DHlf lm IIS Mi
M
n
lly Fit AN K JKNKINN
B Wlr V1IU.IINIA Judge holds
today Unit II III libel (ill the fact
if It Ui call a iiiiiii cmuiiuiiilal.
There hava broil almllur rullnga by
many Amrrhun Judges In recent
mouths.
Ho, IT ynu feel bulling up wllhlrl
you tlin urge to cull aiimrbody a
ciiiniiiiiiiliil, ynu'il butter be pro
pnretl to prove It. (Our eourta have
held rntlier generally Hint TRUTH
lan't libel. I
WHY It It libel when you cull a
mull ciiiniiiuulsl anil It lilrna
out ho lun lf
Thcro'a a Utile alory III the newa
Ihla mnriilng Unit nmkr that rnlher
plnln. Tilt lliilgiirlun stale proac
I'Uinr demands the IJKATII I'KN
ALTY fur niinltrr tllchev. ((inner
Agrurlun party lender. (Ilihev win
a, deputy under Nikolu I'ctkov,
former leiider of the Agrnrliin pnrty.
I'etkuv wu HANOI:!.) In Hrplrin
ber on chnigra Hint he plotted
VV-llul lliilgarlu'a COMMUNIHT
controlled government.
Tim communist method, you are,
la Una:
They HKIZK CONTROL ol the
government. Then they KILL OFF
the promlnenl people who dlimgrce
with Uiem. It la almple mid cf
frcllve but nitUTAL.
Till! fact bclnii what they are. II
la reasonably apparent why
Juditna are holding Unit It la I.IIIKL
on Ita lace when you cull aomelxxly
a coiiimunlal. bill cnn'l prove Unit
he la one. It la more or lest the
same. In principle, aa caIIIiir a mall
a murderer. When you do Hint,
you want Ui be aure of your facta.
Any mind capable of straight
thinking must come to the ron
rltulon that what la happening In
llulgnrla (and. of cournr. rlnrwhere
In the communlat apherei la Jim
plain murder.
IIK odd part of it that aciew
ball thlnkera lii.ilnt that com
inunliim la ii LIIIKKAL movement.
Kor thoiiaunda and thouitniids of
yeara, netting Into power nnd Uien
killing off your opponent ha been
the method of hard-boiled reaction
arlea throughout the world.
fllE commtiiUftl thread runa all
through Ui newa toilny.
In Washington, Altorney-Ocneral
Clark saya "there la no line trying to
outlaw the communl.it prty, be
cause that would only drive the
mcmliera underground." Ilrjildea,
lie adds, audi a law might be de
clared unconatltutlonal.
"There It no more potent weapon."
ha went on. "than the work of the
house commute on un-Ametican
arllvlllea In bringing Into the apot
llght of publicity the activities of
individual and groupa."
THAT opens up a highly con
troveralal tubject.
It haa teemed to many people
'Including thlt wrlteri that Hie
house committee referred to haa
gone about Ita obviously Imiiortant
work In the WRONG spirit, "Witch
hunting" la the term that la or
dinarily used by honest people who
feel the hair on the bnrk of their
necks turning up slightly as they
read of the methods followed by the
committee.
If you have read fairly widely
on Uie subject, you will recall that
when our ancestors were hunting
practitioners of "witchcraft" back
III that tragic and awful period In
our early history when people let
their base and Ignorant passions get
Hie better of them the more anient
of the witch chnaert almost always
beat themselves on their breast
and bade one and all to I1KIIOLD
WHAT OOOD AMKKICANS WE
ARE and what good and pious
people.
There have been times (rather
frequently. It must be confessed I
when the methods of the chairmen
H'antlaar an r-f t. Cilinm SI
Joining Dad
m
V Hi
'It-
Thrre-yeitr-olil Itliliard I'ejdnsr.,
alio talla alone In Jnin his father,
Master Ngl. Joseph I rjilnfii. In
Vnkohnnm, Jupiin. holds hit duil'i
picture while sitting on hit steam
r trunk at F.ugcno, Ore, The boy't
nurenUi are aepitruled nnd he lint
been eared for by Father llrndrlx
Ji Kiigene.
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Potato Wees Jump To
North State
Area Hit By
Heavy Storm
liy The Auoelnled I'reaa
A winter storm, accompanied by
furious winds In the Columbia river
gorge, dumped 14 Inches of snow on
The Dalles today, tank Iwo boat,
and played havoc with equipment at
the Mc-Nnry dnm alte.
A t)0-uule-nn-hour wind knocked
down power polra around the Mc
Nnry dnm nrcu, toascd lumber
through the air, and blew a pick-up
truck off Hie rond between Ord
nance and Umatilla. The driver of
the truck, used by the army engin
eers, was shaken up.
Iloata Hwamped
Two boat owned by the army en
gineers a binding crnfl used aa a
personnel ferry, and a plywood
launch were swamped In the
pounding Columbia river and tank
at Umatilla lal night. No one was
aboard.
The wind began blowing up al
I'matllla laat night, and Ihla morn
ing waa whipping a mUlure of aand
and anuw throuch (he air. A grave
yard rrew doing leal drilling for Mc
Nary dam on an Island waa ma
rooned there, when the rough water
made II Impossible to bring the men
ashore at the end of their shirt.
They were supplied with heat and
ahelter, however, and were con
aldered In no danger.
The heavy snowfall at Tile Dulles
six Inches fell within aix hours
alone made traffic harardoua along
the Columbia river highway, and
alowed local tranaimrlallon.
Wind Koreeaat
Lighter snows fell In other purls
of Urrgon. Mrncham reported nine
Inches on the ground at mld-morn-Ing,
Pendleton lour, Redmond five,
linker three, liend tlx and Mcdtord
one.
Morea trong winds were forecast
for today. Oust up to 11 mile an
hour blew at Portland thia morning,
and up to 45 mile per hour at
Stevenaon, Wash.
Buker reiiortrd the lowest temiier
attire In the atale, with 10 degrees
above tero. Other minimum In
cluded North Bend 30. Newport 31.
Eugene 27, Mediant 30. Pendleton
31, Salem 18, Roscburg 34, Port
land 31.
Truman Sees
Crash Danger
WASHINGTON, Feb. i iPi
President Trumnn snld today price
are rising to alarmingly that a
crash It Inevltnble unless something
Is done to halt them.
For his part, Mr Truman tald he
will keep telling congress he needs
authority to Impose price control.
Talking to n newt conference,
Mr. Truman brought out chart pre
pared by the budget bureau.
He said these show steady rises In
the prices of commodities, food and
all other items. Rises, he explntned,
shire he asked for stand-by price
and rationing authority In a mes
sage to the spcclnl session ol con
gress last November.
Reuther Belabors
Industry, Farmers
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Al The
CIO United Auto Workort declnrcd
today Industry and farmcrt arc
holding down their output to keep
their profit high.
The remit, declared UAW Presi
dent Walter P. Reuther, I a "creep
ing Prnrl Harbor" which threatens
both European recovery and U. 8.
living atnndnrds.
"There It nothing wrong with the
American economy, or with the situ
ation In Europe, Hint cannot be
remedied and saved by American
production," he snld.
Instcnd of talking about possible
cut In the 16,8(10,000,000 starting
cost of the Marshall plan, Reuther
tald, congress should think over
whether 11 should bo Increased to
mnko suro the plnn will work.
He tald the old tnylng which goes
"Now It t lie lime for all good men to
come to the aid of the party" should
be shortened to read:
"Now Is the time for all good men
to como to."
Rnuther gnvo hit views In a
statement prepared for the senate
foreign relations committee.
DeValcra Ahead
In Irish Count
DUHMN, Feb. 5 iD-Prlmc Min
ister rinnioll de Valnn's flnnna fnll
won six of the first 10 parliamen
tary sent tabulated today.
He linn vowed to oult hla office.
unless he win an nbsoltito majority
of 74 sent tn thn fnll. Tha ffnnernl
election wan held yeitcrday and It
remit were tabulated tlowly tinder
Hit propnrtlniinl represenlnllon system,
MIWJ)iy ; H'tW '"" )M '" Jj - l I'M iWI"IHlll- IHMIIIjl III II -II 'I I IIIIIIMIIHIHIII.il
-W, ill .,.,..,,,, in AQ ' "."'..r n.iiiiiili nfl i II -1
Ku Klux
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Ku Kluv Klan burned a eroat before the Kmanuel county courthouse at Kwalnsboro. Ga.. aa a crowd
of apretatora looked on. The Klanamrn paraded in full regalia for the first time ainre the hetday of
the KKK In the '20s.
Truman Blasts GOP Tax-Cut Talk
WASHINGTON. Feb. & oJ'i Presi- :
dent Truman amd lodny that re- I
publican effort to slash lis
700.000.000 budget will gel exactly i
nowhere.
He told a news conference a sen- j
ale-house subcommittee recommen
dation tor a cut of 500,000.000 was
Jusl so much conversation.
Me tald he seemed to have hcurd
similar conversation lasl year about
cutting the budget.
A year ago, he tald, he asked for j
t37.M0.0O0.000 and congrea ended !
up by approprlHtlng t37.700.0O0.000.
Tin' year, he said, It't exactly the
same line ol conversation and will
get nowhere exactly.
Robbers Raid
Athena Bank
ATHENA. Ore.. Feb. i iT
Ilumlnrs dug through a wall of the
Alhcna bank vault sometime Wed
nesday night and made off with
18.93 1.0.'). Umatilla county Sheriff
R, E. Goad reported todny.
Entrance to the building was
gained by prying open a side door
of the building. The vault wall was
of brick. Goal said.
The hole wns discovered at S a. m.
tndny by Janitor J. E. Harwood.
The loot wa all In coins. Bank
Malinger F. S. LeGrow reported.
The steel snfe In the vnult Uint
contained the bulk of the bank's
cash wns untouched. The bank Is
a brunch of the U. S. National of
Porllnnd.
Wheeler Rejects
AFL Job Offer
MIAMI. Fin., Feb. 8 MPi Former
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon
tana today turned down the 130.000--year
Job as director of the AFL's
political cnmpnlgn, but agreed to
"ntlvlse" the lnbor arRnnlmtlon
without pny.
Wheeler snld he had a "consider
able" law practice In Washington
which prevented him from devot
ing full time to the AFL's political
program aimed nt repeal of the
Tall-Hartley act and the federa
tion began at once to look around
for another candidate.
8omc council members preferred
to give the task to Secrctnry-Trcns-urcr
George Menny, the husky ex
plumber whose Inflitonce In the
AFL hns been rising fast lit recent
mouths.
Deschutes, Lake Put Up
Legislative Candidates
LAKEVIEW, Feb. J-A republican
candidate from Deschutes county
and ft democratic candidate from
Lake county declared their candi
dacies todny for the 39th repre
sentative district, which combine
the two counties.
Lnkc's dcinocrntic aspirant It W.
P. Vernon, former county commis
sioner and well - known rancher,
while the Deschutes mnn who will
run on the republican ticket Is J. F.
Hhnrl, operator of a registered
shoiihiin ranch west of Redmond.
The sltunllon assumes special In
terest because of a long-stniidlng so
called "gentlemen's agreement" be
tween the two counties whereby
Deschutes bow tn Lake on this po
sition, In view of the fact Deschutes
ha II own rcprcscntatlva district
Klan Burns Cross In
. iT7-awie'i '-1 -iiaaan w ai
', XI f
i Y is tiw
The J2JOO.000.000 figure was ap
proved yesterday by a tenale-hou&e
budgrl aubcommlttee. It la subject
first to approval by the full 102
m ember committee aaalgned the
task of re-checking White House
apendlng estimates and then to rat
ification by both the senate and the
house.
Even then It will not be binding,
but only a target to ahool at when
Uie actual money la voted. La.it year
Nazi General
Kills Himself
NUERNBERG. Germany. Feb. 5
( Nazi Gen. Johannes Blnskowltz
leaped to his death today shortly
before he wo to go on trial with
13 other German military lcadera for
war crimes.
Blaskowltz, 64, wns a veteran ol
the Polish and Russian Invasions
and later commanded nazi forces
In the Netherlands. He broke away
from a file of prisoners on the third
tier of the high catwalk surround
ing the prison rotunda.
At guard watched helplessly, the
general clambered up a seven-foot
wire fence and threw himself over
It, hurtling 30 feet to a tile floor.
He died in the 385th U. S. military
hospital of a fractured chest and
punctured lungs.
Electric Clocks
Lose Time Due To
Power Shortage
If your electric clock Is run
ning slower losing about six
minutes a dny blame It on the
power shortage.
A. S. Cummins, pi evident of The
Cnlifornln Oregon Power com
pnny, snld today that as a con
servation measure the company is
operating nt a slightly reduced
frequency from the normal 60
cycles.
That mean that electric clocks
are running about six minutes
slower each 34 hours than they
should. Anyone depending on
the devices for split-second tim
ing should check with an old
ttem-nindcr every dny.
Once the shortage Is over, the
California drouth broken and
power Is again nvailnblc to Copco,
the 60-cyclc frequency will be re
sumed nnd vnur clock will start
telling the truth agnln.
as well as the Joint district. This
year, however, Deschutes hns pro
duced at least one candidate. Burt
Snyder, the republican Incumbent,
ha decided not to seek re-election.
Vernon ha long been active In
public affair here. He 1 on the
Daly fund board nnd Is the chnlr
mnn of the litrnl school bonrn as
well nt (ho county AAA committee.
Short 1 former owner of the
Merrill mills at Merrill. Klnmnth
county, audi the Deschutes Grntn
nnd Feed company nt Redmond. He
attended Oregon State college, wnt
once assistant superintendent of tho
Central Oregon Irrigation district,
1ms served as chnlrmnn of Redmond
high and grade school boards, presi
dent of Redmond chamber of com
merce and on council.
Telephone Kill
$5
Georgia
ttgi P ' " ' "Ita1 iihhi-
!
i
the committee failed even to agree
on a target.
Some house republicans talked
earlier of pledging at least a t5.010,
000.000 budget slash.
There It general agreement among
congressional leader that the
amount of tax cutting to be done
this year will depend on the amount
that can be cut from Mr. Truman's
budget. It call for spending 3S.
700.000.000 during the government
fiscal year starting July 1.
The house already has passed a
bill to cut taxes J6.5O0 .000.000 on 1948
incomes. But the senate is widely
expected to Insist on a smaller re
duction. Chairman Millikin (R-Colo.) of
the tax-writing senate finance com
mittee declined to forecast what the
tentative budget goal might mean to
the house tax bill. It Is too early to
determine that, he told reporters.
But Senator Wherry (Neb.), act
ing GOP leader, declared:
"The republican party it going to
have to cut the budget a damned
tight more than S2JO0.0O0.O00 to
keep faith with the people and re
duce taxes.
Death Asked For
Anti-Red Leader
SOFIA. Bulgaria. Feb. 4 (Delayed)
The Bulgarian state prosecutor to
night demanded the death penalty
for Dimiter Glchev. former agrar
ian pnrty lender and a deputy of the
executed agrarian lender, Nikola
Petkov.
Petkov. peasant leader and foe of
communism, was hanged September
23 on charges of plotting against
Bulgaria's communist - controlled
government.
The indictment of Gichev stirred
the diplomatic colony of this capi
tol. a id was expected to arouse pro
tests In the United States and Great
Britain. Both protested the execu
tion of Petkov.
Escapes
. f ,i$,4f-,i.i - 0' v
Fritx Kuhn, former leader of the
German-American Bund In the
United States, escaped from a Ger
man imrrnnieni ramp ai irnrnau,
according to an announcement In
Munich by the Bavarian denailfl
eatlon ministry, Kuhn I shown in
jull at Neudeck, Bavaria, near
Munich after hla arrest In July
for poaalble trial aa a nail offender.
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No. IZM
Few Takers
Found For
High Offers
The local price of tJ. S. No. l-A
Klamath-grown potatoes is bouncing
around the t5-pcr-100 pounds mark
today, buyers and growers report.
Such a price Is In many ways
comparable to the record i6.12Ti a
hundred pounds paid here for
Hannchen barley last fall.
Buyer here aay they have been
offering tt.75 for No. l-A spuds thia
week and are finding no taker.
One said that even at a fiat price
of a five-dollar bill there probably
would be no takert, because grower
with tpudt still on band this late
in the shipping season are looking
for the market to go even higher.
2000 Cart Left
According to farm agent estimates,
there are still about 2000 carload of
potatoes left in tne Klamath area,
unsold. The total crop for last
growing season was around 7300
cars, and 5300 have already been
sold and shipped out.
In previous years the spud crop
of the' Klamath basin has been
1,000 cars or more, but plantings
were reduced tins past season in
favor of grain, which waa sure to
bring a high price.
Rare
Lasl Septemoer and October,
j when tpuus were being dug, the
' market price here was around
2.7a-3.00 per hundredweight, FOB
car. Generally it has oeen In
creasing alowly and steadily until
the tS figure was being quoted to-
day.
C. A. Henderson, Klamath county
agent, said that to was not an un-heara-ot
price for Klamath pota
toes; but it was-rare. - He said that
some 18-18 years ago the price went
to 7, but that wa when the In
dustry of raising spuds was not
nearly to developed a it it now.
Record Cold
Due Tonight
The weatherman forecast a mini
mum temperature of 6 degrees above
zero for the next 24 hours, and
from all appearances the Klamath
basin was due to a blast from Old
Man Winter which would set a rec
ord for the season.
Thus far this year the seasonal
lew was recorded at 7 above the
morning of February 3.
Roads were hazardous and the
state highway warned motorists to
ccrry chains at all times.
A snowstorm which reached al
most blizzard proportions at mid
afternoon yesterday left a three
inch fall in Klamath Falls proper
and was wide-spread throughout the
basin area. Minimum temperature
this morning was 15 degrees at 7:30,
precipitation recorded at .15 Inches
for the past 24 hours. Maximum
yesterday was 35.
At Odell lake on the Willamette
highway four inches of new snow
fell and the stretch was being sand
ed this morning by highway crews.
At Sun mountain on highway 97, a
half inch of new snow was recorded
and sanding crews were also busy
at this point. Light snow was re
ported on both Hnyden mountain
on the Greensprings and Quartz
mountain on the Lakeview high
way. Probers Sued By
Pension Leader
SEATTLE. Feb. 5 lPh-The presi
dent of the Washington Pension un
ion. William J. Pennock, filed a
$688,000 suit In superior court todny
against the legislature's un-American
activities committee as the
group's preliminary public hearings
drew near an end.
Pennock's complaint said that
statements made public by the com
mittee on January 10 were untrue.
The suit was filed by Attorney John
Caughlnn.
On January 10 the committee,
headed by Rep. Albert Canwell
(R.-Spokanel. announced Its plan
ned investigation of the Washing
ton Pension union.
Late Spud Bulletin
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5 (AP
USDA) Potatoes 3 broken. 10
unbroken cars on track: California
1, Nevada 1, Oregon 1, Idaho 1 ar
rived, one arrived by truck: market
firm; Klnmnth Russet No. l-A,
$5.20-60; Long Whites No. l-A, $4.25.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 5 (AP
USDAi Potatoes 13 broken, 34
unbroken cars on track; California
6, Idaho 9, Utah 1 arrived, 10 cart
arrived by truck; market firm; Ida
hn Russet No, l-A $5.25; Oregon
White Rose combination grade un
washed $4.50.
Operations Crippled Over
Southwest Oregon Area;
Plants Here On Slow Bell
By The Aitociared Prti
Southwestern Oregon lumber mills were crippled today
by an electric power shortage that stemmed from California'
drought.
An estimated 2300 lumber workers were idled. Some
2500 more were working curtailed hours.
The plants, which began closing or curtailing operatlont
Tuesday when the power supply shrank, feared the shortage
would last at least a week.
A failure of hydroelectric power generators in the Pacifie
Cos and Electric system in California cut down the power
the system could supply to two Oregon systems: California
Oregon Power company and Mountain States Power company.
Loren C. Schroeder, of the Mountoin States Power com
pany, soid he did not expect the situation to be eased this
week, from then on, he
added, we don t know.
An estimated 54 mills, employing
2000 men, were closed In the
8prlngfleld. Junction City, and Cot
tage Grove region. In Roseburg,
mills staggered operations 14 clos
ing yesterday, and 14 other today.
About 300 men were Idled daily.
Twenty mill in the Grant Pas
area were also working alternate
dayt, halving lumber output and
the working hours of the 2500 em
ploye. v '
Throughout the region, some
plant utilizing power from other
sources were hot effected.
LOCAL SITUATION
Eighteen mill in the Klamath
basin and at Alturas, Canny and
Lakeview, will continue operation
on a restricted basis for at least an
other week and until further notice.
Six mills in this area are on sea
sonal shutdown and would not be In
operation regardless of the power
situation here.
No critical work stoppage was ex
perienced in this section of Oregon
operators generally said em
ployes have been absorbed by shift
ing to night "off-peak" operations.
Several mills are running split shifts
and actual eases of unemployment
are at s minimum.
The American Box company at
Sprague River ceased operatlont
Thursday and will be down Friday
in addition to the usual Saturday
Sunday closure, Sam Ritchey, Copco
district manager wu advised today.
Ritchey said all mill operators "were
cooperating exceptionally well."
Last night taw "quite heavy" op
erations, Ritchey observed this
morning, as mills took advantage of
theno-restrictlon order for night
operation. It was the day schedule,
running from I I. m. to I p. m,
that was curtailed due to power
shortage.
Ritchey said thia afternoon that
Copco had reduced Its supply to
Mountain States Power company,
and that by so doing there was
ample power here for local con
sumption other than for sawmill
delivery.
Weyerhaeuser Timber company
plant here, one of the world's larg
est, was not effected by tue power
(Caaliliace Pa t, Colana tl
All-Markets Grain
Price On Toboggan
CHICAGO, Feb. 5 UP) All grains in all markets on the North
American continent plunged again today, reaching new low levels on
the spectacular downturn which got under way last month.
Prices of wheat, corn and oats dropped the limits permitted by ex
changes in a single day's trading at Chicago, Kansas City and Minne
apolis. Rye wu down the limit at Winnipeg, Can., although oats and
barley did not fall the limit in that market.
Losses amounted to 10 cents a bushel in wheat and rye, 8 cents In
corn and 6 cents in oats. At Chicago, soybeans fell 8 cents, the dally
limit, and lard $2 a hundred pounds, the daily limit.
Markets took their cue from activity on the Chicago board of trade,
nerve-center of the world grain trade. Prices there dropped sharply at
the opening, rallied slightly, and then again fell back to .the day's
bottoms.
Brokers reported numerous orders to sell in all pits with buyers
few and far between. During the last two hours there wu very little
actual trading. Grains were offered at the daily limit decline and no
one wanted them. Brokers hung idly around the pits.
(See Market Page)
Hayden Favors Probe
An outside Investigation of his
administration would be entirely
welcome to Austin Hayden. the local
federal housing superintendent,
Hayden said today, referring to a
request for such an investigation
mailed yesterday to Senator Guy
Cordon by 'he Klamath Falls post
of the Marine Corps league.
Hayden said that his housing
piojects, u well as all others, was
subject to periodical probes by gov
ernment representatives.
"Numerous Investigations here In
the past have always proven satis
factory as far as we have been ad
vised," Hayden said. "I feel con
fident that this program hu been
handled according to the housing
management program with which
wi were furnished."
Martin Putnam, commander of
Rain At Last In South
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 6 MV-The
rains came at last to Southern
California today.
Steady precipitation pattered
soothingly over the drought-parched
land from the coastal mountains to
the shore and from Santa Barbara
to San Diego and the Mexican
border.
The weather bureau reported
early today, however, that rain had
not reached Imperial valley or the
desert stretches east of the moun
tain. A snow and rain storm was most
welcome In the parched Northern
Push On For
Dam Projects
SEATTLE, Feb. S (fly-An all-out
drive for completion of Northwest
power and reclamation projects and
the creation of a $100,000 loan fund
for Columbia basin settlers wu
authorized yesterday by the Wash
lngton state Columbia basin com
mission. Three of the commissioner!, Leon
L. Bailie of Mesa, Don Damon, of
Cunningham and Frank T. Bell of
Emphrata, were named to appear
before congressional appropriations
hearings to seek adoption of a $48.
000.000 budget for the Columbia
basin during the next fiscal year,
and financing of a second pumping
system for the Pasco unit.
C. C. Dill of Spokane wu named
to press for a $39,000,000 Bonneville
power administration appropriation
and a $40,000,000 appropriation for
McNary dam.
Rufus Woods, Wena tehee pub
lisher, will aid In the Bonneville ap
propriation drive and urge. In addi
tion, the construction of Foster
Creek dam.
'Civil Rights'
Bill Gets OK
WASHINGTON, Feb. t W) The
senate labor committee today ap
proved legislation to set up a na
tional commission against Job. dis
crimination on grounds of Tace,
creed or color.
This la one of the law President
Truman asked in his civil rights
message to congress which ha
stirred up so much resentment
among southern democrats.
The commission would try to see
that no negro, Jew, Chinese or
Japanese, for Instance, wu refused
a Job simply because of bis race or
religion. '
Senator Taft (R-Ohio), chairman
of the labor committee, said the vote
for the legislation wu seven to
five.
the Marine Corps league post, yeay '
terday revealed that the league waa
asking for a probe into Hayden'
administration and said that the
league felt It had enough evidence
of "mis-management" to warrant
the step.
Hayden said that Putnam had
lived in the federal housing area
for more than a year and several
times had been asked, to take the
leadership in forming a tenants' or
ganization to suggest ways of Im
proving the project and project
gi minds.
This Putnam hu not done, Hay
den said. "He has even been re
quested to inspect our rule and
regulations and on at least one oc
casion refused to be bothered to
that extent," the administrator de
clared. California region, ending the worst
winter drought In 70 years. The
storm moved southward Into tho
central valleys and Southern Cali
fornia. No rain had fallen In parte
of the agriculturally rich San Joa
quin valley for lx week.
The light rain which fell In
Southern California Inst night H
the first measurable fall since De
cember 29. It extended from Santa
Barbara to the Lot Angeles area but
It was not heavy enough to bring
Immediate relief to crop from the
prolonged drought, but more was
falling today.