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By FRANK JENKINS
ANEW wrinkle In itrlkei bobi
Into the ncwi.
Duck In Nebraska and Okln
homo (Kunsiis seems to have
Ijouii akippud no fur) liirmum are
holding meetings nnd InlkliiK
about Tioldlnif thnlr product) off
the market until lubor trouble)
In Industry are settled nnd the
flow of production start) again.
A speaker In n meeting in
Nebraska ituyit: "Farmer) have
thulr Irish up because they cun't
get farm tool, machinery, bath
tubs, refrlgorntor) or even over
all all of which they wont nnd
need." Mo add that it mlKht
lie a tiood Idea for the fnrmora to
"to on atrlke nKlniit atrlkca."
IT wouldn't be, of coune.
Taking product) OFF the mar
ket) at a time when our great
nerd I) to net more product)
ONTO the nmrket) could work
nothing but HARM.
But till) tempent In the teapot
in Nebraaka and Oklahoma does
illustrate Interestingly how eny
It I) for unsound thinking to get
started.
THE trouble with thin Nc
bruaka - Okluhomu propoaul
(which probably doesn't amount
to much) l thut It la primarily
DESTRUCTIVE. All it could
hope to accompllah would be to
niuko an already bad altuntlon
worm),
What wo need I) a CON
STRUCTIVE aolutlon of our pro
ducllon troubloa.
ANEW atrlke control bill
makes Its appenrunce in con
grcai today, and ia tnld to have
rather heavy backing. It gen
eral effect, If enacted Into law,
would bo to take away from
labor aomo of the legal privilege)
labor now posscssea.
It doca, however, contain one
provision that scorns to tills
writer to be an Intelligent ap
proach to the problem of making
collective bargaining workable.
It would provide CIVIL LIABIL
' 1TY for union) or employer)
who VIOLATE contract.
That is to aay, if the employer
violated the contract, ha could
be SUED FOR DAMAOES by
the union. If the union violated
the contract, It could be sued for
damages by the employer,
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A FTER all, collective bargain.
'Ing contracts are' -nothing
more than simple business agrec
' iiicnts, )cttlng forth what each
party agree) to do in return for
certain benefits Just like a
lease, or a bill of sale, or a
partnership agreement.
It la generally conceded that
the stability of business rots
largely upon the. sanctity of con
tracts. Upon the security repre
sented by sound, workablo con
trocta with RESPONSIBLE part
ies, who In the event of viola
tion or dl.iputo can be sued with
the reasonable proapect that the
local civil courts will award
damages, business men can and
regularly do go to banks and
other londcrs and borrow money
with which to carry on the
operations outlined In the con
tracts. In the present status of col
lective bargaining agreements
no such thing is even remotely
possible. A borrower who of
fered a collective bargaining
agreement as security for a loan
wouldn't get far.
.
""THAT Isn't a sound stale of af-
fairs, and it doesn't promote
the hculthy growth of collective
bargaining.
Collective bargaining can't
become wholly successful until
collective bargaining contracts
command tho same respect and
confidence as other business
agreements.
Civil liability for failure to
live up to their terms is a step
in that direction,
WEATHER
(January 30) .
Max. (Jan. 29) ... 2B Min 0
Precipitation last 24 hours 03
Stream year to date 9.03
Normal ... 6.48. Laat year ....4.64
Forecast! Claar Thursday.
Strike Curb
Bill Sent
To House
Debate Scheduled To
Start Tomorrow
On Measure
WASHINGTON, Jon. 30 (IP)
A far-reaching slrlko control
hill was sent to tho house floor
today by tho rules committee.
Debate is scheduled to start
tomorrow on tho measure, pro
posed as a substitute for a
watered down version of fact
finding legislation approved by
the house labor committee.
The committee voted 8 to 3 to
clear the bill for consideration
as a sub)tltute.
Two days of debate wera or
dered. The rules group's recommen
dation controlling procedure for
consideration of the legislation
is suujoct to house approval.
Chairman Sabath (D-III.), one of
those who voted ugaint it, snld
he would nk tho house to reject
the committee's action.
Tho bill cleared was Intro
duced yesterday by Rep. Case
(R-S.D.)
Midlatlon Board
Containing several restrictive
provisions und calling for a na
tional labor management media
tion board, tho bill was Intro
duced by Rop. Case (R-S.D.) with
backing from influential mem
bers of both parties.
Republican spokesmen told re
porters nearly all their members
will support the plan. And
southern democratic leaders said
In interviews Hint members
from their section will back it
nearly 190 per cent
Most opposition came from
those usually considorcd close
frionds of organized labor. Rep.
Marcantonlo (AL-N.Y.) termed
the measure "a republican fili
buster against 1 a b o r." He
acknowledged, however, that it
liad wide-spread backing.
Among restrictive sections of
the Case bill aro ones which
would:
1. Provide civil liability for
unions or employers violating
contracts.
2. Deny collective bargaining
or' reemployment rights to in
dividuals or unions using vi
olence In picketing or-"organized
boycotts to force management
to come to terms.
3. Give no status to unions of
supervisory employes, such as
foremen; and
4. Repeal mony of the present
anti-injunction laws, by permit
ting Issuance of injunctions In
certain cases of labor unrest.
Crane Plant
At Bly Sold
Sale of the Crane Mills, Inc.,
lumbering operations at Bly in
eastern Klamath county to the
Spongier Lumber company, a
new name In tho Industry here,
was announced today.
New owners of the mill are
Wllllnm Rnnnfflnr and Loren
Palmerton, well known local
lumbermen, and Don woiaior,
Chicago. These men aro also in
terested In the Palmerton Lum
ber company and Other opera
tions hero.
They purchased the mill, pinn
er and a block of timber in the
Bly country, and intend to oper
ate the plant at Bly as long as
timber is available. The mill,
a six-foot single band semi-portable
plant, was established in
June, 1931.
Harold Crane, the head of
Crane Mills, Inc., Is understood
to have shifted his Interests to a
northern California lumber op
eration, but was not here to
day for an Interview.
Crane established both tho
Bly mill and another on the
north fork of the Sprague near
Bly In 1931. The north fork
plant was sold to Ivory Pine
company.. - '
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MATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 194S
Number 10732
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In Dispute
Britain Charges Reds
Conducted War
Of Nerves
LONDON, Jan. 30 (p) For
eign Secretary Erneat Bcvln of
Britain charged today that Rus
ala had conducted what ap
peared. to be a "war of nerves"
in Iran and ho Indorsed the
Iranian demand, opposed by
Russia, for the security coun
cil to take control of tho Soviet
Iranian dispute.
Edward R. Stctllnlus Jr.,
American member of the coun
cil, supported tho British view
as expressed by Bcvin. Stettin
lus said lie believed the council
should keep the Iranian case
on its agenda and retain juris
diction over it.
"Cannot the council agree to
admit the two parties to volun
tary negotiations aitd (to have
Iran and Russia) keep the coun
cil Informed until a mutually
satisfactory solution is found in
accordance with justice?" Stet
tinius asked.
Previously, S. H. Taqizadch,
tho Iranian delegate, had de
clared willingness to go Into
direct negotiations with Russia
provided the security council
made such a recommendation.
i but said the matter must not
"go out of the hands of the
council,"
Denies Control
Speaking for the Soviet
Union, Andrei Vishlnsky told
the council there was no objec
tion to direct negotiations but
"I emphatically deny that the
Soviet- government ' should be
under control of tho security
council," -
Bcvln's "war of nerves" as
sertion came after tho stocky
British foreign secretary had
recalled a Russian allegation,
in a document filed with the
council several days ago, that
conditions in Iran threatened
Russian Azerbaijan and the
Baku oil fields region,
"I cannot imagine an Iranian
army as a danger of the Baku
fields," Bcvin said, "I really
cannot. This looked to us like
a war of nerves. It looks like
Lltvlnoff's, (Maxim Litvlnoff,
former Soviet foreign commis
sar) definition of what consti
tuted aggression."
Smiihsonian Scientists
Proud Of New Dodo Bird
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (W)
' A nowly-constructcd dodo roosts
In the Smithsonian institution to
day. .
And Smithsonian scientists,
every bit as proud as Mama
Dodo must have been when she
laid tho egg moro than two cen
turies ago, say they reckon it's
the most complete dodo speci
men in America,
It's half real dodo (bones, that
Is) and half Imagination helped
along by careful research Into
descriptions written by early ex
plorers. '
The bird was put together
onco before, some years ago,-but
the scientists found later that
that wasn't what the dodo really
looked like, at all.
So they tore tho specimen
down and began all over again.
They think they've got it right
this time.
Dr. H. Frlcdmonn, of the In
stitution's bird division, told a
reporter today he doesn't know
why man hns paid so much heed
to tho luckless dodo.
Why, in America alone, more
than 100 birds have become ex
tinct in modern times. Yet docs
anyone say "as dead as a passen
ger plgoon?"
The awkward dodo, which
looked like a pigeon and was as
largo as a husky duck, had for
gotten how to fly. And it was
too heavy to run.
Slnco the dodos were easy to
kill, they were considered stupid.
A sailor with a club could col
lect enough meat for a ship.
The dodos lived on Mauritius
and neighboring islands in the
Indian ocean, and first were de
scribed by Adm. Jacob Van
Neck In 1508.
Frlcdmann thinks tho dodo
might have retained its health if
it hadn't been for the pigs and
monkeys brought in by (he early
settlors, i
The pigs rooted out and ate
the dodo's eggs. When the pigs
missed some eggs, the monkeys
waited until they hatched and
gobbled the young.
Pretty soon, no dodo,
Thore hasn't been a live one
for more than 200 years.
Army Training
Period Sliced
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (IP)
The army today reduced the
period of training to eight weeks
for soldiers destined to be sent
overseas as replacements.
The war department said the
action followed consultation with
overseas theater commanders on
tho "critical situation" regarding
troops for occupation duty.
The training period previously
had been reduced from 17 to 13
weeks by order by Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, chief of staff.
Overseas commanders were
asked then, the war department
said, whether a further cut
would be possible, with training
overseas supplementing the drills
In the United States.
The. theater commanders con
curred. The eight-week training
period will be exclusive of timo
spent in the induction process.
The period will be devoted to
schooling the recruit in military
fundamentals.
Klamath Man
Wins Bond Auto
"Jimmlny Christmas!"
That was all iHugh F. Tolley,
engineer at the U. S. bureau of
reclamation, could say for a few
minutes after he was notified
by L. L, Lombard that he was
the winner of the 1946 Dodge
car In the 7th Victory bond drive
drawing for Oregon. .
Direct word of the winner was
received by Lombard, local
Dodge distributor, at about noon
today nnd. it was nearly two
hours before Tolley, who was
out on the project, could be
notified.
"I never won anything before
in my life and didn't think it
could be possible," said Tolley
who lives with his wife and
12-ycar-old son Bill at 821 Mt.
Whitney, when he was able to
do more than stammer his sur
prise. i'- ,
He forgot to inquire when he
could expect delivery on the new
car. . . !
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- As Virginia Rose Gibson, star witness against Earl Heuval.
walked up the courthouse steps, her mother, Mrs. Rose Hoffman
of The Dalles, (right), walked arm la arm with her toward the
courtroom door.
Enrollment Survey In City
Schools Explodes Theory
Thai KF Is Transient Town
. A. comprehensive enrollment
survey in the city schools, pre-
Enred by Superintendent Arnold
. Gralapp, has exploded the
theory that Klamath 'Falls is a
transient town. . . .
Of the 1877 students In the
city system, grades one to seven,
1129 boys and girls have been
in Klamath Falls schools since
entering the first grade. Only
748 students have transferred
here from other schools.
In this category, the border
states of California and Wash
ington lead an transfers. Califor
nia has. sent .160 students into
the local schools, Washington,
42.- In third place Is Oklahoma;
fourth, Idaho; fifth, Arkansas. A
number of pre-California stu
dents are said to have come from
the Oklahoma-Arkansas area
prior to entering that state's
schools. -
In addition to transfers from
other states, the Klamath county
schools sent 166 students to
town; 180 came in from other
parts of the state of Oregon, the
academy transfer was 20 stu
dents, and one came from the
Adventist school.
There were no children listed
from the following states: Dela
ware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine,
New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New Mexico, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tex
as, Vermont or West Virginia.
Alaska sent one child. Kansas,
Texas and Arizona each sent 11.
Present enrollment In the
seven elementary schools is as
follows, including the transfers
as of January 1, 1946: Conger,
143; Fairview, - 244; Fremont,
187; Mills, 572; Pelican, 218; Riv
erside, 170; Roosevelt, 343. Total,
1877. .' . : :
The above figures do not in
clude Fremont junior high
school. Enrollment at that school
is 262 students, bringing the
overall figure up to 2139. This
is an increase of 107 over this
time last year when Gralapp's
office reported an attendance of
2032.. . .
Plea To Mother
Will Be Aired;
SEATTLE, Jan. 30 W) The
18-months-old baby boy aban
doned in a hotel restroom here
last Friday will be on the radio
tomorrow afternoon in a public
appeal for his mother to return
to him. .
' Superior Judge William J.
Long of the juvenile court and
Miss Florence Ball, the court's
adoption case . supervisor, will
also speak over station KOMO
from 4:45 p. m. to 5 p. hi. ,
"We hope his mother will be
listening in," Ross McConnell,
the station's news director, said
today, announcing the program.
Gibson Girl
Points Out
Earl Heuvel
19-Year-Old Brunette
Gives Way To Tears
Once On Stand
The state rested its case this
afternoon in the trial of former
Police Chief Earl Heuvel on
sodomy charges.
Final direct evidence was
swiftly presented by the prose
cution following the key testi
mony given by Virginia Rose
Gibson, the complaining witness,
wnose sensational story of her
experiences as a city prisoner
In November, 1944, was told yes
terday afternoon.
A major bit of evidence today
came from Policeman Odell Ol
son, who identified as the voice
of Earl Heuvel a call which he
received from Fresno, Calif., in
February, 1945, asking him
"what was cooking" in Klamath
Falls. That was after Heuvel
had left the city and authorities
were looking for him. ;
Ulson said he told Heuvel on
the telephone that "plenty" was
"cooking" and related the
charges against him.
The complaining witness, Miss
Gibson, was the first person
called to the stand by the orose-
cution yesterday afternoon. The
tan, Blender 18-year-old brunette
told her story in a straieht-for-
ward, matter-of-fact way, giving
way to tears only once. , .
. At the outset of her testimony,
H pom ion Hj.:neuvenaerruiy-
ing him as the man she knew as
I'luu oi luuiuui r aiis police in
November, 1944. Heuvel sat
aione against the courtroom rail-
ing which divided the gallery
irom ine oar. ine spectators
gallery was filled to capacity.
ncicea up t -
Miss Gibson related how she
and Bernice Huff were picked
up Dy a police ouicer at tne Met
ropolitan hotel about 8:30 p. m.
November 8, and taken to the
station, where they were told
they had been in town "over 11
days without lookine for work."
were brought in as vagrants and
mat tne sentence for vagrancy
was $100 and 30 days.
Virginia Rose Gibson said that
they were denied the use of the
telephone and that Heuvel told
them he didn t want their money.
After further conversation she
and Bernice Huff were booked
and locked up for the night.
Next morning, she said, both
girls were taken back up to Heu
vel's office where he told them
they would "get off easier if
they pleaded guilty" to vagrancy
before the judge, in court. They
did and Heuvel requested they
be taken to the medical clinic
for examination before sentence
be passed.
Paid Bill
After the examination, Miss
Gibson's testimony continued,
they were driven back to the ho
tel where she paid their hotel
bill and got their clothes. Under
cross-examination later she said
that Heuvel paid the hotel bill
and they paid back the money to
mm.
Back at the city hall, she re
lated, she stayed in the cell un
til about 8:30 that night. Then
both she and Bernice were taken
back to the chief's office." Both
again offered to get money to
pay their fines and, she declares,
were told by Heuvel that he
didn t want their money. v
He asked them, she said, if
(uaniinuea en rge s, Cllimn )
KF Thermometers Sink To I
New Seasonal Low Of Zero
Old Man Winter stalked the
state of Oregon today, sending
the mercury in Klamath Falls to
a seasonal low of zero, and at
Lap ine dropped the lowest tem
perature of all. It was 18 de
grees below zero in that com
munity and 12 b&low at Sun
mountain on The Dalles-California
highway.
The state highway patrol on
Greensprings mountain also re
ported a below zero reading with
a minus one degree.
At8:30 this morning CAA ad
vised a zero reading, lowest of
tho year It was 10 below on
Quartz mountain leading to
Lnkevlew.
Snow foil . fitfully over the
mountain road areas and chains
were advised on all highways
which were said by the highway
department to be hazardous. j
At Odell lake the. skies were
clear, the thermometer read five
degrees above zero, and sanding
crews were operating on ' the
Willamette pass. The total snow
at the summit was 141 .Inches,
with 12 inches in a new fall.
One-way traffic was in effect be
tween Oakridge and the summit.
Although no serious accidents
were reported to state or city
Eolice, there were plenty of
umped fenders .; and , smashed
grills as cars slid into each
other. There were no personal
injuries in traffic accidents, the
morning report showed.
Merchant Seaman
Held For Forgery
A 19-year-old merchant ma
rine, who told police he ran
out of money when he reached
Klamath Falls, was lodged in
the county jail on a charge of
forgery when he allegedly at
tempted to pass a $31 cneck at
the Safeway store, 12th and
Main, last Saturday. . -
The youth, Thomas Gail
Lund, en route from his home
at Salt Lake City, to Washing
ton where he hoped to ship
out, waived preliminary hear
ing in justice court and was
placed in jail in lieu of $500
cash bail set by Justice of the
Peace J. A. Mahoney. Lund
had attempted to pass the check
to Roy Lee, the name of Ben
L. Sheppard of Brooklyn -avenue,
Klamath Falls, signed to
the check. Lee, Safeway mana
ger, called city police who ar
rested the man. The complaint
was signed by Police Officer
V. L. Wagner.
Corocilicrtoir
Strives To
Und SfriEce
By The Associated Press
Ceneral Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers ogrted
to resume their long suspended woge negotiations this after
noon and in Washington the house rules committee sent 9
far-reaching strike control bill to the floor.
Special Federal Conciliator James F. Dewey, after morn
ing conferences with management and labor executives in
the Cenerol Motors wage dispute at Detroit, announced the
parties had agreed to sit down across the table.
Dewey is seeking settlement of the strike which has kept
175,000 production workers idle more than 10 weeks. R. J.
Thomas, UAW president, emerged from the conference room
with Dewey in an extremely affable mood, but made n
statement.
Meanwhile, the rules committee labor bill, which con
tains several restrictive Drovi-T-
sions, will reach the debate
stage in the house tomorrow.
The measure, proposed as a
substitute for 'a watered down
version of fact-finding legisla
tion approved by the house la
bor committee, was reported
out 8 to 3.
In the senate, Chairman Mur
ray (D-Mont.) of the labor com
mittee, expressed hope the com
mittee would act on fact-finding
legislation by the middle of
next week. He said he would
attempt to speed hearings, pos
sibly holding beth morning and
afternoon sessions early next
week. -
An advance of approximate
ly $4 per ton has been reported
to be the maximum the admin
istration will approve but the
U. S. Steel corporation has said
a boost of much more would be
necessary even to approximate
its workers' demand for wage
increases. The CIO United
Steelworkers has accepted
President Truman's recommen
dation of an 18Vi-cent-an-hour
wage hike, while the U. S.
Steel's top offer is a pay boost
of 15 cents an hour.
Beating Lands
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:i Frank Elvinis Bryant, 44, for
whom law enforcement officers
have been searching since . a
complaint charging assault and
battery was signed October 20,
1945, by the. late Tom Thomp
son of Bonanza, was in the
county jail today serving a six
months' sentence for disorderly
conduct. . .
Thompson, at the time lie
signed the complaint, told Just
ice of the Peace J. A. Mahoney
he had been struck by Bryant
at his ranch house. Thompson
entered- Klamath Valley hospi
tal on that day and died No
vember 10, 1945. The cause of
death was given as lobar pneu
monia. Thompson was 70 years
of age.
Arrested
On Saturday, state police
were notified that a man was
"beating up a woman at Wor
den." On investigation, .officers
arrested Bryant at the home of
Mrs. Bertha Viola CahlU on the
original assault warrant. Justice
of the Peace J. A. Mahoney
gave Bryant $50 or 25 days in
jail on this charge and when
Mrs. Cahill signed the disorder
ly conduct charge, the court
meted out the maximum of six
months in jail. .' '
Justice Mahoney. said Mrs..
Cahill showed evidence of the
beating when she appeared in
court against Bryant.
IMMIGRATION OK'D
JERUSALEM, Jan. 30 (JP)
The British government an
nounced tonight in a special
communique that Jewish immi
gration into Palestine would be
allowed at the rate of 1500
monthly.
Ban Favored
To Shroud
A-
Bomb Test
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 VP
The house naval committee to
day approved a legal baa
against a disclosure to foreign
governments of technical data
Obtained in tht nlannoH TJonifiA
ocean atom bomb tests.
The proviso written by the
navy department and approved
intact by the committee, how-
ever, includes a clause giving
the secretaries of war and navy
some leeway in disclosing data
to foreign pnvpmmont.
Rep. Cole (R-N.Y.) objected
to the provision stipulating that
the secretaries may disclose to
foreign governments that part
of the test results which "they
may determine'to be not preju
dicial to the best interests ol
the United States."
The committee approved the
navy version, however,- after
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga.) said
members could strengthen it by
amendment on the house floor.
ijfe&i 8eew Iwitf rtaaafcagya.
-joe secrecy requirement was
included in a bill authorizing
the navy 'to use approximately
100 American and captured
enemy warships in the Pacific
tests beginning next May, but
requiring "consent" of the con
gressional naval committees- to
be obtained for the selected
vessels.
Vice Adm. W. H. P. Blandy,
in - charge of the forthcoming
tests, told the committee he ex
pected a directive from the
joint chiefs of staff imposing
strict security regulations.
"We've got to" trust some
body, I suppose," commented
Rep. Robert A. Grant (R-Ind.)
"But I just hope we don't wake
up some morning and find out
there was another meeting like
Yalta and the whole atom story
has been told."'
Chess Champ To
Meet All Comers
I. A. Horowitz, Internatidnal
chess champion, will visit the
Marine Barracks Thursday to
meet all comers in simultaneous
T -1.4k. 1 Ittimm, .4 79ft
p. m.
Members of. the local chess
club, as well as several chess
addicts at the Barracks, will play
against Horowitz. It is expected
the champion will have at least
30 opponents at one time.
Interested persons are wel
come to attend.
Horowitz is editor of the mag
azine, "Chess Review," and has
played in many leading matches.
In a contest with Russians, who
are regarded as the best chess
players in the world, he won
one game and drew one.
Bilbo Bills Himself For
World Premiere Filibuster
. By FRANCIS J. KELLY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (VP)
Senator Theodore G. Bilbo billed
himself for his world premiere
matinee filibuster against the
FEPC bill today.. ,
Some of his southern col
leagues were a little disappoint
ed they had hoped to save him
as a night attraction.
'" It was all one to Thfe Man. He
can begin at high noon and talk
right through to morning chore
time as easy as eating grits and
spotted gravy.
There was only one chance
that Bilbo might be displaced
temporarily. Senator Russell (D
Ga.) claimed so many southern
ers want to speak against the
bill to establish a permanent fair
employment practice commission
that it may be necessary to draw
lots for the privilege..
Bilbo,' a Mississippi democrat,
still proposes to talk 30 days
against the bill, but he's going to
give his address in installments
like a movie serial.1 '
"Look where that got Pearl
White," he told a reporter.
His first Installment will be a
double feature. First, he intend
to trace the development, theory
and technique of filibustering
from Its first appearance in 1769
to the present day. Then he plans
to discuss the activities of the
southern conference on human
welfare, an organization which
favors the FEPC.
"I am going to work on them
from top .to bottom," Bilbo said.
"I will take up in detail their
board of directors, vice presi
dents and other officers. That
will cover them all because
everybody in it has a title."
From Natchez to Gulfport,
from the southern suburbs of
Memphis to Meridian, Bilbo said
the negroes of his state are op
posed to the FEPC. . ..
'"They know it would Just aiir
up race trouble," he asserted.
The bill would set up a' perma
nent commission to police indus
try, labor unions and govern
ment against discrimination be
cause of race, color, creed or an
cestry.' v ,