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Inn Ik written, both aldr clnliii lu
jn (IiiIiiii oil I lulu In Jutuiuilcm.
Whtit In Ini ir 1 1 1 1 ti elacwhcro III tho
ilrlikrti Hiily Lund la vnwiti mill tin
;i t ulii.
Time will Irll ua nunc.
rilK security council nf United
' Nullum, thin ihtiriiliiu'a dla
oatchca report, uppcuis likely ui ap
,11. hp a llrlll.li plan fur alKDIA-
I l( )N of Hip I'uleallno fighting.
Wo ii i Hi tho Itunaluui have born
railing tor tltr ue of armed turc-i
lu Mop the lighting, but neither ol
in In willing ui In tho other ilo Iho
forcing. Wore frankly afraid tlmi
II ItiiMln i' Ii nil in my Intn 1'ulea
tluo .thc'll never move It out. I'm
itiin.ibly the Ituimiuna wouldn't be
williii.. to lei u tin tho stopping with
air armed forrea. Nobody olao
anlA to.
It aeema probable '.lutl UN'4
ytiiilly council will turn down the
uiiirilruii-HiiAAiun plnn and Uike on
the .Irltl.ih pioponul. For one thltu,
thrre la lcw dynamite In uiedlullu.i
tlmn tn the use ol armed force.
IT hint our pride to hiive to ndtnit
II, but up to the iirenriil moment
It teruinly liMikif like every move
we've milile In rulenlllle hiu llrril
wrong. We arriti to have been nil
thumbs.
TN Washington, the houne of repre
sentative purtr the Mund'
Nixon ttntl-communl.il bill twined
HuiKion and Uewry drljatrd in Oio
roiii by it vote of about five to one.
the vote In the senate, when the
bill Krth there, la execled to oe
much closer.
It would bo all right with llili
i iter to Jail all card-holding rum
miiuMa until alilpa can bo found to
tend them to lunula which la
where thry ouiilit to be. If they're
o hot for communlhin, why don't
thry head for the riovict Union,
whrir thry can enjoy ita benefit
lu Hie lull?
Till writer doubt, however. If
more untl-cummuulai lawa will do
any good. Al the lat count, we
had about 27 auch lawa already. Il
will take mure lhan LAW to liandli
rommunlftni. Common aenne will
help a lot. Il t Una writer notioii
that anybody who would even con
sider cominunlMii a an altcniatlve
for Americanism oukIii to have hla
head examined.
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Well Filled Ballot Faces
Klamath Voters Friday
As Campaigning Ends
LOOK Mill Tllt'St:
IN TOIIAY'K PAI'Lll
Pane i. Hoc. 2 Complete Hal
of city and county polllnu placea.
Pane 3. Bee. 1 Bcoro aheet
with all conteata and liuiura llated.
'THAW III the wind: .
Norway and Denmark have ajikml
for U. 8. A KM 8. Kama hat beta
alining pointed rrltlrUm at both re
cently. When HumUk begin la
criticise a amall natlun, aomethlng
w rne than rrltlclum la apt la follow.
Until the NorwrgLina and the
Uanek have long been oppoAcd ta
war. Ilnlh lovo librrty. In the
grim niiMlern world. II la becoming
nppnrcnt that liberty must be de
fended or It may be lu.it.
Ilrnce the Norwiitiuna and Dan
Mi rriiiiit for U. B. num.
UJE Irani from Washington tills
morning thai Hie navya P3V
Neptune, a twu-engined bomber
weighing 35 Ion, haa been auccraa
fully launched from an aircraft car
rier a deik. i The weight of
normal carrier plane la Iraj than
10 toiu.l It la believed that 111.
Neptune can be modlllcd to make It
X ulllle to CUMK HACK AND
LAND ON THE CAIIUIKH B DKCK.
This la tho point: "
Atom wcupona ilncludlng radio
active clmulai HAVE TO HE OOT
TO TIIK TAIICIRT If they are to be
effective. There are two way for
u to gel them lu a dlatant target.
One l by meani of plnuea that can
lly from the U. B. and back for an
other load.
Another way la to gel the planei
doner to the target by means of
al.craft camera.
Rose Princess
Ordered To Bed
'4 PORTLAND, May SO M'l Hoynlly
In. -i Ita lips and downs, but Hetty
Wilson a Junior princess of the
I'oyul Court of Hosurla doubts she
deserves her Iiitr. 8hr has been
stricken by chlckcnpox and ordered
to bed.
Another youngster will lake her
place III the procession and cere
monies of the aniitml Portland Hose
Festival.
lly IIAI.K H( AltllllOl (ill
KUmalli'a liveliest and moat In
teresting ixillllral campalin alnre
pre-war days cornea to an end lo
nlfhl and the rampalinera will aee
how much effect their eserllona
have hail an the vullng public lo
niorrow. The republican primary has cap
tured virtually all the interest III
this area because of an acute lack
of contests nil the democratic side
and consequently a record OOP
turnout u expected at the polla.
60 Per C'cnl Vole
Itrglatratlons show rein eligible
republican voters In the county and
tint expectation la for around 60
pci cent or more of them lo cast
ballot. There ar lOfifl) rglstered
deinocrata and probably 40 per cenl
Statehood
For Hawaii
Hopes Fade
WAHIIINOTON. May 30 iv-The
senate today virtually killed all
chances for Hawaiian statehood
tills year.
U refused Al '3 30. to take the
house-approved bill to admit Ha
waii as Hie 40th state away from
the senate Interior and Insular af
fairs committee. The committee has
kept the bill bottled up since last
year.
Senator Know land iR. -Calif),
who wants to gel the bill passed,
moved to lake II from the commit
tee. The vote rame after two hours
of debate.
The committee recently voted to
withhold any action on the bill until
senators have had a chance to visit
the islands fir an on-the-grounds
study.
'Ramps' Cause
For Spankings
HKCKt.EY. W. Va . May 30 M'i
The Raleigh county board of edu
cation has upheld a school prin
cipal's right to whip children who
come tn class exhaling the odor of
"remps."
The rump Is a particular powerful
brunch of the wild onion family,
which children hereabouts some
times nibble on the way to school.
Fred C. Roberts, principal of the
Trap Hill high school, testified the
smell "could be linked tn that of
a polecat." nnd said some of his
pupils were made 111 by the breaths
of offending classmates.
Burglar Phones'
Victim's Home
LONDON. May 20 (TV-John Vl
nrd, a HMO engineer, was annoyed
when a burglar took an engage
ment ring and a camera from his
home last night.
Ills wife was flabbergasted when
the burglar telephoned her a few
hours lnler tn Inquire:
"How dn you like being burgled,"
Super Aircraft Carrier Idea
May Touch Off Air-Navy Battle
WASHINGTON, May 20 IIt The
proposal to build A super-size air
craft, carrier may reopen an air
force-navy argument supposed to
have been quieted by high com
mand agreement two months ago.
Rome high nlr force officials take
a dim view of thn imvy'a plnn
backed by President Truman and
Hecirtary of Defense Forrpid.nl tn
cnn.'iltucl, a Wi.OOO-ton, flush-deck
ennier from which long riiugo
planes could be lnunrhed. Hut what
form the nlr force, opposition nmy
nssunio Is not yet clear.
The nub of the developing contro
versy Is this:
I'he nlr force contends thai the
assignment uf missions worked nut
at. the high command conferences
"H;ih Fnrrcstiil nl Key West, Fin.,
lu Munil specified two things:
1, The primary function of tho
nlr form Is strategic nlr warfnre
Klcrflticd ns the destruction nf fac
tories, sources nf raw mntrrinl, mil
nnd highway systems nnd other
things making up an enemy's wnr
mnklng capacity).
2. The navy's primary nlr function
Is support of A "naval cnmpnlgn"
(defined ns nn operation or series nf
opernttons by ships, planes nnd
marines to gain, extend or maintain
control nf the sen.)
Despite this, the nlr force main
tains Hint n carrier nf thn size
planned with nn unobstructed
flight deck mom than 1000 feet
long undoubtedly would bo used to
launch big planes, possibly carrying
ntnmlc missiles ns well ns conven
tional bomb kinds, to si tike at
slrntcglc targets.
This, the nlr force feels, would re
sult In the navy's encroaching on
Its assigned duty.
For this reason, II Is understood
that air force representatives at
sessions of the Joint chiefs of staff
(nrmy nnvy - nlr force) hnvo de
clined to support the Idea of super-enniers.
Shut-In Sees Bit Of Circus
of them will vole. In the past two
or three elections, the county has
lieen pressed to show a 30 per cent
turnout overall.
I'olla will be open from g a. an. to
I p. m. tomorrow, with the excep
tion thai board workers may close
up an hour far lunch between 1 and
t p m. If they announce the fart
no minutes befurehand. Workers are
Inalrurted not la take off far the
evening meal until after I p. m.
One aspect of the Oregon primary
voting that of Ktaen vs. Dewey
ha focused the attention of the
nation on this state, even to the
point of throwing m shadow over
stiile and local races which are ac
tui lly more lmorlant. Jlarold Bias
sen of Minnesota and Tom Dewey
of New York have made a personal
tight for the Oregon OOP presiden
tial preference, but It unfortunately
does not follow that the man Ore
gon favors will be the next repub
lican presidential nominee.
Many VUlls
Riassen, Dewey and all four OOP
candidates for governor. John Hall,
Doug MrKay. John Peyton and Olen
Ackerman. have visited Klamath
Falls and consequently have stolen
a lot nf thunder from local candi
dates. They've hsd rallies, banquets,
radio time, billboards, placards,
handshaking experiences and clubs
have been formed.
Klamath county has not been
slighted on the state and national
scene. j
In the strictly local picture, the '
multi-candidate sheriff race has
almaat been the whole ahow, but the
primary ballots will display a break
down of offices and candidates like
thla: '
Phil Hitchcock and Marine- Peter
son are sole candidates for state
senator. OOP and democrat, re
spectively. For Klamath county's two seats
In the state legislature, there are
three republican candidates. Ed
Oeary. Ed Ostendorf and Carl
Stelnselfer. and two democrats,
Henry 8emnn and Tom Bustln.
Vote for two.
Several county spots are uncon
tested, among them: D. E. Van
Vector. OOP. for district attorney;
C L. Langslet, demo, treasurer: C.
R Del.sp. OOP, clerk; Dr. Oeorge
H. Ariler, demo, coroner.
Commissioner
For county commissioner there is
a little race for the republican nom
Inntlon between John Reber. Incum
bent, and Ed Gowen. Ouy Bellant Is
the democratic candidate. Olen Ter
rlll Is unopposed for the OOP nom
Inetlnn as tax assessor and Otis
Mrtsker Is likewise unopposed on
the democratic ballot.
That brings the list down to the
office of sheriff, where there Is a
record-hrenklng total of III candi
dates. With so many In the race,
choosing a winner Is matter of
drawing straws. Candidates are:
Republican Ouy Barton, Jack
Froney. Dean Hall, Oeorge Uerllngs,
Jack Llnkenback. Fenton Mahrt.
Karl Dehllnger. Dale Mattoon. Opal
Manning, W. F. Swlgort. Joe Oreen's
name Is on the ballot but he has
withdrawn In favor of Jack Franev.
Democrat Red Mllhnrn, Wallv
Moss, Mike Williams, R. A. La
Lcnde, Sid Herbert, Larry McLane,
Willis Pnnkey and Frank 8teele.
In addition to the offices enumer
ated, local ballots will contain pro
visions for voting for convention
delegates, presidential electors and
national parlv committeemen and
women, plus four strictly local tax
measures,
Three-of the latter, for recreation,
parks and Llnkvllle cemetery, are
tor Klamath Falls voters, and the
fourth, a road levy, Is for all voters
In tho county..
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Patty Wilson. Conger school second grader, had a broken leg and
didn't get lo go ta the circus yesterday bat a bit of the circus came
right Into her home to entertain her. Happy Davis, Cilroy. Calif., one
of Clyde Beatty'a clowns, consented ga aee Patty, and Is shown here
with her In her home at 11( Donald street. Patty ha broken her leg
In the same place twice, and recently underwent major bone surgery.
Klamath Chamber To Back
Wonderland It Funds OK
Klamath county chamber of com
merce was prepared today to con
tinue cooperation and affiliation
with the Shasta-Cascade Wonder
land association, provided Klamath
Individuals and businesses which
benefit from tourist traffic are wil
ling to support the necessary finan
cial program.
Chamber directors yesterday voted
to go ahead with plans for financial
cooperation with three road and
tourist associations Shasta Cas
cade, the new U8 H7 association,
ani the Three Flags Highway asso
ciation. The plan is to call a meeting of
the operators of motels, service sta-
Modoc Point
Indian Held
For Stabbing
YREKA. Calif., May 20 Ray
mond Pompey. 34-year-old Indian
from Modoc Point, Ore., Is held In
the Slsktrou county Jail on charges
of assault with a deadly weapon
and disturbing the peace.
Pompey allegedly stabbed Rufus
W. Mann of Weed with a pocket
knife last Saturday after he and
Harry Stroud, 37. hitchhiked a ride
from Weed to Yreka with Mann.
The stabbing took place near the
courthouse In Yreka.
Bstl for Pompey has been set
at )2000 and nn date has been set
for his arraignment on the felony
charge.
Mann received deep slab wounds
on his head, throat and left arm.
He said Hint he was driving along
when Pompey pulled a knife and
stabbed him several times before
he could stop the car.
Stroud did not take part In the
attack but was arrested for drunk
enness when found passed out In
the car.
Stroud works for Pompey at Mo
doo Point on A small acreage.
Herald And News - KFLW
Slate Fast Ballot Coverage
They soy it's the most vital primary election in three
decades and The Herald and News and KFLW will give it
fast, complete coverage Friday night in keeping with that
idea.
Coverage will start when the polls close at 8 o'clock.
Herald and Nows-KFLW representatives will be at precinct
polling places and the county clerk's office, and information
will be flashed to the newspaper office where a big election
night party will start at that time. The public is invited.
Blackboards will be in operation in the newspaper lobby,
giving a complete run-up on returns as fast as they come in.
Beginning with a two-minute preliminary at 8 o'clock,
KFLW will carry bulletins and summaries throughout the eve
ning and early Saturday morning, with emphasis on the hour
and half-hour as "election report time." I
EVERYBODY IS INVITED TO VISIT THE NEWSPAPER
OFFICE, TO MAKE TELEPHONE INQUIRIES AT ANY TIME,
AND TO LISTEN TO KFLW.'
tlons, restaurant, garages, hotels
and othen who benefit directly
from travel through this area. If
these people ore willing to give the
necessary financial aid to tourist
promotion, the funds will be pooled
and apportioned to each of the groups
on a percentage basis. Such funds
would supplement the substantial
budgetary Items of the chamber for
tourist promotion and community
advertising.
The chamber some weeks ago In
dicated Its Intention of withdrawing
for this year from cooperation with
the Shasta-Cascade association, an
interstate organisation. But Fred
Hoagland and Martin Brauner of
the chamber recommended other
wise this week upon their return
from the Shasta-Cascade convention
at Lakeview. They said their sug
gestions at that convention had met
with approval, and they felt it de
sirable to attempt to continue affili
ation with the group.
Klamath county will attempt a
c trtbutlon of $4000 for Shasta
Cascade. The tentative suggestion
for US 97' Is $750 for this county this
year. While Klamath is not a mem
ber of the Three Flags association,
t US 395) It does hope to make a
small financial contribution to that
group not only as a neighborly ges
ture but because travel and develop
ment on 395 is of Importance to the
entire area here.
Arab Troops
Drive Into
Garrisons
By DANIEL DE LITE
WITHIN THE OLD CITY IN
JERUSALEM, May 2 P Arabs
expect a decision today or tomorrow
In the bitter battle for Jerusalem, a
high Arab official said last nighL
King Abdullah's Trans - Jordan
Arab legion and Arab volunteers
were fighting Israel's Haganah
army and the Jewish Irgun Zval
Leuml and Stern gang Inside and
outside the old city's walls.
Deep Strike
Inside, the legion, more than half
way through the southern Jewish
quarter, bombarded a small Haga
nah garrison spasmodically for IS
hours yesterday. Outside. Arab
forces cleared away nearly all Jews
to the north, east and south and
struck deep into modern Jerusalem
to the west.
The Arab official estimated the
Jews' strength In Jerusalem at 8000,
bat only 40 were said to be holding
out In the old city. He did not give
the number of Arab fighters.
(The Egyptian defeiue ministry
said last night Egyptian troops have
occupied Beit Hanun. "one of the
strongest points in the operational
theatre,1' In their northward drive
up the Palestine coastal plain.
(Beit Hanun is five miles north
east of Gaza. It miles from Jewish
claimed territory and 36 miles from
Tel Aviv, center of Jewish author
ity.) Truce Fails
A n American Belgian - French
commission acting for the United
Nations tried in vain again yester
day to work out a truce to cover all
Jerusalem and protect Christian,
Jewish and Moslem shrirtes in the
old city.
Arab and Jewish representatives
talked peace terms once more but
broke off negotiations after an hour.
Munir Abu Fadil. Arab police chief
of Jerusalem, said the Jews "wanted
war and they are getting If
"It looks as If they are going to
fight ta the last man." he said.
Irgun Zval Leuml extremists, he
added, are urging a last-ditch fight.
Quits
William L. Hillyer, SO-year -old
lawyer, pocea In his Washington
home after reininr the light to
1 practice before the supreme court
j in protest against what he termed
a growing tendency for the court
to write Its own law. He told a re
porter he betlerea he Is the only
person to quit the high court bar.
Cat Has Long
Ride From LA
To Klamath
A grey-striped torn cat howled
his way from Los Angeles to Klam
ath Falls In an overnight Orey
hound bus before he was rescued
by a well gloved mechanic here
yesterday.
The bus reached Klamath Falls
Monday night and the cat was
heard meowing somewhere Inside
the walls of the bus body.
Early yesterday morning the de
pot agent called West-Hitchcock
corporation for a mechanic and
Bill Franks responded. Franks
looked over the bus, settled on a
logical place for the cat and found
the grey fellow with Its hind legs
caught between the gas tank and
the edge of the body.
Putting on a pair of leather
gloves, Franks pried the cat s legs
loose and then pulled the animal
free.
The cat was apparently car-sick
! from hla long ride and staggered
around the Greyhound depot lor
a, . while until he ' regained his
equilibrium. A short time later, Tom
took off for a residence near the
depot and an effort to find him
proved fruitless.
Franks said he thought the vi
bration of the bus probably set
tled the tom's body into such a
position that the animal was
wedged tightly between the tank
and body. The animal did not ap
pear maimed in any way.
Non-Striker
Fires Shot;
Guard Called
WATERLOO, la.. May ! WV
Nearly a thousand national guards
men were maintaining order In thla
Northeastern Iowa city of 52,000 to
day after violence broke out last
nigM when a CIO packinghouse:
union picket was shot ta death.
The defendant i 55-year-old Fred
Led Hobert, a negro non-union . :
night eleanup man at the plant who
elaimed he sought to shoot Into the
.ound when pickets stormed hia
car.
While CIO-UrWA official called
on their 4500 striking member ta
mourn the death of William '
"Cnuck" Farrell and the wounding
of Margaret Drahelm, Rath of
ficials expressed "genuine shock and
deep regret" over the whole in
cident. Challenge
A. D. Donnell, spokesman for the
Rath company, challenged union
contentions that a supplementary
court order the firm obtained yes
terday afternoon led to the shoot
lng :"d subsequent disorders.
"The company got the order to
protect Its workers and to prevent
violence," Donnell asserted.
The order forbade union use of
loudspeakers and prohibited striker
from coming closer than 500 feet of
the plant entrance except for fir
picket at each gate
Union spokesmen contended they
"lost control of our people when the
order was served directing them to
dismantle their amplifiers.
Gov. Robert D. Blue today ordered
the four state monopoly liquor store
in this country to "remain closed
Indefinitely." r
All beer taverns In Waterloo were
closed by agreement of operators.
. Under protection of upwards a'
500 guardsmen, a group of 150 non
striking workers isolated In the big
InrienenHent ra-lrt n a nlant vhin t h
rlotinir heirfln wer ahlj, m f n .
their homes. -yl
Relative quiet prevailed a the
scene where tumult had broken out '
for tw hours but night after UPWA
picket William J. Farrell, 40, Water
loo, was killed by a pistol blast from
a non-striking worker's ear which
picket had stopped at the plant a
trance.
A woman picket was wounded in
the shoulder, apparently by the
same bullet that killed Farrell.
Soviets Hurl v
War Charge
At British
LAKE SUCCESS. May 20 IPi
The Soviet Vkralne charged today
that Britain Is one of the belliger
ents In the Palestine war.
Vaaslly A. Tarasenko, the Ukrain
ian delegate, told the United Na
tions security council Britain not
only Inspired Trans-Jordan's Inva
sion but that Britain actually Is
taking part In the fighting.
Tarasenko pointed out that King
Abdullah's Arab legion Is subsidized
by Britaln and has British officers.
For this reason, he said, Britain
must take responsibility for the
legion's actions,
Britain affirmed yesterday in
London that the British would con
tinue contributing $8,000,000 an
nually for support of Trans-Jordan's
forces.
"The Arab legion," Tarasenko de
clared, "Is a part of the armed
forces of the United Kingdom.
"We have a legal and factual
basis to say the United Kingdom
participates In the war In Palestine.
"The United Kingdom Is one of
the belligerent.'1
-' NEW NAME
. WASHINGTON, May 20 ".4l The
navy announced today Uiat Its ships
stationed In the Mediterranean will
be known after June 1 as the sixth
task fleet,;? - ' .'
i Previously .the aircraft carrier,
three cruisers and 10 destroyers In
(hat area were called U. S. naval
forces In the Mediterranean.
Barkley Named
Demo Keynoter
PHILADELPHIA. May 10 IS
Democratic leaders today selected
Senator Albeit W. Barkley of Ken
tucky as keynoter for their July 13
national convention. Rep. Sam Ray
bum of Texas was named perma
nent chairman.
Senator J. Howard McGrath,
democratic national chairman, said
In reply to a question the selections
were not aimed at appeasing the
southern block opposed to President
Truman's civil rights program.
"They are both very liberal men,"
McOrath said, "who supported in
every way the program of Presi
dents Roosevelt and Truman."
"Recognition is due both for long
and valiant service to the demo
cratic party," he added.
Dewey Denies
Cost Charge
WASHINGTON, May 20 t.V
Senator Taf t I R.-Ohlo) today flatly
denied Harold E. Stassen's conten
tion that a Taft-Dewey combination
is spending $230,000 to defeat Stas
sen in Oregon's republican presi
dential primary election.
Stassen made that statement at
North Bend, Ore., yesterday in his
campaign for Oregon's 12 dele
gates to the GOP national conven
tion. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York called it a "pipe dream."
Taft and Dewey are contenders
with Stassen for the republican
nomination. Stassen Is opposed by
Dewey in the Oregon race. Taft is
not entered.
Toft Issued this statement, which
sale in part:
"I can state unequivocably that
no Taft committee or supporter has
spent one cent in Oregon, nor have
w participated In any other way In
the Oregon campaign."
Officials Get
Red Faces Out
Of Kid's Rule
ZANESVUXE. O., May 20 W
The unexpected happened when
high school seniors took over city
offices for the day yesterday.
Townsfolk expected the seniors
to have fun "playing" mayor, po
lice, chief and other city officials.
They had fun all right and the
adult officials had red faces be
cause: Jack Harker as police chief
staged a series of gambling raids.
"Mayor" Aubrey Stbbrtng and "city
solicitor" Frank Shurts Jr., went
along.
They confiscated a jar with gam
bling slips in one place, broke up
a poker game and found a pull tab
board.
Harker didn't file any charges,
although he claimed he had full
legal -authority to do so.
While this was going on, "fir
chief" Charles Cooper, "city audi
tor" Henry Abele and "safety di
rector" John Montgomery tried to
condemn the high school building
as a fire trap.
The real school officials. City
Superintendent Donald Summer!
and Principal Ralph Storts, fore
stalled this with a few quick con
ferences after city fire Inspector
came to look over the building.
Summers Indicated he couldn't
give the day's doings too much
worry.
The spirit of adventure, you
know," he said.
Bitterly Contested Oregon Primary Nears
End With Candidates Rowing Over Funds
Bt a L. LIVINGSTONE
PORTLAND, May 20 (At Ore
gon's bitterly fought republican pri
mary campaign drew to an acri
monious close today last of the
presidential primary trials before
next month's nominating conven
tion. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York and Harold E. Stassen of
Minnesota, who for three weeks
have made Oregon the nation's
foremost presidential battleground,
brought their campaigns home at a
gallop.
Stassen publicly charged an
"eastern combination of Taft
Dewey forces" was spending $250.
000 In Oregon to stem the Stassen
election tide which started in
Nebraska and Wisconsin.
The New York governor retorted
that this represented "reckless and
flagrantly untruthful statements,"
and "desperate. Irresponsible, eleventh-hour
tactics."
Tiny Fraction
His campaign expenses, Dewey
said, "are not a tiny fraction, of
the ridiculous sum he mentions, and
he knows It."
The Mlnnesotan's reference to a
supposed Join-up of Dewey and
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio was
labeled "unfounded and false."
Stassen forces replied late last
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night through Stassen headquarters
here with the statement:
"We are willing to rely upon the
good common sense of the people of
Oregon to decide whether or not
the amount of eastern money and
the number of New York state em
ployes, from the superintendent of
banking on down, which are being
poured Into Oregon In tills 'stop
Stassen' campaign, are out of pro
portion to an honest appeal for
their votes."
Stassen's original charge, made at
Astoria, stated:
"Obviously, the 12 Oregon votes
to the national convention are not
the cause of this huge expenditure.
Desperate Try
"This eastern combination of
Taft-Dewey forces has been making
a desperate attempt through this
Oregon primary to stop our nation
wide public support,"
Dewey's answer said "It Is sad
dening that Mr. Stassen In the final
days should degrade the campaign
by such reckless and flagrantly un
truthful statements ... I have come
to know the people of Oregon and I
know they will resent and repudiate
these desperate. Irresponsible
eleventh-hour tactics."
Oregonians had first-hand evi
dence on billboards. In newspapers,
and over the radio that both sides
were running up campaign Dill.
But heretofore the highest cam
paign expenditure In Oregon ha
been the $64,000 reported In the
1944 senatorial race.
More than 300,000 republicans ar
registered to vote In tomorrow'
polls and the total registration of
around 630.000 Is the highest In
Oregon's history.
Heavy Turn-Out
A heavy tum-out was a foregone
conclusion, with prediction for 65
to 70 per cent among the republi
cans. Completely overshadowed by the
neck-and-neck presidential scrap
were primary contests for governor
and a full slate of lesser state of
fices. Senator Cordon was unop
posed In the republican primary.
Today the last day of the cam
paignfound Stassen In a driving
finish around Portland to be cap
ped bv an old-fashioned torchlight
parade through the street ef Port
land tonight,
Dewey was taking It a llttl
easier. He scheduled a visit to. the
Shrine hospital this morning and
conferences the rest of the day
here.
Both candidates were to make
final pleas over state-wide radio
networks today and tonight.
Polls open tomorrow at I a. a,
and close at t p. m PST. ,
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