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nr FRANK JKNKINM
CENATOlt TLANUKHH (Itrplib
" llran," from Vermont! tells
Washington reporter tills morning
that h ! going to k congress to
forbid ux of Uie fttomla bomb EX-
:mt ah a weapon ok wc
tai.iation .
Under lilt pl. ' would let the
wide world know we won't drop
A-bnmb on ANYHODY until some
body hat dropped on ou tu. No
matter what turn the situation
takes, wa won't drop bomb on any
body riltHT. Wa ll wait till sonic
body drops on on us and then
ZOWIKI Wall turn our air fleets
loota and blast 111 aggressor "II tin
tarth.
rr aoundi humanitarian and beauti
ful. Dul whrn wa turn the chip
over Una la the bui wa find under
It
No anemy U (olm to drop ONE
bomb on ua and then wait for ua to
retaliate with ovrrwltelmliii power.
Ilia No. 1 prliuiple of successful
wat fare la to deauuy your enemy
before ha can dentmy you. General
Korreat la UPPUJ'O K have Mated I
Uila principle In these earthy words:
"Victory goes lo Uia aide that fela
there tualrat with the moaleal."
When the atom bomb la possessed
by OTIIKKS, Uie purpuw of any
enemy we may have In Uie fuluie
will be U hit ua ao hard with o
many bomba that wa won t be AHl.r:
TO RETALIATE.
tTB nice to'poae. a Bcii.Uir i
1 riandera w.nl ua to. aa pure and
lovely characters and we appreciate '
hie altruistic aeiiumenu. but wed
belter analyse hla proposal realm- I
Ically bclore adopting It.
What we're going to want above
anything ele in any war of the
future la to 8TAY A LIVE. A lot of
ua wont be alive If we Irulal on
ivlni our enemy Uie tiral crack at
ua before we hit bark.
fl HOPE you 11 pardon thla long
' diaaertallon on alom bomba at
thla time when war la Uie but Uilng Klamath ralla.
any of us wanu to think about. Thai The lulelake city ambulance re
good senator a pmixwal la ao char-( relvrd a call at about 1:3 p. aa. and
aclerlatic of HO MUCH preenl-day rushed Capaon te Hillside. I.mer
thinking that I Just can t help lak- l"cy awrgery waa perforned laal
lug a awal at II ! nujhl at lllllalde. but the anaa'a ten-
dllton Is wllll conalderrd aerleua.
A MONO the beautiful political lie la suffering from a broken back
thought that have been ! ether Injuries,
pressed recently la that we ougnt I Patrolman Wilson said the cr
to have federal aid tor education waa demolished,
end that Uie BULK of Uie aid ! Undrrsherlff Jack Stark of Al
ouaht to go to Uie atalea Uiat are turaa moved Blmmona' body to Al
Irast able or willmgi to provide ll Wei.
for lliemselvea.
rormer President Hoover, who haal
always been a realistic thinker, of
fer this thought in Washington
t this morning:
-Help ONLY the REALi.Y BACK
WAHL) atatn.' ha aya In a letlrr
to Hepresentatlv McConncll. of
Pennsylvania, senior Republican
member of Uie house education and
labor committee. Donl give any
federal help to Uie aute U.;
IXJNT need It. he adds. In Uiat
way w could gel off tor ft lot lest
federal money and could do Just a
much real good.
s
TMKI'ES an odd quirk In human
1 nature. If somebody la perfectly
willing to pay your bill for you and
no questions ked. you're apt to
LET HIM DO IT. After somebody
else haa paid your bills for long
time, your fiber softens to the point
where you are no longer able to pay
them yourself. You come to look
upon having your bills paid by some
body else aa an ESTABLISHED
HltlllT.
It work the aam way wlih
STATES.
Airlift Misses
First Birthday
BERLIN, June 27 141 The airlift
had Ua first birthday yesterday, but
no party.
The 3J53Hih flleht C-M fly
ing boxcar landed five tons of atrel
wool and textile at Templrhnf air
port at exactly noon.
It was unloaded without cere
mony and took off for It home
base. The airlift land an average
'.'00 tone In Berlin every day so
efficiently that nobody pay much
attention to It.
Lt. Mlrhsel B. Rcelev. 30. of
Bnkenfield, Calif., and Lt. W. R
Jilarkburn, 30. of Myrtle Creek, Ore .
flew the anniversary flight and
didn't even know It until reporters
told them.
Northern, Western Coal
Operators Hold Secret
Meet To Eye Lewis Plan
I'lli NHt Ht.ll, June 27 (IV-A big
bloo of northern and wratern eoal
operators met behind closed door
today lo debate John I- Lewi' new
hare-the-wnrk program.
Their answer which may be
given the United Worker president
tomorrow when contract sessions re
aiiine at White Sulphur Springs,
W. Va., may determine whether the
nation 400,000 soft coal digger
atop work (gain July 8.
An operators' apokesman said any
reaction to the Lewis proposal
would probably he kept close
secret until the operators' negotia
tors gather around the conference
ta' ' with Lewis.
Lewis haa put thla proposal before
them:
He will change the "no contract,
no work" policy of the United Mine
Worker and keep the miner In
the pit lifter the present contract
expires, provided
The Industry goes on uniform
three-day work week during nego
tiation for ft new pact.
rkli r. MVK CENT
astern
California
Driver Dies
In Smashup
TIM I.AKK. f alir.. Junr 17 A
('AllfornU motor..! waa killfd and
H nlM mbrn tMr w
left hlihwar 1. II mllea south of
lulelake and rolled completely ever
several llmee before coming 1 a
atop.
Dead la J. U Simmons, about 2S
yeara old, driver of the 1946 aedan.
lie was a realdrnt of Crank springs.
Calif., near Adin. Passenger In Uie
car waa Ted Capton. 23. also of
Crank prln. who la in crIUcal
condition at IlilUide hospital,
Details of the accident are not
known. California Htale raUolman
Oereld Wilson, whe investigated.
aaid that Klmmona apparently let
control of the car. which rolled ever
for a diatanr ef 10 feet before
coming to atop. I
Authorities have not been able to
queaiion Capaon.
The two men were en rout to
Crank auringa where boUi were em
ployed by the Modoc forenl aervlce.
l"hey had apent
Uie meek-end in
Klamath Bond
Buyers Ahead
Of Many Areas
Klamath county U. 8. savings
bond buyer are out ahead of such
counties as Jackson. Marlon. Lane,
Joseiihlne. Douglas and Multnomah
In Uie Opportunity Bond drive.
County Chairman A. M. Collier an
nounced today.
Collier urged active buying of
bond this week as the drive cornea
to close.
A report for the accounting period
from June 13 to IS shows Klamath'i
total purchases at M per cent of
quota. Just under the state average.
Jackson's rexrt showed 0 per cent:
Ine. M per cent: Lake, M per cent:
Deschutes, ti per cent; Douglas, SO
per cent.
Klamath's quou la MM. 000 and
Ita purchases KMM.M. Lake county
haa purchased IW.M2 out of quota
of lit I. MX).
Douglas, rated as Oregon's boom
county, had quota of t32l.0O0.
short of Klamath's quota by over
100.000. On the report date, Doug
las had purchased I137.M1.V
Jackson's quota was 2ltftooo, far
under Klamath. II sales: 1183,008.
( IIANtiF
PORTLAND, June 27 ( Mrs.
Oscar Johnvin, Benera, told the hos
pital her 18-monih-old son had
swallowed a nickel. Several days
later hospital attendants said all
they had been able to get out of
him was penny.
Never mind the other four cents.
Mrs. Johnson replied Saturday as
she took her son away. Hhe guessed
It was her mIMake, and the penny
was the only, coin Involved In the
first place.
The alternative Is ft shutdown of
all bituminous mine. The I1IW
leader made that proposal to north
ern and western operator at While
Mulpliur Hprlngs, W. Vs., where he
and the management otflclala have
been talking contract terma.
The meeting was recessed so that
the opernlors could sound out senti
ment at home. Several conferences
were arranged. The big one was
called here by George H. Love,
youthful president of the Plttsburith
Consolidation Coal company, the
world's largest commercial soft coal
producer.
Lewis presumably wants hi an
swer when the talks at White Sul
phur Kprlng resume tomorrow
afternoon.
Honrrea close to the Industry Indi
cate that the key derision probably
will be made at Love's conference
today.
The aofl real contract expires
Thursday at mldnlsiit. However,
the miner are on ft 10-day vacation
that dor not etnlre until July I.
States
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Queen
Joyce Copeand, Western
Miss From Fort Klamath,
Ta D i i f s 11 w DkwfAk f"1! e s
v iiuic io
Its M D lit BI)
A fanlare, please, maestro, for
pretty, brown-haired Joyce Cope
land, who waa crowned Queen of
the IMS Klamath Basin Roundup
before cheering crowd at the
armory Saturday night.
Hay Williams, secretary-treasurer
of the Klamath Baitn Roundup as
sociation, said that the winsome
Fort Klamath girl scored a clean
sweep of 40 point for poise, per
sonality and popularity during the
Reds Return
2000 POW's
To Japan
MAIZURU. Japan. June J7 V
Russla today repstrlsted 5000 more
Jupancse war prisoner who allowed
every evidence of having been well
indoctrtnued with communism.
Half of those Interviewed t ran
dom said they Intended to Join the
CJmmunlst party at once.
"First thing I will do when 1 get
home." said one former aoldler.
Repatriation of Japanese prison
era from the Soviet Union hai been
proceeding slowly and with king
winter Interruption since the end
if the war.
Russian slowness In resuming re
pudiations till year ha been criti
cised by Oenerftl MarArthur, and
even by the Japanese communist
party. The occupation commander
has said 408.000 Japanese still are
held. The Russians have claimed
lliey had only WS.0O0.
Today's first shipment of the year
si rived aboard the hospital ship
lakasngo Mam (mm Nahadka, Si
beria. They were obviously well-fed
and clad in rough but sturdy cloth
ing. Confidence Man
(Held On Warrant
From LA Woman
CHICAGO, June 27 (TV-Dpprr
Elgmund Engcl, whose way wilh
women wealthy widows especially
netted him millions, was held to
the grand Jury today on charge
of operating ft confidence game.
The felony courtroom was filled
with curious women as the 73-year-old
International con man was ar
raigned before Judge Matthew D.
Hnrtlgmi. The court set bond at
j.'.O.OOO and continued to July 14
hearing on fugitive warrant from
Los Angelrs.
This warrant was taken out by
Mrs. Conine Perry, 84, who charged
Enurl with grand larceny of 12000
Engel admits swindling women
Ine world over out of millions with
his smooth talk fwonderful tunes
can be played on n old violin"!
and bouquets and roses.
A glib talker when within reach
of widow's bank book, Kngel wa
noticeably silent In court. He did
not utter ft word before Judge Hnrtl
Knn. He swallowed hard several
t'tnes a the charge against him wa
defined In detail.
KI.AMATII FALLS, OKKGON, MONDAY.
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Joyc I
V: ' . : V 1
ivwucu vxuccii;, ai i
st ,h. darn Saturday
balloting
night. f
Together with the point picked
up at Uie fairgrounds on horseman
ship, Xfiss Copeland wa named
Her Majesty, to relit n oter the gala i
three-day western show. '
Judges Saturday night weie Mrs.
Dean Osborne. Mrs. Louis Srrruyt
and Mrs. Al Hattan.
They all agreed "it was tough
job," because all Uie girls were
popular and had personality plus.
After Introducing Uie seven candi
date Individually from the stage at
the armory. KBRA President Keith
Moon auiipunced Joyce a Uie win
ner at about 11:30 p. m.
The announcement brought ap
preciative cheers from packed
house which turned out to dance
to the music of Baldy's band and
watch the queen cvptranls strut
their stuff.
The six runners-up will be prtn-
cxa fnr Onn Jnvra anii I Hi,
seven girls have an ambitious eight P1"1 over ,nrir cr ,rom
daya ahead of them. with, personal foot b"k durln lhelr eventful re
appearances and social affairs. turn trlp-
Williams said the voting was very
close" between three of the girls,
although he chose not to release
the actual point scores.
The court consists of Margie
Miller of Klamath Falls, Molly Mc
Aullffe of Malin. Mary Tschirky of
Tulrlake, Marilyn Johnson of Keno.
Sylvia Robinson of Bonanza, and
Veda Tibblt of Bly.
The queen and her court will
occupy special box at the fair
grounds to greet fans during the
three rodeo shows scheduled for
Saturday night, and Sunday and
Monday afternoons. July 2. S and 4
When pressed for a statement.
Queen Joyce was too thrilled and
excited lo say much except, "Gee.
1 don't know what to say; I'm so
happy."
Bat-Swinging
Men Attack
Sea Pickets
TACO.MA. June 27 tn Men
swinging baseball bats attacked five
Seattle CIO pickets on the Tncoma
waterfront In Jurisdictional buttle
Saturday.
Three of the picket went to the
hospital, but police patrolled the
docks yesterday and Robert Ward,
an official of the CIO marine cooks
and stewards union, said he had
been assured by the police depart
ment Uiere would be no further
violence.
The small CIO patrol was picket
ing the tanker Pensco, which is
loading oil for Alaska at the Time
oil company dock, because three of
Ita steward department employes be
longing to the CIO were replaced
earlier Uila month by members of
the AFL Sailor Union of the Pa
clllc Charles Nichols, CIO dispatcher
and one of those hospitalised, aald
police did not resiwiid to the call
fnr 45 minutes, and then only two
officer came.
JUNE S7, IMS
welter
Young GOP
Puts Axe To
'Old Guard'
W ASHINGTON, June 27 '
Demandlnr full psrtiwnihlp In
party affalrm. Vounr Republlram
today pasbrd their own Vldr
CatrnienMw-fellow svrr 3ft lo
the forefront of of fire-Beekerm.
The otMttrperotu yoDncitert,
who rloivrd a national convention
In Halt Lake Uly Ut week-end
bv electing John Tope. Detroit,
MlrhM a their new chairman,
have their political knives oat for
the GOP -old guard."
The convention couldn't agree
too well on some things, but the
delegates seemed almost unan
imous in the view that the partf
which Gov. Thomas l Dewey of
.New York led to defeat In No
vember. 1M8, needs a thorough
leadership housecleanlng.
Opposition to present party
leaders apparently extends from
GOP National Chairman Hugh
D. ticott Jr. on down the line.
In fart, the convention thousht
so little of what If called the
"financially wasteful, essentially
uncooperative and generally use
less" policies of Ben While hunt,
national speakrrs bureau direc
tor, that it howled overwhelm
ing approval of m formal resolu
tion demanding his ouster.
Kcott himself fold reporters
that rival candidate for the
Young Republican chairmanship
were trying to "put the kiss of
death" on opponents by accusing
each other of being Scott's
favorites.
Deer Smashes
I Rr I llflSTPrN
Eat Venison
Resident of trie old folks home
are eating venison and Uie Robert
Nichols of Pelican City are having
their car unbent as the result of
ft strange accident on Uie Green
springs over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nichols were !
returning from week-end trip to '
Happy Camp. Calif, when a forked-
horn deer galloped Into their car;
Sunday evening near Lincoln.
The animals neck was broken;
and tney loaded it in ine oacx oi
the car. The Nichols reported the
Incident to the sute police when
they arrived tn Klamath Falls. Po
lice escorted them to Uie old folks
home where they donated Uie deer.
The Nichols report that they
almost hit another deer, had to
nudge a big Hereford bull out of the
rosd. and saw ft sheep leap corn-
KU School
Board Vote
Held Today
The school board election for the
Klamath Union high school district
Is being held today with the polls
open from 2 to 7 p. m.
Mrs. B. C. Johnston is running
f'ir re-election from the Weyer
haeuser district, and Mrs. Deris
Peyton and John Schubert are con
testants from the Altamont district.
Mrs. Peyton Is the incumbent since
she filled the unexpired term left
by Bob Lamont.
Qualified voter for this election
are resident who have lived in
Uieir respecUve district for six
month and are registered voters.
The school boards of districts one
and two will hold a joint meeting
tonight following the election to
consldrr summer maintenance and
construction programs.
Red Cross Plans
Nursing Program
The Klamath county chapter of
the American Red Cross is organ
izing a new nursing program in an
attempt to be prepared for any
disaster that might befall this area.
Nurses are asked to file an en
rollment questionnaire Indicating
whether they wish to be carried on
the active or inactive file. The
purpose of the enrollment I to
develop within the chapter ft roster
of well-prepared nurses who may
be called for service through
various Red Cross programs.
Uie
KILLED
PENDLETON, June 27 m An
automobile carried Mrs. Marian
Develyn Johnston, 34. Pendleton, to
her death In crash off the Old
Oregon Trail highway near Echo
Junction yesterday.
Her husband, Donald Wesley"
Johnston, wa hospitalised her In
fair condition.
Teiepnon till
No. 212
Today
Maine Only
Wet Spot
Over East
By The Associated Press
Most of the nation east of th
1 L ...... awMel lew
mid aticklne., today, and Ihere waa
little relief in sight.
T. .. - .l, ,.. i. rhi
J? .L ilZ ,.r . fesi
"'.d rain' h'aTS.Ien e'er a
hot. humid week-end and none was
l.rrdlrted before Tuesday. F.een then
light, scattered thandershower
won't give much relief, the bureau
forecast.
West of the Rockies it waa gen-
etally cooler. A line of thunder -
storms waa reported moving from
Kansas up to Minnesota, althougti
the shower were to dissipate by the
time they reached Minneapoli.
But there were a tew rainy spots
m the country. Northern Maine,
which hadn't any rain for weeks,
was bathed in a steady downpour
over the week-end. That freshened
wilting crops and decreased the
harard of forest fire tn Uie area.
Most of the rest of New England 1
wa fair and hot. Burlington. Vt.,
cot 22 of an Inch of rain last night
Deluge Hits
A deluge swamped Logauspert,
Ind-, early yesterday. One of the !
heaviest downpours In the north
central Indiana city's history flood
ed streets and basements, and winds
snapped off numerous small tree, i SEATTLE, June 27 A Uueat
The storm lasted about four boors-1 ener strike of some 400 office work
The rest of Indiana and Southern ers at the atomic energy project at
Illinois got crattered thundershew-
3
and SL Loois had some rain
Maximum temperatures which1
parked the beaches and swimming
pools In Uie Midwest and East over i Contract negotiation, conttuctrt
the week-end included these: j between thre contractors and the
New Vork 4. Washington and ' union tn Pasco, reached Uie pro
Philadelphia 96. Richmond. Va, 99 ' posed agreement Friday, according
Miami and Pittsburgh 90. Cleveland ; to Federal Labor Conciliator AJbin
84. Detroit 93, Tyndall. S. D . 104. 1 L. Peterson and Guy Lin trier.
St Louis 83. Des Moines 85. unci i rv.. iAn h.H ..r . h.h.
Chicago 88. Las Vegas. Nev, had
...F.i. iui-t,i uign ior wis imx
. of year.
On the cooler side In the West
I were maximums ilRit San Fran
rise. 8 at Lea Angeles. (3 at Seat
l lie. C7 for Havre, Mont, and M at
Lewiston, Mont.
. . .
Welfare PrOqrOm
Talk Planned
Quota club will hear Altha Urqu
hart at a ; rosram and dinner meet
ing In the Pelican cafe at 8:30 to
nleht. Monday.
The speaker will talk on the
county welfare program, which she
heads.
Presentation of a gift to the
"llrst Quou baby." John Alexander,
ron of Mr. and Mrs. Truman Run
Jan, will be made at the meeting.
Sl'ICIDE
PORTLAND. June 27 I"! Don- I Two others are in serious condl
ald M. Drake. 64. Portland con- Uon In a hospital.
tractor, killed himself by firing
rule bullet Into his head yester
day. His family said he had been In
curably ill of cancer and had been
despondent.
jjjrk
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HOT CONTEST THRILLS REGATTA CROWD One of the most thrilling races in the history
of Upper Klamath lake regattas was run Sunday between Harry Eyerly of Salem and Elmer
Knight of Oswego, which finished with Eyerly a split second ahead. This view of the two
speedsters was taken as they passed Art Vroman's green flag on the fourth round, with
Eyerly, right, about a length in the lead ot the time A heat or two later the same pair took
over, roaring neck and neck around the course, with Knight winning that one. Their timet
were right on the world record, but couldn't count officially because the Klamath course
wasn't measured to the lost inch. Regatta tory on page nine.
Western Powers
Crack Down On
IfGO Over Row
By IMMFX DE LIXK
BERLIN, June 27 'AV-The allies announced today four power talk!
on Germany will be revived tomorrow afternoon, the five-week-long
rail strike which has Imposed a virtual second blockade on Berlin kv
scheduled to end In the morning.
The new conference was called to carry out the will of the big foot
foreign ministers, who decided at Paris a week ago today that four-power
talks should be begun to forge at least a way of life" for Germany and
Berlin, even though major disagreements on policy In the divided city
and nation still exist.
Informed sources said tomorrow's agenda probably would Include the
trade sit nation and transport conditions. Trade In 8ov let-occupied
Eastern Germany is sagging. In western occupied tones, it is booming
The executive board of the an ti -communist railway union tl'GO)
bowed to the orders of the western allies yesterday and ordered member
bach to work on the soviet-controlled railways at that time.
They said the strike could no longer be Justified because it was
seriously damaging Berlin economically, was blocking the Paris four
power agreements to revive east-west trade, and was laying a b burden
en the western powers in maintaining the airlift.
.Strikers won two of their three major demands.
All salaries will be paid In west marks, bince this currency haa s
purchasing power four to sis times aa great aa the Soviet-sponsored
east mark, railway strikers have won one of the greatest wage boosts la
industrial history.
The railway management will
east "ark aaJw into west mark.;
1
; The Busin-controUed railway (
mangement has given s-isur.nce. !
the- will be no re-lmt.on .gainst j
; Wriltera. I
The workers' third demand (
I recognition of the UOO a official j
i bargaining agent wa denied.
! Kerertbelesa, success of the strike
: ha been such that (be I'GO. which j
1 began it with Mo, members, wow I
I haa ll.tO.
The strike, which began wilheat
allied objection two days before the
opening of the Pari foreign min
isters' council, cost tw II Te and
hundreds ef casualties In riots. Eco
nomic lease are estimated at
MM west marks K.M.MI.
Atom Strike
I At Richmond
iln Balance
; Richland may be averted tonight as
members of local 100. Office Em-
ployes InternaUonal Union (AFLI
vote on ft proposed agreement.
une tor tonight. Peterson said. j
(nvold . ,h. Gut K.
: Atkinson Ac J. A. Jones Construc
: Uon company. Uie Neon Electric
I company and the Urban, Smythe dt
j Warren Company. AU are sub-con-j
tractor.
Meanwhile. Thomas P. Graham,
i regional director of the nations!
1 labor relations board, said machin
ist of the Atkinson dc Jones firm
had voted to be represented by the
InternaUonal Union of Operating
Engineers (AFL). '
Seven Die When
Car-Truck Smash
MADERA. Calif.. June 27 (ffv
Two Stockton, Calif., families,
crowded Into 1941 sedan, were all
hut wiped out in a collision with a
heavily laden vegetable truck. Seven
I ti the nine were killed.
The truck driver. Don Allen,
Stockton, told police the passenger
car swerved Into his lane. He waa
not held.
Wreckage and victims were strewn
over the highway.
.Msg) asii;.wsa-jssW(..1
convert M per cent of each employe's
the West Berlin city government wlU
Spud Figure
Shows Gain
Over 47-48
A total of 11,163 carload of pat-tors
were shipped from the Klaas
Ltn basin from August 1948 througki
May, 1949, according ta records an
nounced today by the state depart
ment of sericulture office, Eseulr
theatre building.
Of this figure. 3339 were car
loads purchased by Uie government
fus livestock feeding and did not
go out of the basin area. Total
shipments out for the previous year
numbered 7272, all of which went
cut.
A comparison of shipment per
n.onth for seasons August, 194T
through My, 1948 and August, 194
through May. 1949 are listed by the
department office a:
1948-49 1947-41
August .
September .
October
Navember
leeesBs-
January
February .
March
April
May
. 2 1
. 414 84t
- S2 IMS
, Litis ua
. ixir 9t
. l.7 1417
. 1.45 91
. 1J87 791
. M tit
94 t
11.183 7272
Included 2036 for stock feed.
Syria Names
ZayimPrexy
DAMASCUS, Syria. June 27 0P
CoL Husnl Zayim. who already ha
toughened Syria' attitude toward
both Israel and Arab Trans-Jordan,
is the new president of hi country.
Syria's strong man was unopposed
in Saturday's elecUons for the presi
dency. He was Inaugurated yester
day. He received 726.116 of the 730.116
votes cast by an electorate of 816321
In this Arab country of 3.400.000.
Women do not have the vote.
The soldier-president is field
marshal of the army and commander-in-chief
as well as president.
He came to power by overthrowing
Uie government of President Al
Saved Shukii Al Kuwatly in ft coup
last March 30. He accused the gov
ernment of corruption, made him
self interim military ruler and called
for the election.
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