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t Now York Ihla mining
c thi brief dispatch:
lown for tht year or longer
jbcorded for many stock la-
til market continued It
7rd cour."
t happen In uplto of heavy
niia report triitn tome of
jrlca' largest business entcr-
In lha nlrl rlttva. hfluVV oarll-
renorU lent stock prices an-
Upward. , ,
(MY the change?
rm.ii Urit A (ktiMlh ft-nm Da)
i,-l. . villain ll "lrn
Auction wm nulled or curtailed m
St leMb li Uwi wi " " " T
automotive plant today a a tel
shortage em " "
40.000 employees."
. ii ti I Mr I ii I h von ue.
hut down factories e aurely
shortage 01 oruor.. nrimu in
' (hut down, for whatever cause, pro
! durtlon suffer. Whenproductlon
'"pwi'KsrKynVmahUalned only
by producing lot of thing, and
consuming lot of things.
UEKK l a rather aurprUIng dli-
il . V ( . Ill . 1. 1 .1 .1 1 rill '
"After long public hearing! by the
Houm way and means coninillUie,
Republican leader Uullealed today
they will make no Immediate at
tempt to change, the reciprocal trade
""The reciprocal trade program U
nevice w inn --.v. ....
trade with countries Uiat make It
ruler lor u to iraae wmi ";
Ila purpose la to lower our tariff
barriers tor eountriee that lower
their tariff barrier for u.
'Ilila devlre w originated by
m. A-irl A -t-U Uh-fk Mjuiiihlirun
leadera Indicate that they will make
no immeaiaie avwnnn "j .-.
11 amaunu to admission that we
cant aell In forel.n trad- If we
don't buy In foreign trade.
That to a rather significant ad
mission, for the plain, almp'e tact
li that foreign trade U foreign
TRADE. It amount to awapplng
what we product for what oilier
people produce.
m
TRADE 1 aomethlng that can
CONTINUE only II II louowa a
TWO-WAY atreet. U the traffic
la all ONE way, everything get piled
up sooner or later at one end. When
that happens, there Is trouble.
.
IN Pawtucket (Rliode Islaudi the
mho- dv a eliluin wo arrested
and fined I4N because he broke
nl Ii.ln m IrkllH lllllall nh a OllbllC
street when. In the opinion of the
ponce mere was imiiuna w iiik
The chief esplainett to reporters
Vwho scented a story that the man
I was haled Into court for "guffawing''
J loudly In the downtown section. "I
bavo warned th guy wpflrx-dly."
n mmtu, fiBii t.iw-... -
turbance by laughing out loud when
mere ia nounna w muii wwui,. w
this Ome I ordered a patrolman to
lock him up." , ,
THE arrested cillsen (name of
Hyder) at first pleaded guilty
figuring maybe mat a gooa guuaw
In these days Is worth M M.
But he was approached by an at
torney named La Chuppelle, who
apparently haa alrong viewa on the
subject of personal liberty, and was
Induced to change his plea lo In
nocent and stand trial.
"I know of no law In tills city."
he said for publication, "which pro
hibits a man from laughing on a
publlo thoroughfare, on top of
that, It seems to me that In these
trying times laughing should be en
couraged rather than suppressed."
Amen to that,
BESIDES there Is In the back-
ground of this case the old ques
tion of CENSORSHIP. Who Is to
be the Judge of when we can laugh
and when we can't? If the police
can throw us Into tall when we
permit good guffaw to come
burbling up, where are our vaunted
liberties?
Korean Talks
To Resume
WABHWOTON, May 13 (At
Secretary Marshall today accontod
aasurences of Foreign Minister
' Molotov on the Korean situation
and agreed to resume Soviet
American negotiations May 20
aimed at setting up a u ilflrd pro
visional government for all Korea.
Marshall's action was disclosed by
the state department In publishing
the text of his latest communica
tions to tho Soviet foreign minister
on the Korean Ismio.
This nolo, delivered this, mo l
Ing to Molotov, said Mnrshnll Is
Instructing Lt. den. John R, Hodge,
American, occupation commander,
to make Immediate preparations for
reconvening a Joint eovlnt-Amcrloan
commission In Seoul, the Korean
capital.
The commission's efforts to reach
agreement broke up last May. Korea
currently Is administered through
separata American and Russian oc
cupation Bones.
Marshall's note accepted assur
ances given last'woek by Molotov
to the effect that all major po
litical elements In Korea and not
merely pro-communist groups, will
be consulted In the negotiations.
Crippled Boy
From Big League Players
MALDEN, Mass., May 13 (II
two big, tanned ball players Ted
Williams and Joe Dobson walked
through the qulot corridors of Mal
don honpitnl today and gave 11-vcar-old
aioiiny Brann an auto
graphed basoball and A home run
aat he probably will sver use,
Tho Red Rox slugger and pitcher
ihntted briefly with the little lad
silio loves basoball but doesn't know
Ills legs havs been amputated as a
result of bums suffered In a "stake-
gurning'' game.
uicuuy whhii g leonng very wen,
nit his eyes .rlonmed as he saw all
hu names of tne Red Sox regulars
rittcii . on tne nrana new Dull.
And his little, thin hands clutched
i
PBIOK FIVE CKNTS I-" KLAMA'f HrAIXg, OKK""
M tog
Company,
Phone Union
Meet Today
HKATTl.K, May 1 tP Htrlklng
Psclflo Northwest telephone workers
will return to work Immediately If
today's Kan Francisco meeting be
tween National Federation of Tele
phone Workers and company officials
results In an afrerment, Uouilms
Chlsholm, area strike director, said
today.
He added, however, that the work
ers are "still solid down the line" for
continuation of the strike at present
negotiation levels.
Hlmllsr Ventlmenl
Similar sentiment were expressed
last night In Tacoma where some
6O0 workers voted "no" on the ques
tion of accepting current wage offers
or returning to work without a raise
under present bargaining contract.
Hal Canlln of Spokane, business
agent for the Washington-Idaho
area of the TWIU, snld "yes" votes
were predominant on the question
of strike continuance pending receipt
of better offers on wages and the
subject of discrimination.
Portland! May is irv-Oregon
telephone workers on strike since
April 7 will vote tonight on a back-to-work
proposal.
The proposal, from the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company,
offers a 14 weekly pay Increase to
workers In Portland and nearby ex
changes, and 3 to those In other
cities.
It also embodies what some union
offlclnls have called "discriminatory
provisions."
This led Don Crenshaw. Salem
chairman of the United Telephone
Employe of Oregon, to announce
workers there voted last night, log
to 9, to accept Uie company s pro
posal "only If the provisions are
modified to provide better protection
for strikers against company dis
crimination." He sold the ballot was
advisory only.
Red Proposal
Meets Defeat
LAKE SUCCESS, N, Y.. May 13 (Pi
Despite a threatened Arab walkout,
tho political committee 1 of the
United Nations assembly today de
feated a Soviet move to have a
U. N. Palestine Inquiry commission
draft proosals for Immediate inde-
penaence ot tno Holy Land.
The vote was 20 against the Rus
slan measure, 15 In favor, with 13
abstentious and two absences.
This meant thai the lnaulry com
mission would be given a free hand
to consider all possible solution of
the Palestine problem without any
special reference to tne independ
ence question.
The vote came after Paris El
Khoury, Syrian delegate, said out
side the chamber that the Arab
delegations were considering the
possibility of walking out of the spe
cial assembly In protest against a
majority stand on tho Palestine
question. .
BiiDDorting the Soviet Union nro-
posal, In addition to the five Arab
countries were Afghanistan, While
Russia, Chechoslovakia, India. Iran,
po ana. Turxcv. uie soviet Ukraine
and Yugoslavia.
The committee's action wo re
garded as an Important victory for
the United State and Britain, who
had Insisted that the Instructions
to the Inquiry commission should be
Kept oroaa ana general.
Acheson Urges
Understanding
WASHINGTON, May 13 WP) Un
dcrseoretary of Stte Dean Acheson
declnrcd today that world-wide un
derstanding of the United States-
it objectives, It principles, and lt
hopes would end ''foolish talk" that
It follows policies of reaction and
Imperialism.
And understanding Is the aim of
the stale department's International
broadcasts, he said, summing up the
purpose as:
"To cover the earth with truth."
Acheson testified before the house
foreign affairs committee on legis
lation which would authorise a 10.-000,000-a-ycar
Information program
by the department. . .
Gets Gifts
tightly tho big bat with which Wil
liams had propelled many a homo
run out of tho confines n a ball
field.
Othor baseballs and a baseball
cap are en route from Cleveland
Indian President Bill Veeck, who
lost a leg In a wartime accident.
A letter from Veeck, not yet re
ceived, will Inform Olenny ne will
be n guest of the Cleveland club
In Fenway park later on In the
summer when the Indians play the
Red Sox.
. Until he haa regained his strength,
however, the little fan can only
look nt balls and bats around his
white bed, but he really feels all
ball players are "swell guys."
Nominating Committee of KUHS Election
Wtm ksWMsWMMaMtWWWWa ' ' " in" ' ' ' '-""r 1
It will be a re-rote late this afternoon. Tuesday, for the two top candidates of major offices in the Klam
ath Dnlon high school student body election, none of which received a majority vote in the morning balloting.
Left to right, Mandra Moore and Joe Demetrakos, freshmen; Jim Carter, sophomore; Barbara Zlnn, senior;
Pat Williams, Junior; Maudle Thompson, Junior; Helen Jackson, sophomore, and seated. We Robinson, senior.
Sugar Stamp
Date Jumped
WASHINOTON, May 13 () The
agriculture department announced
today that sugar ration stamp No.
13 for Individual consumers will be
come valid June 1 Instead of July 1
as originally planned. It will allow
purchase of 10 pounds.
The department said that supplies
from tills stamp must lost until
October 31, when price and ration
ing controls will expire unless ex
tended by congress.
Consumers stamp No. 13 Is the
second to be designated as a 10
pound sugar stamp. The first was
No. 11 which became valid April 1.
The June 1 date was set for No.
13 in order to expedite movement
of sugar into home pantries while
railway transportation is available.
Officials gay they expect a short
age of freight cars tor sugar after
the bumper winter wheat crop start
moving to market late next month.
705 Railroads
Face Charges
WASHINOTON, May 13 WV-The
Justice department today charged
705 railroads with making "unjust
and unreasonable charges on the
government's wartime shipments ol
aluminum alloy airplane landing
mats and asked far reimbursement
The action was filed with the
Interstate oommerce commission. It
followed by three weeks a previous
complaint to ICO by Attorney Gen
eral Tom Clark that the govern
ment had been required to pay more
than Drlvate shlDners for storage of
overseas military freight at Interior
point during the war.
-rne department maao no esti
mate of the amount Involved In to
day's action, but said the alleged
unreasonable charges were made on
"nundreds 01 carloads" of the land
ing mats between January 1, 1944
and Juno 30, 1048.
Protest Made In
Yugo Stripping
WASHINGTON. May 13 P
Tho state department said today
that the American charge d'affalrs
at Belgrade was stripped of his
camera and embassy Identification
oards during a visit to the Yugo
slav town of Peo May 3.
Camera and cards were returned
to John M. Cabot, the American of
ficial, after a formal protest to
Marshall Tito's government.
A spokesman said the state de
partment has now Instructed the
embassy to ask "appropriate dis
ciplinary action" against the local
officials responsible for the Incident.
Hangover-Free ;
Whiskey Possible
HOUSTON, Tex.. Mav 13 JPi
Hangover-free whiskey, equal hi
taste and nunlltv to Mia hast Drain
liquors, could be manufactured from
petroleum If manufacturers and
drinkers did not have a "preludlce"
against obtaining Honor from oil
wells. Dr. Henry Haas, hend of the
ohemlstry department at Purdue
university, bid Here tod" v.
"Whiskey - nroeessed from oil
product would contain no fusil oil,
which Is the Ingredient that causes
hangovers," Haas said.
Broadway Proposed As New
Name F&rSouthrSMh Street
Change of the name of South
Sixth street to Broadway was sug
gested at a meeting of the South
Sixth Street Improvement associa
tion Monday night and the matter
will be present! for approval to
the city council, county court, resi
dent and business operators along
the stretch. .
The suggestion was presented by
Oeorge Conner, president of the
association, at whose place of busi
ness the meeting wo held. AU
members present approved the
change In name and the one dis
senting voice was that ot O. D.
Matthews who has recently ac-
Suired property on the street. Mat
news Is not a member of the as
sociation. The name. Broadway, will
be used the tuU length ot the street
It was suggested. .
Alfred Collier, who has extensive
property holdings on 8. 6th, ad
vised the association 'they would
not encounter too much difficulty
in the change as far a real estate
title were concerned. Cards will
be mailed out to the more than 100
members of the association for a
"yess or no" vote or for further ex
planation. The street lighting problem was
the second major issue discussed.
Lights are Installed from the Mid
land road on the right hand side
and further Installation Is slated.
Lights are ready to be turned on
but the association was advised by
The California Oregon Power com
pany that the concern does not have
enough capacity to carry on a con
stant current until installation of a
special transformer which is ex
pected here the last ot the month.
' The association Intends to ask the
city to take over lighting the re
mainder ot S. 6th from the viaduct
and to organise a district for the
remainder ot the area. The group
favors the organisation of a dis
trict made .ossible by the recent
passage ot state legislation permit
ting organization of a lighting dis
trict outside corporate limits of a
city or to contract utilities to pro
vide for lighting. The cost, under
the new law, can be assessed on a
foot-frontage basis of 6M cents per
foot per month for lighting, it was
explained.
For Information of resident of
the area, lighting can be had for
one-half the charge made in the
business area. The same law pro
vides tor an election of five or more
commissioners for administrative
duties. The association expects to
contact business men on S. Cth I
from Main street Inviting the,"., .;-id
Chinese Railroad Blasted After
M arine Trains Leave Territory
PEIPING, ' May ' 13 (JP) Several' sections of the Peiplng-Linyu
(8hanhaikwan) rallllne were blasted and uprooted today a few hours
after two train carrying 600 Amerlcaii marines and their commander
passed safely through communtst-held territory. . v ,
Col, Julian N, Frlsbte, commander of the fifth regiment of the first
division, travelling In a deluxe coach, and 500 marines In a special train
reached the port ot Chlnwangtao without incident. They began board
ing two transports for Guam and the United States in the withdrawal
of leathernecks from China. .
About 3B0 marines of the fifth who drove a 75-vchlcle convoy from
Pelplng to Tientelu yesterday were left waiting at the station by the
rail explosion. They had been scheduled to board trains from Tientsin
today to Join the remainder of the fifth at Chlnwangtao. v .
v The vehicles,' which made the highway run without difficulty, were
being shipped by water to Chlnwangtao. V
The railroad was out during the night In two separate places between
Tangku and Tangshan, tearing up a mile-long section In one Instance.
. The rallllne goes southeast from Pelplng to Tientsin and Taku and
then northeast to Chlnwangtao and Linyu,
r 13, mi (Telephone gill) No. 1W3Z
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iTB II II IrVI
Checks Remits
the people from Allamont drive to
tne canal bridge, to join tne district.
An amendment to the by-laws,
requiring the signature of both the
president and treasurer for dis
bursement ot funds, wo passed.
Harry L. Wlard presented further
plans for the proposed suburban
park and the association went on
record supporting these plans.
The next meeting is slated for
June 17.
Schacht Gets
Prison Term
STUTTGART," May 13 "
Hjalmar Schacht, German financial
wizard who was cleared ot war
crimes charges by the international
military tribunal at Nuernberg
seven months ago, was convicted as
a major nazl offender by a German
denazification court today and
sentenced to eight years imprison
ment. The verdict was announced by
Court President Fritz Lent in a
packed courtroom in the Community
Singing hall where the former nazi
finance minister and relchsbank
president has been on trTal for six
weeks.
The 70-year-old Schacht heard
the verdict in stunned silence, his
face drawn and white.
The decision also banned him
from voting or any publlo activity.
The court ordered the confisca
tion of aU ot Schacht' remaining
personal fortune officially esti
mated at 1.190,000 marks (1119.000)
except for 10,000 reichsmarks.
Ditch Digger
Strikes Fish
PRINE VTLLE, May 13 W
Leonard Pitman was digging a ditch
beside the ball park here as part ot
tlie city sewer system when he
struck water.
It gushed In, quickly forming a
small pool, and the first thing
Pitman knew two fish popped up
and began swimming around.
He caught them, took them
around to show friends then went
back. There were two more swim
ming about.
Pitman finally re-routed the ditch,
and walled In the pool, where the
fish still can be seen.
mkm
Large Sums
Approved
For 1947-48
Budget Vote
Yes No
Elem. No. 1 383 16
KUHS NO. 3 . 369 g3
County District 304
' Incomplete. '
Klamath property holders who
went to school district polls yes
terday overwhelmingly approved
budget which total l .920.373.46
for the coming year in Klamath
Union high school district, Klamath
Fail elementary district, and the
county school district.
Total 01 actual taxes orovided
in the three budget schedules ap-
rovea is i.n,ui.o. au 01 tne
udgets exceed the 6 per cent con
stitutional limitation, requiring the
balloting which waa held yester
day. Final vote in the elementary
school district at Klamath Falls
was 263-76 for the budget. For
permitting the excess over 6 per
cent, the vote in this district was
383-78.
County Vote
In the high school district, the
budget was 359-83 in favor, and the
increase over 6 per cent was given
a 266-86 approval.
In the county district, the favor
able vote on the budget was the
strongest of all. At last report,
the count stood 304 to 4 for the
budget, with a number of schools
yet to be heard from. In some
sub-districts, there was not a single
negative vote, and at Altamont,
where one of the biggest votes was
recorded, the count was 71-0. (The
county school district generally
covers the area outside Klamath
Falls, and property inside the city
is nuv laxca iar mil sysi.em.fc
Several tax nk vers livinir on Lake.
shore drive, who went to the high
school to vote yesterday afternoon,
were challenged, and not permitted
to vote. The Lakeshore drive area
1 not within the boundaries of
KUHS district No. 2.
Record Kept '
Property ownership is a qualifica
tion in a school district budget elec
tion. Nome of all persons who
voted were placed in the record.
It there should be any disqualifi
cations of voters, they would have
to be sufficient in number to offset
the favorable vote in the election in
order to throw out the election re
sult, according to school authorities.
rne voles in various county sub
districts received so far, on the
budget, follow:
Yes No
Bonanza ,..36 1
Keno . . 10
Falrhaven 34
Shasta as
MerrUl s
Henley 9
Altamont
Crescent Lake
-.71
...16
Total
.204
Accident Puts
Lights Out
PORTLAND. Ore.. Mav
13 )
A motorist crashed Into
a power
pole here early today, knocked out
electrical service in a larire narfc nf
the city and set oft burglar alarms
all over town.
The Impact sheared off the pole,
put a substation out of commission,
severed four lines carrying from 2400
to Di.uuu voits eacn, set tne city
traffic signals to operating erratl-
iiiy, ana aemou
All this woke ui
demolished the car.
roke ud the driver. Fran
cis W. McBride, 21. who told police
he must have fallen asleep at the
wheel. He noticed three wires- had
fallen on the car and sat Inside un
til aid arrived. Then he leaped
clear, uninjured.
He probably kept this up all day,, having not much else to do, but at 9 o'clock The Herald and New
photographer turned the lena on thi spotted horse, still wearing a baahy winter Mat dssplt aprfeaf liaagsra
ture. Thi ia th tint time a kmc haa made the 9 o'clock Special. ,
Vote Off 68-24
Sufffficienf- To
Override Vefo
WASHINGTON, May 13 W The senate today" passed IU contra
venial labor bill by a vote of 66 to 24 more than the two-third mania
needed to override the presidential veto which some opponent have
predicted. ..... " '
The far-reaching measure, denounced by organised labor but gen
erally endorsed by many Industrialist, now goes to conference for com
promise with a tougher bill approved by the house.
Then the compromise version will go to the White Bon, probably
late this month. ' .
SU BSTITUTE BEJKCTED
Shortly before the final vote the senate rejected 73-19 a substitute
bill drafted by a group of democrat who regarded It a the kind of legist
lation Mr. Truman weald sign. Critic called It "milk-and-water MIL
Senator Taft (Ohio) chairman of the senate' republican policy and
labor committee, led the fight for
tne 0111 aaopiea.
The substitute was tailored to
meet President Truman's recom
mendations on labor legislation,
Senator Murray (Mont.) and 10
other democrats presented the bin
only to put themselves on record
with a specific example of the kind
of labor bill they believed should be
adopted.
Closed Shop
Unlike the Taft bill, the substl-
; tute would have permitted the closed
shop, under which employers can
1 hire only union members. It made
no provisions ior injunction against
national emergency strikes. The
adopted Taft measure does.
Both bills deny collective bargain
ing rights to a union If any officer
can "reasonably be regarded" a a
communist or communist sympa
thizer. This provision wo placed In the
senate bill on adoption of an amend
ment by Senator McClellan (D-Ark.)
Presiding Officer Vandenberg
named the following a csnferees
to meet with a house group to Iron
out differences in the versions of
the two bills: Senator Taft, (R
Ohlo); Ball, (R-Mlnn.); Ire. (R
N.Y.); Murray, D-MonU, and El
lender, (D-La,).
Senator Barkley (D-Ky.) shouted
to the senate during debate that
House. Speaker Martin (R-Mass.)
"engaged In a form of Intimidation
against the president of the United
States" by declaring that there win
be no effort to pass new legislation
if labor and tax bins are vetoed. -
WASHINGTON. May 13 MV-The
vote of Pacific Northwest and Cali
fornia senators on the labor bill's
final passage was:
Republicans for: Cain, Cordon.
Dworshak, Knowland.
Republicans against: Morse.
Democrats against: Downey, Mag
nuson, Taylor.
The roll call by which the senate
killed a substitute labor bill pro
posed by 11 democrat included:
Democrat for: Downey, Magnu
son. Taylor.
, " Renublicans asrafnst: ftatn Cnr
? don, Dworsh&k, Knowland. Morse.
U.S., Mexico
Sign Exchange
WASHINGTON. May 13 (P :
The United States and Mexico to
day announced the signing of a
$50,000,000 financial agreement to
stabilize the dollar-peso rate of ex
change between the two countries.
A Joint announcement, made si
multaneously in Washington and
Mexico City, said the U. S. will
purchase $50,000,000 worth of Mexi
can pesos during the next four
years beginning July 1, this year.
The announcement said the
agreement was reached during
President Aleman's visit to the
United State earlier this month.
The agreement, signed by Sec
retary of the Treasury John W.
Snyder and Mexican Ambassador
Antonio Espinosa de Los Monteros,
"extends and enlarges" the stabil
ization agreement ot 1941.
The pact had been extended twice
previously and was scheduled to ex
pire June 30, this year.
Truman To Act
On Portal Bill
WASHINGTON, May 13 ()
President Truman wiU send a mes
sage to congress tomorrow on the
portal-to-portal pay bill.
Presidential Secretary Charles G:
Ross, telling reporters this today,
declined to forecast whether Mr.
Truman wiU veto or sign the meas
ure. Ross told a news conference the
president will accompany his action
with an explanation. . ' ; . 1 :
Ross said Mr. Truman probably
wm not act on tne portal biu untu
tomorrow. He has until tomorrow
midnight to sigh or veto the legis -
lAt.tnn.
Delinquency
Charge Filed
A charge of contributing to the
delinquency of a minor ho been
placed against 40-year-old Henry
William Nagel, European war relief
funds collector and self-styled
preacher, whd Is held In the county
Jail after admitting an act ot lewd
conduct toward a 10-year-old girl.
The felony complaint against tht
German-bom Portlander was signed
by Circuit JudeeTJavid D. Venden.
berg who apprehended Nagel Sunday
afternoon after hearing a description
01 nun irom tne utile girl.
The asserted indecent act occurred
Sunday afternoon on High atreet.
Nagel will be brought Into Justice
court late this afternoon, according
to Justice of the Peace J. A. Ma
honey. Mahoney said that he would
set bond at 62000.
Nagel was supposed to have talked.
n juw cnurcn ounaay nigm, m
last public appearance here of hi
fund-raising tour. His connection
with the war relief agency Is that of
soliciting funds in Oregon, Montana,
Idaho and Washington. Nuni a
supposed to have coma to this courW'
wy as a war reiugee. . 1
District Attorney ( Clarence A.
Humble said that he was visited bp
a number of ministers this morning
concerning the Nagel ease and that
be told them the man made a fun
statement about the Incident baton
several officers and Court Reports
Al Brandt.
Premier Of
its.
May 13 WrV-PresaJar A.
cid de Gasperi handed hi resign,
uon today to Proviatonal President
Enrico de Nicola a socialist and
Christian democrat charged each
other with responsibility for the eoi
! of hi coalition government. ,
A communique from the Christian
dacnoeratic premier' pre office)
aid De Gasperi waa reeigmlntT be.
oaute of socialist attack on hint
yesterday. The three-party coalition
haa been torn with dissension orar
Italy debt problem.
De Oaaperr public works min
ister, auiseppe Rotnita, said after a
50-mlnute extraordinary cabinet
meeting that the premier's decision
wa taken because of a socialist
charge that he was deliberately fo
menting a political crisis. ,i
De Gasperi, who ha presided over
a coalition of Christian democrats,
communist and socialists for
months, was expected to inform the
constituent assembly of hi action
In a speech tonight. .-.1
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Indian Liquor
Bill Proposed
WASHINGTON, May 13 (P) -
Legislation to permit aale of liquor
to Indian residing outside reserva
tions was approved today by th
house public lands committee.
Rep. Clair Bngle (D-Calif.) tried
to substitute another bill to repeal
all laws applying to sale of liquor
to Indian. It waa defeated.
Longer Skirts
Doom Wardrobes
SHAWNEE-ON-DELAWARE, Pa,
May 13 W) Longer skirts this
fall wiU make obsolete 80 per cent
of the wardrobe of American
women,, gays Mack Gordon, presi
dent of the Linder Coy women'
specialty store of Cleveland.
Gordon stroke before 100 textile
i manufacturers, executive admlnls-
I trAtnra and teehnolnffista .
1 trators and technologists.
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