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Mr FRANK JI.NKINH
B 1' New Delhi, III strife-lorn India,
" (rail little Mohandas K. Oiuiillil
finishes Ilia gouts milk and vcg
elaltlra breakfast tlika morning,
rinses Ilia mouth with wulrr, hold
a brief prayer servli anil begins a
fast which, lie Miyn, "will end when
and IP 1 am satisfied Unit there la
a reunion of Ihe heart of all coin
nuiultlea (In what waa formerly
India), brought about wllhout any
outside pressure, but from an
awakened sense of duly."
Mr add:
"MKATH tor me would lie a glur
lou deliverance, rallier Uiun thai
1 aliould be a lirlplrns wltnru of the
destruction of India .... 'Dint de
trucllon la cerium If I'ukislun In
sures no equality of llir slum and
ecurlly of life and properly fur nil
professing Uie varloun fnlUis of Ihe
world, and If India copies her."
UK of Uio cynical, ludunirlul went
don't uuderataud India and IIj
people. Ho we've alwuya poked fun
at Oumllil.
IiL'a not uiaka wuecrucka now.
lt'a wait arid watch. IK, throuxh
tallii In the alurerlty and the un
laalfuh purity of purpoM of one
Iruder, Hindu India and Monlcm
Pakuian aliould rrae their com
munal warfare and uo to work to
build a brliihter future for all llirir
people. It would ba a modern
miracle.
We need such mlraclrA of Iradrr
hlp. IS Uie little Uiwn of Brlm-.uiovr. In
Prnnylvanla. a Muiuehanua
unlvenilty frexhmau, who aa a hiuh
achool aeulur had been voted by hu
clawimatea aa "nuul likely to ruc
caed," I charted with twice teltlnu
fir to the colleue admliilAtraUon
billldllK to avoid atlrndlnil clauet.
He pleada guilty to the charge.
T77777?
Well, he aucceedrd In raliu a lot
af hell, didn't he7
"Sucrena" dependi on your defini
tion of It.
IN Detroit Ui authorltiei pick up
an army photottrupher who con
feaaea Uiat he deerted last May
becauM ho waa boue-woary of the
"utter monotony of taking plcturra
and working with camera day after
day." When he waa arreatert, he
waa WORK I NO A8 A I'HO
TOORAPHKR'S ASHIHTANTI
Screwball?
Not ruKeaaarlly.
Tha army Ju.it failed lo mukt Ins
work InUreatlm..
-
TNTERBaT In onei work la one of
tha malnaprlng of human hnt
plneaa arid efficiency, and the em
ployer taven the arniyi who faila to
maka the Job aa Intereitlng aa piu
aibl for all worker la mluing a
bet.
IN Athena tOreek capital) Dwiglu
P. Orlawold, who la chief of the
American ml&Mon to aid Greece
(with 100 million U. S. dollani re
- porta tcKUiy that Uie Oreeka have
agreed to ImpoAe goverumenial con
trola on bank credit and to take
other action to "help thrmselvea."
That la encouraging, lt'a pretty
hard to help anybody who lan'l
willing lo do aomethtng to hrlp him
arlf. II aame dupatch rcoita oilier
and lean hoeful dcvelopincnta In
Qrence. An "aulliorltatlve aource"
In Athena auya large itinu of money
have been loaned by banks (what
banka not alatedl lo CJrrek lll
diutrlallata for productive purpoaea,
but the loans, liutend of being re
paid, are being used tor SPECULA
TIVE purposes.
In Oreece, as elsewhere, Uie lure
of quick and easy money often out
shines the safer progress that Is
achieved by hard. PRODUCTIVE
work.
Ice Skating
Still Not Safe
.- Ice sknllng fans (till arc not as
sured of a safe place to skate.
Recreation Director 8nnl Smith anld
today that his office was flooded
with calls from peoplo wanting to
know "how skating Is?"
The canal may be snfo within a
rday of two If the night atay cold
' and It doesn't get too warm during
Ihe day, Hmllh anld. The pond
across from, Moors park Is definitely
not safe, Smith anld, although there
Is a light contlug of Ice,
Secret Meeting Called In
Palestine Partition Plan
LAKH SUCCESS, Jnn. 13 M'l
The United Nations Palestine par
tition commission was called to
gether for mora seorot discussions
today as British nnd Zionist rep
resentatives stood by awaiting bids
to nppcnr before Ilia five-nation
body.
Todny's session ill a.m. KSTi, the
third since the commission wns or
ganized Inst Chelny, wns expected
lo be confined largely lo drolling
plan of work nnd honing out sev
eral preliminary problems.
Informed quarters snld Mushe
Khcrtok, representative, of the Jew
ish agency for Palestine, nnd British
Hvprcscntnttve Sir Alexnnder Cnd
ognn would bo called Inter this
week, The Anil) higher committee
for Pnlrsthie nlrendy litis Indlcnted
II. would refuse to send n repre
aentnUve, Tha ronsullnllons with tha British
and Jews will bring the commission
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Army Barge Reported Sinking In Alaskan
Waters After Answering Distress Signal
Of Second Ship Aground In Aleutians
HKA iTl.K. Jan. 13 il'i- A self
proellrd army barge, believed to
iiave nine rrew members abourd,
sent Its own urgent distress call
today after apparently hilling a
small Island south of the Alaska
peninsula while en route lo the
rescue of crewmen of another
grounded ship.
District coast guard headiiuurlrrs
announced the B-fool IMP 1WJ7
Ibarge, sclf-procllcd had radioed
Five Die In
Plane Crash
WAKIII.N'fiTON, Jan. 1 op) An
Kastrrn Alrllnea plane with nine
persona aboard crashed on the out
sklrla of Washington during a rain
storm early today, killing five and
Injuring four.
The plane, en route from Houston,
Tea. to Boston, plowed Into a grove
of trees on Ihe Maryland side of the
Pultimae river a few miles from the
National airport shortly after re
porting It was romiiig In for a land
ing. The twin-engine DC-3 was de
molished, but there was no fire.
Eastern Airlines said the cause had
not been determined, adding that
the pilot checked in with EAL by
radio at 4:11 a. m. EST but failed
to make contact with Uie airport
control tower later as scheduled.
Pilot Killed
The dead were three passengers,
the pilot and ro-pllot. Three Injured
passengers and the flight attendant
were taken to casualty hospital In
Washington.
Rnln, slush, and muddy roots In
tha area hamiiered police and others
In rescue work.
The five dead were Identified by
the Airlines as:
8. M. Warner of Clinton. S. C
who boarded at Greenville, 3. C.,
for Washington.
W. A. Morehead of Clinton,
Oreenvllle for Boston.
L. A. Brandt mo address), At
lanta for Newark.
Capt Paul Snltnnls, pilot, and
Ralph B. Snnborno Jr., co-pllot.
The Iwln-englned DC-3, en route
from Houston, Tes. to Boston
smashed Into undersrowth about
4000 yards from the Potomac rlvrr,
shortly after msklne; radio eontart
with the Washington National air
port at 4:T7 a. m. IKSTl.
Rain and muddy roads hsmprrrd
rescue operations.
Flood Damage
$11 Million
CORVAI.LIS, Jan. 13 idv- The
recent Willamette valley flood left
damage totaling an estimated 111.
800.000, In Its wake. Col. O. E.
Walsh, district army engineer, re
ported here.
The estimate was made at a ses
sion of the Benton county Wil
lamette basin project committee.
Col. Walsh snld Uie two completed
dams III the valley project had pre
vented an estimated $1,017,000 in
l, limine during the past week's
flood. Ho added that completion of
the 10-dam program would reduce
upper valley dnmngo by 100 per
cent. The area below the mouth of
the Long Torn river would see flood
dnmngo reduced by 85 per cent, he
snld.
The army engineer explained that
the slight dnmnRe would continue In
the lower valley because rivers not
listed In the project would still dump
runoff water Into the river system
below the points of maximum pro
tein Ion.
fnce to fnce with a series of major
problems which now have begun to
tnke definite shape. Shertok out
lined soma of these problems In a
news conference yesterday nnd a
British spokesman hns Indicated
others.
On the bn.sls of Information nvnll
nblc here, It appeared the commis
sion would have to take a number
of decisions of tnr-renchlng Impor
tance before leaving for tho Holy
Lnnd lo Implement the general
assembly's plan to establish Inde
pendent Jewish nnd Arab countries.
Some quarters believed tho neces
sity of taking these decisions might
In Itself remove one of the big prob
lems Brltnln's objections to enrly
arrival of the commission In Pales
tine. Brllnln has Indicated she.
wniiled tho commission to wait until
Into In April or enrly In May to go
In the Holy Land.
Dial It was sinking about 40 miles
southwest of Cold bay, which is
near the end of the Alaska penin
sula. The messuge, received 111 Ketchi
kan and relayed here, said It was on
I'll I ti iMJlnt. Ill the Deer Island
vicinity. The coast guard reported
the culler Cedar had been diverted
to the barge's aid from Its rescue
mission to the Aleutian Mull, which
groundi-d early yesterday on the
southwest tip of Unlmak Island, the
Hist III the Aleutian chain.
Kleven crew members of the Aleu
llon Mall wore rerted In "no im
mediate danger."
The self-propelled burge, one ol
the ugly ducklings of the military
fleet, wus en route to assist In pick
ing up the crewmen of the Aleutian
Mall when It ran Into trouble.
The coast guard reported previ
ously Hint the barge had been ex
pected to reach the Aleutian Mall's I
side brfuie dawn.
Weather and sea were reported ,
calm In the Aleutian Island area.
The army rescue squadron at Fort j
Randall ordered a plane dispatched I
to drop a rubber lifeboat to the j
burge's crew members, If needed, i
and. weather permitting, to circle
the IISP until the cutter
Cedar I
reaches the scene.
The Cedar had been scheduled to
reach the Aleutian Mall before noon
today and It was not expected to
take much lunger for It to reach
Uie barge s position.
The Seattle port of emourKstion
said Uie barge la manned by a civil
ian crew, believed lo number nine,
lis home port la Adak. In the Aleu
tians, and It waa en route to Cold
bay when It turned to Uit kid ol
the AJeuilsn Malt.
The barge Is of wood comlrucUon,
with twin screw dleael propulsion. It
has a schooner-like bow, with a
hou-'e aft and most of the cargo
space on the forward deck.
The last reort on Uie Aleutian
Mall was thai the II teamen aboard
II were In "no immediate danger."
The Aleutian Mall radioed to the
Ketchikan base that It had run
Bly Man Held
For Theft Try .
Leonard J. Mlchelson, 25. of Bly,
is held In Jail at, Bend today for
return to Linn county following hit
capture by state police late yester
day In the Squaw creek area fol
lowing a chase from Lebanon to
Sisters.
Mlchelson Is charged with at
tempted burglary. He is told to
have smashed the window of a
Jewelry store at Lebanon early
Monday morning, but was forced to
flee before taking anything when
the proprietor of the store came up
from Uie back of the building.
He stole a car and smashed
through a road block Just west of
Sisters yesterday, sinle police at
Bend said, and escaped unhurt
through a barrage of shotgun fire.
Tha car, a 1947 model, was aban
doned near Sisters.
Mlchelson surrendered to police
In Uie woods north of Sisters. He
wns unarmed and did not resist.
He Is being held at Bend for return
to Linn and Multnomah counties.
In the latter he la wanted for car
theft.
Mlchelson la an ex-toldler and hit
family it residing at Ivory Pine
camp near Bly. He has worked for
the logging company In the past.
Cold Weather
Stays Here
Below freezing morning tempera
tures continued to be reported here
by the weatherman who snld the
enrly rending today wns 25 degrees,
minimum for the past 24 hours,
Forernst Is for continued fair
wenther,
All Oregon highways were open
today, wltli mountain roads so slip
pery that uhnlns wcro advised, the
state highway commission said this
morning In Uie B o'clock report,
Temperatures look n nosedive as
tho first siib-scro temperature t
tho season wns reported. It was 3
degrees below itcro at Suttn, tn
Grant county, on the Central Ore
gon highway.
It wns 12 degrees above nt Odell
lake this morning, clenr skies, 47
Inches of rondslde snow, packed
snow and tee on the road from three
miles below Suit Creek tunnel
ncross tho summit. Tho stretch is
being snntled. The Greeiisprlngs
was nlso reported frosty but snnd
ed. It wns 4 degrees above at Sun
mountain.
almost straight
serious damage
crew members.
The cutter had been scheduled to
reach It this morning.
The Aleutian Mail Is a wooden
hullrd 2113 -Kill craft. It was en route
from the Bering sea to its Home
port of Juneau. Owned by Jesse H.
Petrlch, who also was In command
of It, It Is manned by a crew from
Alaska and Seattle.
Ike Men Eye
Penn Test
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 ip The
daring young men on the Klsrn-hower-for-presidrnt
pollUral Ira
pere today threatened to upset re
publican party calculations with a
flyer Into the April 27 Pennsylvania
primary.
i nauasra oy loe generals newesi j
but second-hand disavowal of poli
tical desires, the Pennsylvania
Draft Klsenhowere I e a a u e an-
nounced at Harritburg that a slate
of delegate will be entered for the
1 retiring army chief of tuff.
I Thus Pennsylvania, with 73 na
tional convention voles, offers a pos
sible second testing ground for those
who think Dwlght D. Elsenhower
ought to be the republican nominee
and Insist they Intend to proceed
along that line, comew hat may.
Door Open
The fact that Elsenhower passed
up a chance yesterday to kill off a
similar maye ux&e, Hampshire im
mediately subjected the general to
suspicion In both major political
camps that. If he Isn't already a
candidate, he is not slamming Uie
door on Uie possibility.
The chief of staff himself de
clined comment. But MaJ. Oen.
Floyd L. Parks, head of the army
public Information division, re
sponded to reporters' prodding with
this statement. Issued Ulrough regu
lar military channels:
"General Elsenhower- will make
n' statements with regard to the
New Hampshire primary. He hns re
iterated on many previous occasions
that he wants nothing to do with
politics. He has not changed his
mind."
Canadian .
Miners Strike
CALOARY. Alta., Jan. 13 (CP)
More than 4200 miners walked out
of Alberta coal mines between mid
night and 8:30 a.m. (MSTi today
In a strike prompted by Uie break
down of negotiations between dis
trict 18. United Mine Workers of
America, and mine operators.
Additional miners were expected
to walk out Inter today, resulting
tn a total work stoppage In the Al
berta coal Industry.
Robert Llvctt, president of dis
trict 18, denied any knowledge of
the strikes except for "what I have
rend In the newspapers." He said
there wus no Immediate possibility
of a strike by the full membership
of district 78 estimated at some 8000
miners and comprising mines in
Saskatchewan, Alberta and British
Columbia.
The miners seek a 3 any wage
Increase for Inside nnd outside
workers; a $14 a day basic wage
for miners and a seven cents a ton
increase in Uie welfare fund levy.
Trumpet-Playing Filling Station
Attendant Admits Killing 8-Year-Old
Cleveland Girl On New Year's
BALTIMORE, Jan. 13 (P) A slender filling station attendant who
likes to play tho trumpet told Baltimore police Inst night he killed eight-year-old
Sheila Ann Tuley with a kitchen knife In Cleveland New Year's
Dnv when she resisted his advances. He wns ordered bnck to Cleveland
today to fnce a murder charge.
"She began to scream nnd I lost my head," Harold Bench Jr., 23,
recounted In a police headquarters room filled with detectives and news
papermen. , . .
Tho little girls body, tho dress torn nnd covered with blood, was
found on a neighbor's porch, less than a block from her house.
' She had dlsnppenred enrllrr In the day while on her way to a drug
store to get clgnrettes for her father, Edward J. Tuley.
Captain of Detectives Henry J, Krlss said Bench, a bespectacled 140
pounder who stands five feet four, was arrested yesterday while changing
a tire nt a filling station where he hnd worked since coming to Baltimore
Saturday.
Cleveland detectives were here to fly him bnck to Ohio some Ume
during the dny. He snld lie wns willing lo sign papers waiving extradition.
He went over his story with Krlss, other police offlclnls and newsmen
Inst nlpht. Hn smiled a great denl nnd once or twice laughed out loud
nt questions out to him.
Asked If he understood what he had done, Bench shrugged his
shoulders, grinned wryly and replied:
"The most I csi) get Is death so what?"
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U . ' J! Thl. y.rs legislative election, J f (V , 1
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I'll II.IP 8. HITCHCOCK
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City Pool
Plan Eyed
The initial step in getting money
for an elaborate swimming pool Is
being worked out by Uie city and
the Elks lodge. Councilman A. F.
Condrey told tho city council ol
the plan Monday night.
"A huge drive." as it was termed
by Condrey, is scheduled to begin
soon to get the necessary $70,000 it
will take to build the pool.
A city committee was appointed
to work on Uie plan with the Elks
group. Representing the city will
be Mayor Ed Ostendorf, Councilman
Wendell Smith, Elton Thompson,
Hale Scarbrough and Dick" Magulre.
On Uie Elks committee are Charles
Scnvey, exalted ruler; John Schu
bert, Jack Brandon and EsUn Klger.
The proposed pool will be the
first step In a general recreation
set-up to be established at the city
owned property In the 1900 block on
Main street, Uie old Humphrey
property. Condrey said that he and
Recreation Director Sam Smith
worked out the plan.
Butter Price Up
But Eggs Down
The dairy teeter-totter was going
again today with butter up and eggs
down.
Butler jumped one cent to Uie
wholesale price of 87 cents, but eggs
went down 3 cents on both AA
grades. Large AA's were whole
saling at 69 'a cents, Medium AA's,
67' cents. On both butter and
eggs, the retail price was around
5 to 6 cents higher.
This year's legislative elections
moved Into the political limelight
today when Philip 8. Hitchcock de
clared for the republican nomina
tion for 17th district senator, and
Representative Henry Kemon, in
cumbent, announced for the re
' nomination by democrats to bis old
i position In the lower house.
I Hitchcock, prominent business
man but a newcomer to politics,
1 will run for the five-county sena
torial position which was held for
two terms by the late Senator
, Marshall E. Cornell.
! Semon, well-known potato farmer.
will seek a return to the position in
the house he has held for 14 years.
He Is one of the oldest members, In
point of service. In the assembly.
Tne announcements were made
separately, but were related to the
extent that Hitchcock had previous
ly indicated he would not seek Uie
senatorshlp if Semon announced for
that position. When it was reported
Semon decided to run again for the
house, Hitchcock declared for Uie
senatorial toga.
Five C'ounUes
The first counties in the 17th
senatorial district are Klamath,
Lake, Deschutes, Crook and Jeffer
son. Hitchcock has lived In both
Deschutes and Klamath counties.
Hitchcock aaid today that be bad
hesitated to run because of a per
sonal situation with respect to his
family and the schooling of his
children, but that this had been
ironed out. If elected, he hopes to
be able to move his family to Salem
during legislative sessions. He was
assured by educators the children
could move between Klamath and
Salem schools without difficulty.
Hitchcock has lived in Klamath
Falls sine 1943, coming here from
Sisters In Deschutes county. He is
president of Uie West-Hitchcock
corpora Uon, dealer in trucks and
heavy farm and logging equipment.
He is president of the chamber of
commerce, active in Uie First Pres
(ConUnued on Fage J. CoL 4)
Ship Giving
Plan Blasted
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 MV The
proposal to transfer SOO ships to
European nations under the Mar
shall recovery program was de
scribed by Rep. Bradley (R-Callf.)
today as a threat to national se
curity and a disaster to the Ameri
can merchant marine.
"The funeral of an adequate
American merchant marine has
been arranged by the state depart
ment," Bradley asserted In a speech
prepared for the house. "The
mourners will all be Americans."
Bradley, a former navy captain
who retired In 1946 after 43 years
in the service, said he favors "rea
sonable help" for Western Euro
pean nations.
"But I do not comprehend, as a
part of that help," he continued, "a
program which will strip us of a
part of our principal defense assets
and will relegate our entire ship
ping Industry to a very Inferior
standing among the fleets of the
world."
Bradley declared the state de
partment proposes the outright sale
of 200 American ships to the 16
Marshall plan nations and the tem
porary transfer of 300 others.
Firemen Answer
False Alarms
Firemen opined that someone was
going to cry "Wolf! Wolf!" Just
once too often.
Last week-end firemen turned out
to answer a call from a Main street
address near Link river. There
was no such number and no fire.
At 11:45 p. m. last night the truck
turned out In response to a call
from 165 Main. There was no such
number again, but before they re
turned to the station a second call
advised there was a fire at 135 Main.
There Is a service station at Uint
number but no trouble was found.
The truck went back home.
No Classes For
This Student
SELINSOROVK, Pa.. Jnn. 13 (AV
A Susquehanna university fresh
man, who had been voted "most
likely to succeed" on his graduation
from high school. Is charged with
twice setUng fire to the college
administration building to avoid at
tending classes.
The student, Joseph Sladek Jr., of
Wlldwood, N. J wns held for
Snyder county court yesterday after
pleading guilty to arson charges
before Justice of the Peace Fred M.
Mschmer.
Five San Francisco models atep
from a plane In Los Angeles, to
model new high visibility suits that
can be seen, the maker claims, two
miles distant. The girls are part of
a group that will model 1948 stylet
at the California Appsrel Cre
ators' Market Week in Lot Angeles.
Starting at top of ramp: Emily
gcofitld. Fat Hunt, Prlscilla Emery,
Pat Emery and Irene Thor.
Jews Attack
Arab Snipers
JERUSALEM, Jan. 13 WV-Jewish
demolition squads attacked Arab
sniping posts on the outskirts of
Jerusalem today and a Jewish
spokesman hinted a dynamite as
sault may be staged tn Jerusalem's
old city to lift an Arab siege of
1500 Jews. (
The Jewish anti-sniper raid
centered on Uie Shlkh Jarrah
quarter, where Arab gunmen have
choked off traffic between Jeru
salem and Jewish institutions on
Mount Scopus. The Jews, attacking
with gasoline bombs and grenades,
fired a three-story house and dam
aged IS others, after warning oc
cupants to flee.
New violence erupted in the area
of the port city of Haifa, where one
Jew was killed when a large party
of Arabs attacked Jewish laborers.
Police engaged the attackers, who
were believed to have suffered cas-
ualUes.
A Jewish agency spokesman said a
"big bang would be the logical out
come" if Arabs persist in their
siege of Uie 1500 Jews in Jerusalem's
old city. The Jews have been
virtual prisoners since New Year's
Day.
New Chief Says
Bay City To Be
"Tightened Up"
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13 lPl
This gay city by the Golden Gate
is undergoing its biggest shakenp
since the earthquake and tire of
1906.
A new mayor, former Superior
Court Judge Elmer Robinson, took
over last week and heads have
rolled.
Ihe city, whose eltervescent
quality, dating from beyond the
boisterous Barbary coast era,
prompted President Taft to dub
It "the city that knows how,"
perked up today a citizens heard
some strong words from a brand
new police chief.
No sooner had former Police
Capt. Michael Mitchell put on the
chief's hat than he said:
"We are going to tighten up
tight I want it thoroughly un
derstood that this will be a closed
town closed tight There has
been a lot of talk about it being
an open town.
"But there will be no after
hours drinking, no lotteries, no
gambling, no houses of prostitution."
Gandhi Starts Fast In
Effort To Bring Peace
NEW DELHI, India. Jan. 13 IP)
Mohandas K. Gandhi started a life
endnngerlng fast for communal
peace In Delhi and India at 11 a. m.
(12:30 a. m.. eastern standard time)
today.
The Indian patriot and prophet
of non-violence, frail and 78, re
jected last-minute appeals from
Hindu, Sikh and Moslem delega
tions that he give the people 15
days to restore peace before begin
ning his fast. He received them in
the garden of a millionaire friend's
home here.
"You must profer Gandhi or law
lessness. You can't have both,"
delegation members snld he told
them in Hindustani. They added
he asserted life had no value nor
attraction without peace and love.
Promptly at 11, Gandhi pointed
to the remnants of his breakfast of
goat's milk and vegetables, from
which he had been eating sparingly,
and said, "Take It away. It la time."
He timed the start of the fast ex
actly with his ' watch. He Uien
rinsed his mouth with water and
held a brief player service for his
assembled friends and others, read
ing selections from the Mohamme
dan Koran, the Christian Bible and
the Hindu vedaa or religious tenets.
Foreign Aid
Main Target
Of Demands
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 UP)
Republicans set out today lo chop
soma $.1,000,000,000 out of President
Truman's S39.6a.(IOO.OOO budget for
the year starting July 1.
The foreign aid program appeared
likely to be the main target of the
money saving drive.
A 15,000.000,000 slush waa the
tentative goal set by Chairman Ta
ber (R.-N.V.) pending a meeting of
the senate-house budget committee
to go over details of the unpre
cedented peaeeUme spending esti
mate Mr. Truman sent to eongrese
yesterday.
While Taber declined to specify
just what Items most likely would
be singled out for cuts, he noted
that the president's estimate of
actual foreign aid outlays during
the year and his requests for fundi
to finance other projects not yet
authorized by law run well over
5,000,000.000.
UMT Issue
For example, he said, the presi
dent wants half a billion dollani to
finance universal military training
legislation, which congress has not
enacted and which some of its top
leaders expect It to put aside for
at least another year.
Taber pointed out that while tha
Marshall plan for European recov
ery contemplates a $6,800,000,000 ap
propriation for the first 15 montha
the budget says only $4,000,noo,oa
of that sum will be spent during
the 12 months starting July L
The New Yorker termed even that
"too much."
And, Taber added, "the president'
proposals for huge outlays for edu
cation, social welfare and housing,
just to menUon a few, seem way out
of line even if congress does auth
orize these programs."
Whatever Uie decision on his $S,
000.000,000 goal, Taber said ho
wouldn't be satisfied with anything:
less" than a cut of 4 00,000,000.
Sherman Gets
5-YearJolt
Larry Sherman, 24-year-old Brook
lynite who burglarized the Klamath.
Valley hospital safe of something;
over $300 In cash and checks De
cember 3, this morning was sen
tenced to serve five years In tho
Oregon state penitentiary by Circuit
Judge David R. Vandenberg.
Sherman had waived Indictment
by the grand Jury and entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of burg
lary, not in a dwelling.
In court this morning he admitted
the hospital safe Job, Issuance of
several bad checks, a car theft In
New York and also that he received
a three-month federal Jail sentence
at South Bend, Ind, In 194& far
Illegally wearing the uniform of a
soldier.
Sherman told Judge Vandenberg
that he had been arrested in South
Bend "passing himself oft as a
war hero." Sherman spent a short
time in the army, but did not go
overseas, he said.
He also admitted Intending to
hold up Dick Reeder a men's store
on Main street Uie day he was cap
tured, December 17.
Also up for sentence this morning
was Ira Kenneth Redifer, charged
with passing bad checks. His day
in court was continued until Sat
urday as the man's FBI record. If
any, has not been received by the
sheriff's office. Redifer Is an ex
convict from the Oregon state
prison.
Late Spud Bulletin
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13 UP)
(USDA) Potatoes: 21 broken, 12
unbroken cars on track; arrivals,
Idaho 1, Oregon 13, by truck 1;
market slightly stronger; Klamath
Russets No. 1-A, 4.85; Idaho 4.16.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 UP)
(USDA) Potatoes: 19 broken, 31
unbroken cars on track; arrivals,
California 2, Oregon 1, Utah 5, by
truck 12; market firm on White
Rose, steady on Russets; Idaho Rus-
I sets No. 1-A, 4.70; Klamath 5.15.
He asked the people. Including
the Hindu, Sikh and Moslem dele- "
gallons, to leave him then, and he'
went Indoors to follow his normal
routine of reading mall, dictating
messages to his followers and close
ly studying current events In news
papers. In undertaking his fast, Gandhi .
said It "will end when and If I am "
satisfied that there Is a reunion of
the hearts of all communities,
brought about without any outside
pressure, but from an awakened
sense of duty."
Noting the mention of death In
Oandhl's public announcement of
his plan, some disciples said they
feared that, should he die, India's
non-Moslems would blame the Mos
lems and avenge him with a ter
rible slaughter.
Gandhi, lecturn,' the Sikhs in
tha garden, became so agitated till
granddaughter had to help guide
the wooden spoon In his shaking
hand to his lips as he took the last
mouthfuls of his breakfast.
"Death for me would be a glori
ous deliverance, rather than that I
should be a helpless witness of tha
destruction of India, Hinduism,
Sikhlsm and Islam," declared
Gandhi, whose following numbers
many thousands.