE'VE TAKEN
jwhllc wo get ready for further
.advances,
C0MET1IING appears to be
J brewing at Melt.
Since early yesterday, wo have
liken four of Its 22 forts. They
Wto have fallen TOO EAS
JLV, The German general Von
'Hundstedt, says In a broadcast:
Melt has fulfilled its task in
Voiding bnck tho Americans
wmie our front line forllficu'
lions were being deepened."
I, nuyoo ine Hermans aro got'
I'Mg ready to evacuate this
itrongest fortress in western
turopo. Headquarters dis
patches this morning say the
anwer to this riddle may be
"peeled within iho next 24 to
p nourj,
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t'" F whether the Germans
f," """Sing in reinforcement;
' Pulling out.
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Number 10313
By JOSEPH E. DYNAN
PAWS, Nov. 14 W) Britain
and Franco were reported in ac
cord today on the desirability of
forming u bloc of western Euro
pean nations to help keep Ger
niimy in check during the com
ing years of peace.
Itcsponiilblu quarters said Del
glum mid ilulluud may become
original signatories to such a re
gional pact along with Britain
and Krance and that eventually
Norway, Sweden and Denmark
may come In.
Consider Favorably
Summarizing the weekend dis
cussions of Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill nnd Gen. Charles'
do Gaulle, a French news agen
cy expressed the view that "the
French and British governments
would consider favorably the
possibility of concluding, such
regional accords." . .
(A dispatch from London said
sources in the British capital ox-
Eressed belief tliat a similar com..
Ine would be formed In-the cast
by Russia, Czechoslovakia and
1'oluiul and uiai ni ineir next
conference Prima Minister Chur
chill, President Roosevelt and
(Continued on rago iwoj
lv.. v hub nnrinn tuhnii
f'o StS,wl,l, brl2lnB In
fN,,-Xtj;cmo scarcity of news
lmifir.. lroJ)0 tl" n Httlo
- .,....,v.,,,,,,H u,8.
Hpbp. . '
ILK.6 J! " Inlerestlna side-
5 slorv ,IlllroPcnn ways In
'PaVX " lny lhnl Count
Representative
Of New Area to
Be Select ed "' T
.inl which councllmon around
the city table will represent the
newly acquired nroa north of
Inwn will nrobablv be one of the
tonics to be discussed at to
night's session of city fathers.
This area, which came in un
dcr one of the annexation mea
nirnc missed 44 to 31 by rc.ll
dents of the precinct Involved,
Includes Mountain view, irving.
nn lli'luhtn. Nob Hill. Sunny.
ulrlp. Eldorado Heights and Lake
view addition. The town vote
was 3!Utt for, and 1245 against,
A second annexation measure
which embraced a section south
nt Klnmnth Falls, failed to pass,
losing by one negative vote, n
was 31 for, .32 against, m the
south precinct. In town, voters
went 3454 for, and 1200 against
the measure.
As provided by law, districts
mnv be annexed to a city only by
majority vole of those persons
I Winn In tne district uivuiveu,
Tim eltv vo e. though, over-
tuiin m no v in rnvor ol anucxa.
linn, did not bring the south sec-
,,r. mm I nr ruv.
ii will nnw be necessary for
an ordinance to be drawn up ana
passed, changing Ihe city s douiv
rinrin. in inrliiric the ncwly-aC'
tiulre'd northern area, according
to I'Oltee JUCIRC nnruiu
TO RAILROAD CITY
By DEAN SCHEDLEH
GENERAL MacARTHUH'S HEADQUARTERS, Phlllppln.s,
Nov. 14 (I') (Via Army Radio) Japanese reinforcements and
equipment became a bloody shambles in Limon today when
trooped by an American artillery barrage as aougnooys movea
on the Ormoc road town from three sides.
Obierreri on Breakneck ridae near Ormoc Talley, where tne
bodies of more than 600 dead Japanese soldiers were counted
after one day of fighting, saw large concentrations of Japanese
reinforcements, troops, trucks and guns rolling Into Limon.
American artillerv roared throuahout the nlflht ana today tn.
town was a mats of flaming wreckage and apparently uninhabited.
Mai. Gen. Fred Irvina, 24th division commander, told Fred
Hampton, Attociated Pratt war correipondent, he was reluctant
to tay the Japanete force In Limon had been knocked out. He
added, however, the prospects were bright for American forces
if the Japanete have been eliminated.
The Japanete have elements of five divisions Sighting agalntt
the Americans in the Philippines, Gen. Douglas MacArthur hat
announced.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today the Japanese first divl
slon was in action on the Pina-
monoan-Ormoc highway, and
tne zmn division nas Been iden
tified by its dead. The 16th,
30th ' and 102nd divisions al
ready had been reported in the
fight.
At full division strength, this
would mean 60,000 Japanese
troops in tho hotly-contested
sector of Leyte Island.
Plans Slatted
MacArthur reported the
steady hut painfully slow Amer
ican drive naq. oroacen ine ene
my's plans for a counter blow
py compelling tne Japanese to
premature and piecemeal com
mitments of his forces for the
defense of tho main bastion of
the Yamashlta line.
While Am erican artillery
raked tho enemy in the Ormoc
squeeze, elements of the dis
mounted .U. S. first cavalry di
vision seized another., elevation,
Mt. CabunganBah, overlooking
the battlefield, in three-mile
advance from Mt. uataDaran
where their positions were be
lng consolidated. ' . ' . '
Take Mill Zvzb .
Their: left flank also' took in
another height, called hill 2926.
A MacArthur spokesman saia
the Japanese had infiltrated
some American 'ridge positions
to send suicide , squads against
the Yanks, but tne eiiori was
mainly ineffective.
General MacArthur said tne
bulk of the-24th division, moy.
ing down the tortuous highway
toward Ormoc from Carigara
bay, was proceeding slowly in
tho face of increasingly strong
opposition.
By DANIEL DE LUCE
MOSCOW. Nov. 14 (?! Rus
sian forces have driven .into the
important ran cny oi-tfastpcr-eny,
37 miles east 'of Budapest,
and are encaging the enemy in
hand-to-hand fighting, front dis
patches said today,
The Germans were reported
hurling in numerous new tanks
and scores of anti-tank weapons
in an attempt to check tne soviet
driva. to outflank the' Hungar
ian capital. . ine nazis were or
fering tho most determined ar
mored resistance since tho big
tank clashes In-which they were
beaten back in the Debrecen area
last month,
Admit Penetrations
(The Germans admitted soviet
units had penetrated into Jasz
bcreny, but asserted the attack
ers, were hurled back.)
Jted army columns striking
(Continued on Pago Two)
Irish Refuse
To Bar Fugitives
LONDON. Ncv. 14 (IP) Eire
has Informed Britain it can give
no assurance against granting
asylum to political refugees from
axis countries.
Pnnl Fmrvj-Evans. undersec
retary for-the-dominions, told
commons today that Prime Min
ister Eamon Dcvalcra, replying
to allied representations seeking
to bar enemy war criminals
from all neutral countries, took
the stand his country would
accent such fugitives should
"Justice, charity or the honor
of the nation" so require. ,
Dcvalcra made it plain, how
ever, that Eire would deny ad
mission to aliens whose pres
ence would Injure Irish neutral
ity or tho interests of friendly
states.
British Home Fleet Sinks
Nine Vessels in Convoy
LONDON, Nov. 14 (H Ships
of tho Brillsh home fleet de
stroyed nine German vessels
Sunday night off Lister fjord,
south of Egersund, Norway, and
drove n tenth ashore, an admir
alty communique announced tp
nlftlit. .
The enemy convoy, 11 ships
Including M-elass minesweepers,
was taken by surprise as it at
tempted to move northward
along the coast. Two cruisers
and four destroyers composed
the British force.
This occurred the same day
that British airmen sank the
German battleship Tlrpitz off
Norway. Berlin acknowledged
its loss today, b declared a
great part of the crow was saved.
Tho Stockholm newspaper Tid
ihn other hand, said
only 800 of tho crow of 2000
wcro rescued, and that- Berlin
now expected a British landing
In Norway. The Norwegian gov
ernment In London announced
some ot Its forces had joined
Story's End May
Show Bare Facts
DALLAS, Nov. 14 No
body knows the end of this
story, but
Youngsters plodding to a
country school found a mon
coat and hat on tho road. A
few steps "further lay a pair
of nants; then a shirt; and
lastly n pair ot shorts.
the Russians In action In north
ern Norway.
Berlin's broadcast requiem
for the 41,000-ton Tlrpitz said:
"The German battleship Tlr
pitz, engaged in protecting the
north Norwegian coast, has re
pulsed in the last two years nu
merous air attacks by strong
jmeelnl British bomber forma
tions and shot down a large
number of enemy machines. On
Nnvnmhor 12. the Tirpitz was
again attacked by British planes
with super-bombs. Tho battle
shin, lvlng In shallow water just
off the Norwegian coast, was
put out of action. A grcot part
of the crew was rescued."
Klnklnir of tho Tlrpitz In
Tromso fjord Is expected here
to rolcaso additional strong
units of tho British home fleet
for service ogainst the Japanese
in far eastern waters.
Potential Menace
As long as the Tlrpitz remain
ed afloat she constituted a po
tcntlal threat which made it Im
perative that tho royal navy
keen some of its most powerful
warships at homo ready to deal
with the German vessel should
she venturo forth.
With the Tirpitz gone, sunk
at her mooring Sunday by RAF
bomborsi all that remains of the
German surface fleet Is bottled
UP In the Baltic. These rem
nants include two pocket battle
ships, the Admiral Scheer and
the Lutzow; two eight-Inch gun
cruisers, the Hipper and Prinz
Eugene, and four six-inch gun
cruisers.
u: S. PACIFIC-ixeetheAd-l
QUARTERS, Pearl Hamor, or.
14 (") The simmering cam
paign in the Palau islands broke
into brief activity last week
when 200 Japanese troops oc
cupied Ngeregong islet, eight
miles northwest of American-
France Orders
Count's Arrest
PARTS. Nov. 14 (P) The
French government hag ordered
thi arrest nf the Count of Paris,
pretender to the non-cxlstant
throne of France, reported to
have been wounded at Perpig-
nan after crossing the bpanisn
frontier into southern -France.
, Thus the government adhered
to an old law which prohibits
nretenders to the throne from
i-psidlnff nn French territory, and
created another problem in ine
aspirations of the 3B-year-oio
Henri de Guise.
A warrant issued by the in
terior ministry to all depart
ment prefects charged him with
Illegal entry into the country
and violation of the law against
residence on French soil.
City Councilman
Still Unnamed
At a late hour Monday, no ac
tion had been taken to determine
just who would serve the city of
Klamath tans as councilman
from Ward 1.
In a race which ended in a tie
for the two candidates, Angus
Newton and Matt Finnlgan, it is
necessary for the police judge to
permit the two to draw by lot for
the post. Police Judge Harold
Franey said Monday afternoon
that he was now waiting for an
official report on all city issues.
Including measures and offices,
from the county clerk. He hoped
to conduct the drawing in time
for tonight s council meeting.
Wright Strikers
Vote to Continue
PATER SON, N. J.. Nov. 14
(IF) Striking supervisors of the
Wright Aeronautical corpora
tlon's five plants in this area
voted this morning to disregard
a war labor board's return-to-
work order and remain out.
"until the army takes over,"
Production at all plants was
at a standstill as the supervisors
walkout kept 32,000 to 35,000
emulovcs Idle. The Wright com
pany manufactures Cyclone en
gines lor u-tv auperioriresses
'XJS Z? ii.in.Mi MI'NiMy
Nazis Withdraw ForcoC
I?. ' From West Side '.
- - Of Maas Z
In thit "remarkable photograph of the USS Missouri firing a salvo from her two forward
turrets, the 16-inch projectiles can be teen in flight at upper right while the force of the blast
churns the tea and f lamet from the burning gases light a path betid, the ship. The Missouri is one
of the latest of the navy't Iowa clan battlethipt. (AP Wixephoto from U.S. Navy).
Japs Recapture Ngeregong
Islet for Reconnaissance
mm
ES HIT
. AIRFIELDS
By The Associated Press-
' Waves of American planes hit
Manila and nearby airfields yes
terday and today. Manna time,
doina- "slieht damage" to war
ships, installations and ship-
ninff. Tokvo radio ana tne ene
my-controlled Manila broadcast
station said today.
Four hundred planes blasted
the Philippine capital city, Ca
vite and Clark field yesterday
and 400 sorties were flown over
Manila targets today, said the
broadcasts heard by the federal
communications commission
73 Shot Down'
The enemy claimed that. 73
of the raiders were shot down
or damaged by Japanese inter
ceptors in tne iwo-aay perioa.
There has been no confirmation
of the raids or asserted losses.
Tr. trtrinv'e . mid. the Manila
radio reported, Japanese air
fields and Cavite, one-time Unit-
(Continued on Page Two)
Adrian Chaney .
Killed on Palau
TSet. Adrian Chancy. 24, son
nf Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Chaney
of 619 Mitchell and husband of
tho former Barbara Lee Jacobs
of Klamath
Falls, was killed
in action Octob
er 18, in . the
Palau islands,
according to
word received
here by his pat
ents Monday
evening.
Bill ' unaney
was born Juiy
27, 1920, in Ash
land, lio aiienci
n rl Klnmnth
Union high school and entered
tho service June ot ivti, iai
ine his training with the US
nrmv in Alabama. Tennessee,
Phoenix and at Camp San Luis
Obispo. Young Chancy and
Miss Jacobs were married at
San Luis Obispo this past spring
and for a lime lived at Grass
Valley, Calif., while "Bill" was
stationed at Camp Beale. He
rxrnived overseas orders in early
summer and Mrs. Chaney re
turned to Baker to make her
home with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Jacobs.
"Bill" was a member of the
"Wildcats," 81st infantry divis
ion of tho US army which' fol
lowed the marines Into the
Palau Islands. His parents last
received word from him in a
letter written October 12, while
"Bill" was stationed on Kanga
Island in the South. Pacific.
Mrs. Chaney is expected here
Wednesday morning to be-with
her husband s parents, in addi
tion to his wife and parents,
"Bill" Is survived by a brother,
James Gilbert Chaney of this
city. . , '
iold- 'P-oieliu, in J n---a'ppar.e.nt.
reconnaissance move.-- ' -
Adm. Chester W. -Nimitz, an
nouncing the development yes
terday,- said a small u.- a. ma-1
rine patrol was removed-, with-1
out casualties from the islet
aboard LCI's (landing craft, in-
laniry;.' . . . V
( , Storm' Covers ,
The Japanese landed' Tuesday
night, under cover., of ,, a ..storm.
Evidently they came, in,' small.
boats across: thfi. reef striped
Denges passage from EU Marlk
island,' two m i 1 e s north, of
riprifrnnp.i The V Were' eauioned
with mortars and machine guns.
; Jn American- aesiruyer aim
two gunboats quickly blocked
Denges passage, -.to check fur
ther landings, , and bombarded
Ngeregong. The islet also was
.raked by- bombs.! .
.Ngeregongj. t r l a n g u i a r -in
shape, is only one mile on. each
side. From it, the Japanese
could bombard Peleliu and
other American-held islands,
but thev would have -difficulty
moving in artillery, runner
more, the new positions would
provide -only little advantage
over Eil Marlk.
The marine patrol was on
Ngeregong for reconnaissance,
and the Japanese probably
wanted it for the same purpose.
Navy, army and-marine land
based' planes " concentrated on
by-passed Palau; targets Thurs
day ana i noay. iney shiik b
previously damaged destroyer
near Golou,' sank a barge and
set fire to fuel tanks and other
installations; '.- -
Nimitz announced tnat army
and- marine planes: are using air
fields, .on Peleliu and Angaur
islands,- conquest of wnicn was
completed, in .early. October. .
Jap Sniper Kills
Photographer
r.F.N. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS. PhilioDlnes. Nov.
14 (p) (Via Army Radio) A
Japanese sniper's bullet killed
Frank Prist. 30. veteran Acme
News picture photographer, dur
ing heavy fighting in the Ormoc
sector yesterday.
Prist was the fourth war cor
respondent to die in action since
tne rniiippine tHiHrm'B11
pri and the 13th killed in the Pa
cific area since the war started.
He was buried today after a
graveside service held in the
same cemetery where two other
correspondents, Asahel Bush of
the Associated Press and Stan
lev Gunn of the Fort Worth Star-
Telegram and Houston Chron
icle, were interred after their
death In a Japanese bombing
raid October 26 at Tacloban.
John B. Terry of the- Chicago
Daily News, injured in me ia
cloban raid, -died aboard a hos
pital snip, uciooer m.
C. W. Whisenant
Hurt in Accident
Charles W. Whisenant, 1965
Portland, suffered back injuries
in an automobile accident which
occurred Monday evening 15
miles east of Klamath Falls on
the Merrill highway. He is in
Klamath Valley hospital.
Cant. Millard F. Pedigo, V. S
army, driver of the car, suffered
bruises. According to Pedigo's
report, a blowout sent the car
Into the ditch as the machine
rounded a curve. Total damage
was reported to the vehicle.
Churchill Has Run
Of Bad Luck On 4
Tour of ; War Front '
:'. PARIS.- Nov.! 14 (P) Prime
Minister Churchillthis week
visited the French first army
in the' Jura mountains approaching-
Germany and in
rapid succession: ; ' . -
1. .A tire on his car blew
out: .- . ..'
; 2.- The chains came off on
a perilous, ice-cake.d road,
and- : '.-.';'
- ;3. ' The -c'a r" was- bogged
down in i snowdrift, for 15
minutes. . . '.: .
'Thahk heavens, the grand
bid. man. didn't get out in the
bitter cold to push," one , of
the party said, "It's a wonder
he didn't. . There surely is a
limit to. what the prime-minister
should be asked to do ih
such weather." .'
; In the nartv were Gen.
Charles 'de Gaulle, Marshal.
Sit Alan Brooke, Miss.'Mary
Churchill and French - Maj.
Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tas
signy who commands the
first, army.' - '
Driving to a nearby town
from "the French command
post. 3000 feet in the moun
tains, Churchill stood without
hat in a heavy snow storm to
receive, cheers of the French
people.
TO JAP FIGHTERS
CHUNGKING. Nov.-14 '(IF)
The Chinese high command ad
mitted tonight that .. Liuchow,
site of the last advanced Amer
ican air base in eastern China,
had been abandoned Saturday,
and also announced tnat inein
fciang on the highway from Liu
chow to Yungning (Nanning),
fell . to the Japanese the same
day.
The U.i S. 14th air - force,
which announced yesterday that
the Liuchow air base had Deen
destroyed and abandoned, said
in a communique today that the
sector . was bombed yesterday
and the 'day before, L,iucnow
still was smoking when the
fighters attacked Pheze', south
nf the citv. in suDDort of Chinese
ground forces, the American
enmmuniaup said.
Cheinkiang is as mues Deiow
(Continued on Pago Two)
By WILLIAM FRYE .
LONDON, Nov. 14 (P).
Americ-an troops toppled, a
fourth fortress south of Metz
and pushed to-within 3W mileai
of that big French city today,"
while the British army ih south
eastern Holland struck toward
the German border in a sharp
attack supported by 400 guns.'
The British hit eastward from
Nederweert, 18 miles southwest'2
of the frontier city of Venlo, af
4 p. m. The Germans abandoned
Meijel, eight miles northeast of"
Nederweert, and a front dis
patch reported indications the
enemy was withdrawing,
strength from the west side of;
the Maas (Meuse) river in this-
southeast corner of Hollandr
The crossroads of Meijel was
won from Americans by an ar
mor-pointed German attack last
month. . . - ; . :
. New Lin. Breach ." V
In the battle for Metz 160
miles farther south, third army?
doughboys piled through a new5
breach in German lines below
the city after taking the fourtH,"
fort. - -TJ
Supreme headauarters frlpnti..
fied this latest prize as Fort
L'Yser, a half mile northwest.
or me Town ot urny, and ae;
scribed it as a powerful system
of underground works.
So far as was known at su
preme- headquarters, : - Fort
L'Yser fell without resistance.
from its turreted batteries
just as. Fort L'Aisne and twj
satellite Dasuons to tne. soutft
west were ' taken yesterday i
L'Aisne was the: first, of nine?:
mam fortress groups in the Metz.
system to fall, and -L'Yser thai
second. They were stormed 'by
troops of the fifth' division 'v.of
Lt.-Geri. Pattori'g third .army; i
" "The American's pushed on in
to the hospital, forest , f or ;their
closest approach to Metz, and
were striking toward thai city
from the south along a nine
mile front. Nothing ' in- 'froht
dispatches indicated any - stif
fening of - resistance, and.' the
apparent . Glerman-iall.back'. sug
gested Metz . itself might be for
tified to avoid encirclement of
its strong garrison.. . .-
. Fifth division units,. punching;
through -unexpectedly, light re
sistance,'; had'-urcaptured yFort
Aisne and two of - its satellites
near . Verny i' yesterday, . ' and
seized the towns of Corny, Pom
merieux, Verny, and Liehonl'
The- fortifications- at Fbt
Orny fell to the 10th regiment
of the fifth division, but battle
front reports did not disclose
whether it was taken without a
strupele.'- - : '
With capture of Fort Aisifa
and the town of Corny earlier,
the Americans had cut up be
hind formidable Fort Driant,.on
the Moselle's west bank.-
The speed with which this di
vision has penetrated the Ger
man defenses soutn or juetz
raised the question- of whether
the enemy actually plana 'to
yield without a . fight -.this
strongest fortified . city in an
western Europe.. A dispatch
from supreme headquarters said
the answer-to tnis riddle-may
come within the next 24 to -48
hours. . ' ' , - V.
Norwegians BacH,
Aid Russians ( i
LONDON,' Nov. 14 (VP) Tne
first Norwegian detachments to
return home since the ill-fated
1940 campaign have landed in
Norway and are operating with
the Russians against the Ger
mans on the Arctic front. . i.
The Norwegian exiled govern
ment announced this tonight.
The vanguard, small but spe
cially picked and highly trained
in Arctic fighting, sailed recent
ly from a north British port..
Congress Opens Six Week ?
Session With Full Slate
WASHINGTON, .Nov. 14 '(P)
Consoling election losers' and
congratulating winners, congress
reassembled today for a . six
weeks' flurry of activity, but
decided to wait a few days be
fore buckling down to work.
Neither senate nor house had
anything to do for a while. But
Senator Vandenberg . (R-Mich.)
supplied material for some fu
ture chores bv offcrine a bill to
freeze social security payroll
taxes 'for another year at one
per cent each on employers and
employes. . ..-",
, And Just' before' he took" the
chair in the house, speaker nay-
burn' (D-TeX.) gave a news con
ference this pre-Chrlstmas 'pro-
.gram for the old congress:
Y!w,tr1 DnwIH
' ,' 1. "Extension of the president's
extraordinary war powers,
which otherwise would expiM
December 31. Rayburn said)
"We can do that in mightly lltj
tie time for I expect little ,il
any opposition." ' '
2. Revival of the federal croj
Insurance program, killed . pjl
congress last year. '
. Roadt Program
3. Enactment of leglslatlol
providing for federal expendti
tures in cooperation with th
states, in building roads through
out the nation. It is necossaf j
to hasten this legislation, Rayj
burn said, due to the fact thai
42 of the 48 state legislature!
convene early next year.. . ' :
Only about 100 members wete
On hand when the gavel fell M
noon in the house. - . ;
In the senate, 47 senator! wert
nn bond when Vice .Presldenl
J Wallace rapped for order. . ,
"nunued on Vae Two)