I'llK K HVK ( KNTH " KLAMATH FAM.N, OIIKGON, FKIIJAV, JUNK 11, 1048 Telephone 8111 No. 1.103
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lly HIANK JKNKINM
UOITMAN, boss of our Kimiimil
rmovoiy plan, suya Ihe house cut
In 1 inula will put u arrluua di'iil In
uur piiiuriiiu In ut Western Kuropo's
Industry bulk on Its fret.
Food unci ruw materials, he tells
the hrmilr Hppriiprlutliin committee
LlilK inoriiliiu, must bo Mil lluwiim
ur the people will no hungry and
liiinury people urn hind lo deal wllh.
Mo. lie adds, "llm brum ol Ule till
must lull oil the machinery mill
niulpiiicut nrrcaanry lo rratuie or
llicmmo Kuropca productive ca
pacity." T I'H liko Him :
Huppuee you urn temporarily down
mill mi I. (Like, lor Instance, people
who liuvn loot everything In the
Coluiiiblit lluods.i You have, limy -lie.
a pine n burr ground, but no
Inula to wmk II wall. You have
Utile credit, mi you go to your
bunker.
VVIiitl will he do?
H he li GOOD bunker, he will
(red you 1 1 ml mid then lie will ad
vance you koine money lo buy UioU
krllli. Willi food to keep your
alrmaili up und tools to work your
uround Willi, you'll be mile to lecd
yuiiiscU In llltlo while.
Hut without tools ui work with,
you'll huvo lo no on relict.
will work the wine way In
urope.. II we provide Ju.it money
enoiuih Ui no on feeding Use people
mere but not enouiili lo vet Uiem
I he lool Willi winch to net their own
ludtintry mid agriculture golm
niluln, we'll hnve to liu on teedlnu
ilirin Indrlliiiirly unurr Uie Inicr
imiumal WI'A system wove been
following so Iitr,
li u u simple an that.
IN the punt, we've tmned rcpula
lion lor brum able to do a Job. To
Ho a Job diet-lively, you mini fin
ish what you start. II we don'i fln
lih Ihe Job we've aliirled In Kuroiie,
we ll lie whatever reputation we ve
guinrd in the pant.
II we lose world confidence, we'll
lone world leadership.
II we lone woild leadership. Hiu
ala will seize 11.
Where will we be then?
VJK don't necessarily have to pcinl
ALL Uie money we have been
talking about. II wo cm do the Job
rlleLiively lor leu, II will be wonder
till. 'Hint would be what tree enter
prisria call good Judument. One
nt the lint rule ol good managc
nirnt la lo spend only aa much aa It
nereiuiury lo do Die Job nnhl.
Hut tor hcaven'a aake lel'a don't
aay Ui the world that It would be
worth tlvo billions isay) lo mi to get
Weatern Europe bark on IU teet and
trims enough lo help ua resist tile
ii.tu. ot jomiiiuulain but it
WOULDN'T be won!) alx blllloiu.
That would merely make ua
ridiculous. II that's the way we
leel about It. lets drop Uie whole
project and keep our money.
TMIK pity of It la thai congress really
doesn't cure two lioou about the
difference III money represented oy
the houso cut. Thta la an election
year, and the whole thing la merely
a case of putting on a allow for the
votepa.
If, In a crisis audi aa facea ua to
day, we can't rise above piddling
politic audi as UiU we're tunk.
UKKE'S another pity:
n The votcra of America In thli
year of decision are YEARNING
tor wise, aound, lenrleM leadership.
Thiil la why Elsenhower, aa proved
by the opinion polls, haa made such
an linprciuilon on ua. We Uilnk lie
la wise, aound anil fearless, and we
nre turtJier Impressed by hli rcfusil
to grl lila feel wel in tho muddy
l mi m of vnte-chnalug polltlca.
Why cnu't politicians aec what ll
plum lo cvorybody else?
150 Feared Dead After
Swedish Passenger
Hits Mine In KaCfSgat
Klamoth-Bound Motorists Lose Lives In Crash
AAlMIOIUi, Itimrk, June 11 M
A DmiiIbIi pHHurnrrr venwl carrying
400 pcrmini ulrurk ft mine und sank
In the KnUefitt early today und at
mltl-murnliif IftO ot the paaimgrri
and rrrw nirmlH-rv atllt were un
arrouitlrd for.
Hie v ei. ad wua the 1008 -ton
Mlriimrr KJoeboiilmvn, owned by the
United HUiumhlp company DKU8.
A company official mild mot of the
p.wjriiKcrti not accounted for miut
be feared drowned.
He wild about 260 pawvenuen and
crew mrmbera had been rencued by
10 a. m.
The flril veaael to rearh ahore
from the arene of Uie dlwwter waa
ERP Chief
Pleads For
Full Fund
WAKIIINCiTON, June It Ul'r The
boM of the European Itecovery Pro
gram aald today Iiuum cult In Kill
funds, would virtually "eliminate'
plant to put r. urope' Industry bark
on Its fret.
The brunt of the cut must fall
on the machinery and equipment
iiec-cMary to restore or increase
Kuropes productive cajmcity." Kco
nomic C'fxtpcruilon Adminuirator
Paul O. Hullman told Uie sciia'e
appnpriatlon committee.
"The most productive and the
most far -reach lug part of the re
covery program would for alt prac
tical purpusrs be eliminated."
Machinery Cut
Hoffman' flrnt formal aptwat for
restoration of Uie full $5,300,000,000
In recovery funds showed thai ma
chinery shipments would have to be
reduced Iruin 1.1 000 ,000 .000 to
tioo.000.000 If the senate upholds the
house slash.
The house voted to spread the
UUOO.OOO.ooe over 16 montha tnatc4
of Uie 12 montha authorised by con
greaa in setting up KKI. This would
have Ihe effect of cutting recovery
spending from $1,000,000,000 to
$2,000,000,000.
In advance of Hoffman's appear
ance, a republican member predict
ed Uie committee would heed "pleas
of tScnator Vandenbem It-Mich, i
ud oUiers and put bark most of Uie
cui made by the house. Vaiiden-
bertf. chairman of Uie senate forcliui
re la 1 1 una committee, had been fliihl
ing Uie reduction since Uie home
acted.
Huffman aald food and raw ma
terials must keep flowing If K urope
la to survive, Uierefore the Industrial
recovery goods would have to be cut.
Two Drown In
Cloudburst
SALEM, June ll (IP) Two per
anna were' drowned laat nlilhl at
UThlrty-mllo creek, five mllea aoiith
il Condon on the John Day high
way, Htnle niKhwiiy EiiRlnccr R. H.
Biililnck mild today.
Tho drownlima (Kcurrcd, Dulrinck
mild. dtnliiR a cloudbtirat which
wiiMictl nut purl of the hlRhwny.
Mnldork anld ho hail no other dc-Inlla,
Q 'IW'WWJ'W'"' '''''-'''''T-V' 'I 1 l",-
the llanlall tanker llaiuulf Lube,
whlrlt curried 13 aeverrly wounded,
Aniliulalicea were waiting.
The KJoebeuhiivn waa truvelluif
between CoiienliuKen and Aiilborii
when alie hll the nunc. Anlboru u
northwral of CoenhaKcii acroiui the
Kutti'Kiit.
The company aald the ahlp went
down In 10 minute, four mllea aouth
of the AallHirg buy HchUiilp In the
niirthrrii part of the Kattegat Karly
reporta to the rompany. It aald, In
dicated only two HfelKiata were low
ered before the veaael aank.
300 Iteacued
Many ahlp In the area hurried to
the acene mid one the FrlKKa. alao
owned by the UFUH company re
IMirled that the hud picked up about
2U0 pitiutcnkera frnm the aunken ahlp.
Many of ihcm, the Krluxa reixirled,
suffered aevere wouudn and olhera
were Buffering- from exiioaure.
A report from Aalborg aald 21
membera of the crew were reamed.
I'lanea dropped llfebelta to paaaen
gera awhnmliig In the aea.
i ne oiuy ronipieie panneilger Hat the rear of a northbound PMT Uuek operated by John Ruaaell Willett, Klamath Falla. Thia picture waa
waa aboard the Kjoebenhavn. uken by Leo Kppa, local truck driver, who arrived shortly after the crash and while the 1948 Packard
One official said about 200 of the I waa being moved by a wrecker.
paueimera pronaoiy were anleep In
their berths when the explosion oc
curred. The rest travelled steerage
and moat of them spent the night
In deck, chairs.
When nrwa of Ihe disaster spread
In C'oprnhagrn Hags were lowered
halfmasl on all ships In the harbor.
Aalborg city la also in mourning.
A wen known Lureaa resident and nia wile, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory P. Ruzlc, en route to Klamath
i Falls for a visit with their daughter Helen. Mrs. Koberl P. Ellingson Jr., 2030 Del Moro, were killed in
I slantly early Thursday afternoon when their ear skidded on a wet curve near Gold Hill and crashed into
Record Wheat
Crop Forecast
PORTLAND. June 11 iJ'i A rec
ord Pacific Northwest wheat crop
Is In prmpect this year.
The federal crop rcKrtlng serv
ice aald the total harvest of winter
and spring grain in Idaho, Wash
ington and Oreiinn would be 1M.
61)1.000 bUAhels, a6 per cent larger
than lost year's.
The forecast by stales: Washing
ton. 88 470,000; Idaho. 37J.0O0, aud
Oregon 28J13J.OO0 biuhcli '
A cold spring waa expected to re
duce the pear and peach crops. The
peach crop, down about 30 per cent,
waa expected to yield (XH.OOO bushels
In Orriion and 3.080.000 In Wash
ington. The pear crop, down about
33 per cent, waa expected to yield
OttB.000 bushels In Oregon an I
S.OJtl.OOO In Washington.
Car Plunges
Into Canal
Bevcn persona narrowly escaped
serious Injury Thursday afternoon
when tlielr car skidded off the Crys
tal Springs road near Olene and
plunged down a sleep embankment
Into an Irrigation canal.
Spencer Charles Crump, of Phoe
nix, Ore., waa driver ot the car, and
had his wife, two sons, Oerald and
Jimmy, his brother and sister-in-law
of Los Angelea and Mra. Billy Mor
ley, of Klamath Falls as passengers.
State police aald the accident oc
curred during a rainstorm, whrn
Crump's 1M1 DeSolo club coupe
skidded on the muddy road and
slipped off down the bank. One by
stiinder told the Herald and News
llmt the bnuk waa from 40 to SO
feet high. The passengers received
superficial scratches and bruises,
and were not taken to the hospital.
The machine was badly damaged.
Langell Valley Family Head
North With Full Boxcar Load
A boxcar loaded wllh most of the
farm equipment, household goods
and livestock owned by Ihe Luther
Dunn family of LaiiRell valley
ptilli'd out of tho Southern Pacific
yards today.
The Dunns aro moving lo sunny
aide, Wash., lock, stock and barrel.
In railroad tariff books Micro is
provision for a lump freight ralo
for such conglomerate family haul
IngH known officially ns "emigrant
movables." In railroad parlance such
loads are known ns "sulus."
The Dunn bnxcnr, lonclecl and
ready lo head north, contained three
rows, ft calf, two hogs, two dogs, ft
tractor aud assortment of small
riiniii equipment, an old Ford pick
up, liny, sucked main, an oil stove,
Icebox, tables, chairs, trunk, mat
tresses and betltllng, and a dozen or
so boxes full ot household Items,
w' Mr. and Mrs. Dunn have already
iino to sunnysltlo, They sold their
J.nniicll valley ranch and bought Kn
ot her In WashlnRlon where they
will set up housekeeping again.
Ocorge E. Gregg, employe ot the
Dunns, Is riding up In the boxcar.
It all goes well, the trip probably
will take three days, and aregg will
sleep In it bed laid out In the car.
His Job will be to look after the
cargo generally and play nursemaid
to the livestock on the trip.
Feed for the cattle and hogs Is
being carried along, hut aregg will
have to scout tor water In the var
ious railroad yard slops along the
way.
Tho milk cows and hogs nre
penned In one end of the car, the
calf at (lie other end to keep It from
getting trampled. The two dogs have
stationed themselves under the truck
and look nonchalant about tho
whole thing.
Clregg himself Is not particularly
enthused about the trip but keeps
hoping It goes smoothly and ho
doesn't mistakenly get coupled to ft
freight going to Chicago or some
other way point.
White Pine
Mill Set To
Start June 15
LAKEVTEW. June 11 With their
new sawmill completely rebuilt
trom the ground up, and entirely
new machinery, the White Pine
Lumber company plans to resume
operations about June 15. it was an
nounced this week by Sam Jaksick.
general manager. An open house is
planned tor Saturday afternoon,
June 19.
The new mill, In which about B0
per cent ot Uie machinery la elec
tric, will-cut about 8000. board fee.t
of lumber per hour, Increase of
2000 to 3000 teet over the old mill.
Operation In the old mill was
closed down April 1 and most of the
crew was retained to help with the
construction of the new mill. Tim
bers had been previously cut and
construction of the new mill was
begun at once under direction ot
Thurman Johnson, mill construc
tion foreman.
This will be the second local mill
to be completely rebuilt here within
the past tew months. The Fremont
sawmill was rebuilt last fall.
House Republican Leaders Pin
Emphatic 'Must' On Draft Bill
WASHIGTOV. June 11 (Jf- House
republican leaden stamped an em
phatic "must" today on enactment
of a peacetime draft law next week.
Encouraged by the whopping i8-to-10
vote the senate (rave its selec
tive service revival bill, house sup
porters were confident of sending a
finished measure to President Tru
man before adjournment.
Speaker Martin (H-Ataaa.) told
Gold Hill
Wreck Takes
Lives Of Two
A crash between a truck and car
three miles south of Oold Hill on
the Pacific highway early yesterday
afternoon snuffed out the lives of
two Eureka, Calif., motorists. Mr.
and Mrs. Ocorgory P. Ruzlc, parents
of Mrs. Robert P. Ellingson Jr., of
Klamath Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Ruzlc, prominent
coast residents, were en route here
to visit their daughter.
The accident occurred at the foot
of a hill north of Medford when
the heavy car Mr. Ruzlc was driving
skidded on a slippery curve and he
crashed into the rear of a big PMT
freight truck operated by John Rus
sell Willett, 31, resident of the Eber-
leln street housing unit, Klamath
Falls.
Willett was northbound from
Medford to Roseburg at the time.
He drives for Pacific Motor Trans
port, subsidiary of Southern Pa
cific. Willett was uninjured.
Leo Epps, local bus driver, came
on the accident Immediately after
the crash and said Mr. Ruzlc ap
parently failed to make the curve
and struck the rear section of the
big truck with such Impact the rear
axle of the PMT machine was
twisted lengthwise.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellingson, who live
at 2030 DelMoro, will leave Satur
day for Eureka to arrange for serv
ices for her parents who are sur
vived by their daughter and son,
Curtis of Eureka. Mr. Ruzlc was
61. his wile Nellie, 56. He was
owner-operator of the Triangle Auto
Court at Eureka. .
Fire Horn Test
Slated Monday
Don l start looking for enemy , .
planea at 6 p. m. next Monday when SP ASKS ShlDDeTS
juu iicni m puicill Iloni-DlSKl com-
lug from the suburban area It'll
be the new suburban fire department
testing Its air-horn alarm system.
To Unload Cars
PORTLAND, June 11 P The
Southern Pacific railroad appealed
The department plans to cut loose ! to shippers Thursday to unload their
live-second blast Monday at 6 freight, and warned tnai n tney
p. m. and each Monday thereafter i don't no more freight trains will
for several weeks.
Residents of the south suburban
arra in the fire district can report
fires by calling 7744, and the tele
phone number of the department for
other business and for fire permits
is 7745.
be able to get In
With the regular depot flooded,
the SP has been using the east side
Brooklyn yard a yard not equipped
for such volume. Officials said 100
loaded freight cars are clogging the
tracks.
Modern-Day "Emigrant'
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(irnrse K. Gregg, ranch hand employed by Luther Dunn, will ride
out a trip to Hiinnvsldc, Wash., In a boxcar loaded with farm Imple
mcnts, ilveatork and household Hoods belonging to the Dunn family
which la moving to Hunnyslde trom Langell valley. Railroad tariff books
have a name for such hauls "emigrant movables."
Housing Bill
Up To GOP-
WASHINGTON. June 11 iPi A
surprise democratic victory In one
republican-dominated house com
mittee today put the fate of long
range housing legislation squarely
up to a second OOP-controlled
group.
Eleven democrats, voting solidly
and with the help of three republi
cans, took full charge of the 27-
member house banking committee
late yesterday. That body approved.
by a 14 to 13 vote, all the major
provisions of the senate - passed
Taft-Kllender-Wagner housing bill.
The T-E-W measure alms at
bringing about the construction of
15.000.000 homes in 10 years In
cluding 500.000 government-financed
low-rent dwelling units to be oper-
ated by local public housing authori
ties. Sponsors say the main emphasis,
however, is on private enterprise,
with various government aids.
The housing Issue now moves to
the house rules committee, which
must clear all controversial legisla
tion before it can be brought to ft
vote on the floor.
reporters the house bill will be called
to the floor Tuesday or Wednesday,
lie predicted it will pass with only
one day of debate. This would con
trast with six days and three nights
of senate oratory.
House Rules Chairman Leo E.
Allen iR-Ill.i said his committee
will meet Monday to vote the house
measure "up or down." The bill has
been awaiting rules committee clear
ance since May 7.
With adjournment tentatively set
for a week from Saturday, the bill
cannot be debated in the house un
less the rules committee approves It.
Hence shortly after the senate
voted in mid-afternoon yesterday,
Martin called Allen to a conference.
Allen said later Martin had asked
him for rules committee "coopera
tion" in getting the house bill to
the floor.
Allen then revised an earlier state
ment that his committee is divided
three ways four members for the
bill, four against, and four un
decided. Allen placed his newest tally at
sfx for and six against. He said he
will not change his "no" vote to
break the tie but two others on his
side may.
There are not fundamental dif
ferences between the senate and
house bills, but some provisions will
be compromised.
Hail Damaaes
Medford Crops
MEDFORD, June 11 P A heavy
rain and hall storm here late Wed
nesday afternoon damaged or de
stroyed up to 50 per cent of the
pear crop in the areas hit. County
Horticultural Agent C. B. Cordy esti
mated today.
The storm was spotty, appearing
to strike most heavily immediately
south of her.
Growers said It would be July 1
before extent of the loss could be
determined. Some fruit will fall and
on the rest, hall marks will show.
Water Supply
Runs Short
TENATCHEE, June 11 OP) Ord
one day's water supply remained In
Wena tehee city reservoirs this
morning after the city pumping
plant that has withstood the pres
sure of Columbia river waters for
three weeks was finally flooded
early this morning.
At seven minutes after midnight,
pressure of water buckled the floor
from underneath, and the plant
buildina began filling with water.
Superintendent Marion Sterling said
four million gallons of water were
pumped Into the city reservoir, one
day's supply.
A diver from Grand Coulee aam is
due this morning to try to patch the
break between the clear well and
the plant floor. If that is done, water
service can be renewed in four days.
after pump machinery has been
dried out.
New Walk Pays
Off To Watchers
NEW PINE CREEK A much
needed improvement was completed
here Wednesday in the nature of
new cement sidewalk in front of
the Faris Cash store. The tearing
up of the old sidewalk furnished
quite a bit ot excitement as in the
course of years many nickels, dimes,
pennies and quarters have been
dropped down the cracks.
Last week when the walk was first
torn up everyone who passed could
not resist the temptation to scratch
around in the old trash beneath the
walk. Probably four or five dollars
in the aggregate were scratched up
oy various children and adults.
ROAD CLOSED
SALEM. June 11 li The John
Day highway was closed today when
a rainstorm washed out the rood
between Fossil and Condon.
The Service Creck-Mirchell sec
ondary highway and the Ochoco
highway also were closed.
Youth Draws
Life Sentence
NAPA, Calif., June 11 0PI Thir
teen-year-old Richard Thompson
faces a lifetime in prison.
While Richard chewed bubble
gum. Superior Judge Mervin Lern-
hart yesterday found him guilty of
first degree murder. Richard con
fessed that he drowned Verna Sue
Asklns. 6, in a creek to keep her
from telling her parents he had
molested her sexually. He pleaded
guilty to a murder charge.
Richard will be turned over to the
youth authority, which will keep
custody ot him until he is 21. Then
he will be sent to San Quentin pris
on. He was under 18
The boy's confession related that
after he killed the girl April 16 he
bicycled to town and went to the
movies.
Blue Bloods Toss
Out Last Chance
LONDON. June 11 Pt Britain's
blue bloods have lost what probably
was their only chance In history to
trap rabbits on the red carpeted
floor of the house of lords.
Lord Amulree. a Scottish surgeon.
passed a new rabbit trap around
among the peers last night. He
wanted the trap legalized. He said
it did not torture the rabbit.
The Earl of Alrlie. master of
nearly 70.000 acres In Scotland, asked
to have the trap tried out on the
floor of the house "with a lot of
rabbits."
He was ruled out of order.
To get even, he tripped the trap.
It leaped off a red leather bench
and clattered on the floor.
Airport Goes
Under, Rich
Area Floods
PORTLAND, June 11 (P The
flooding Columbia river broka
through another dike on Portland
outskirts today and raced over a
rich lowland area extending tea
mllea to the east.
Doomed were the Portland air- -port,
four golf and country clubs,
a lakeside resort and homes for
several thousand persons.
All residents were ordered evacu
ated days ago, but the sheriff's of
flee feared some might have re
turned. The airport siren sounded ft
warning when the break came In
the early morning. The fire depart
ment at Troutdale, a small com
munity on high ground east of Port
land aiso walled a warning to any
returnees. Eight sheriff's cars raced
over roads ahead ot the water with
sirens going.
Troops Out
Army engineers pulled out all
troops and dike workers.
The sheriff's office said the warn
ings would have given anyone in
the area time to escape ahead ot
the flood.
The break, as in previous breaches
that flooded Vanport, the Portland
Meadows race track and another
golf course, came in a side dike,
not on the river front
Army engineers said they would
attempt to hold an intermediary
dike, ten miles to the east, protect
ing the $43,000,000 Reynolds com
pany aluminum plant.
Meanwhile the highest waters of
the flood rolled toward the Portland
area.
The break nnleaahed Columbia
waters which had wiped out Van
port Memorial Day, then cut
through a croaa-dike and flooded to
the east over the Portland Meadows
horse racing plant before being halt
ed by a second cross-dike.
Behind Barrier
This second cross-dike was the
one that gave way this morning.
letting the old floodwaters race
farther upriver to the east behind
the main Columbia river barrier.
In addition to the airport, two
country clubs were overran Alder
wood and Riverside. Ho were Broad
moor and Colwood, both public golf
courses. In the area also are the
Blue lake resort and about 6004
valuable commercial farms produc
ing tulip and gladioli bulbs and
garden- truck. The total area la
about 10.000 acres.
The mile-square Portland-Colum
bia airport was abandoned by com
mercial airlines after tha Vanport
disaster. . Th-lr planes operate out
of Salem airport, 50 miles south of
Portland.
The U. 8. weather bureau warned
that - the unruly Columbia river's
third crest would hit the lower ral
ley tomorrow, driving floodwaters at
Portland to a new 1948 high 3
feet. The level was 29.95 when tho
first crest struck the Oregon metro
polis June L
Canada's big Fraser river rode a
new high for the year 24.71 feet
along imperilled lowlands near tho
Pacific It still was rising.
New Evacuations
American and Canadian author
ities ordered new evacuations u
the Columbia and Fraser main
tained relentless pressure on levees
saturated by weeks ot high water.
In the hard-pressed Lower Colum
bia valley, U. S. army engineers
ordered evacuation ot diking district
13 near Kelso, Wash., 40 miles down
stream from Portland. It adjoins
ICvntlnacd an Pas S, Column ft
Three Die In
Auto-Truck Crash
CLACKAMAS, Ore., June HOT
An automobile-truck collision a mile
north of here killed three members
of an Oregon City family yesterday.
The dead are Wllmer C. Whitlow,
32; his wife, Myrna. 28; and their
son, Robert, 4. Only a daughter,
Nancy, 2, survives. She was at her
grandmother's house at the time of
the crash.
The Whitlows were In a light
sedan that collided with the truck
as the heavier vehicle attempted to
turn onto a side road.
The driver, Alfred G. Benhamin
35, Mllwaukle, was arrested. Bail
was set at 17500, but the district
attorney said no charge had been
field. Benhamin wag lnjurer
slightly.
Keynoter's Speech At The Convention Is Great Oration About
What A Bunch Of Skunks, Horsethieves Are In The Opposition
By PETER KIISON
NKA Staff Correspondent
lSrnd In a series at 4 articles.)
WASHINGTON The first day of
a political nominating convention Is
spent In everybody finding out
where his seat Is and complaining
about It. Also In listening to several
addresses of welcome and the key
note speech.
The keynote speech Is delivered by
the temporary chairman, picked In
advance by Ihe party leaders. For
the republicans this year the key
noter Is Governor Dwlght Green of
Illinois. For the democrats It's Sen.
Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky.
Great Oration
The tradition Is that the keynoter
delivers a "'grca-R-a-nt" oration to
lead the party on to victory. Usually
It does no such thing. It is mostly a
long and wordy document, filled
with bunk and platitudes about how
noble the sneaker's party Is, and
what ft bunch of skunks and liorse
Cantlnned an rase t. Column Si
JOG MARTINI As the republican convention chair
man, he'll be back on the same Job he had for the
1044 show (above) In Chicago.
8AM RAYBURNi Like Martin, the democratic eon
ventlon chairman tor '48 got his garel-swlngln
experience as speaker of the house.