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Hy FRANK JKNKINR
I'm wondering If anybody has
missed this stulf m tilt) punt few
days. 'I ho reason I'm wondering
In Unit I'm wrllliiK thlH ono down
In ii coiner ill Ihn hiiMMiifiit at
Inline on u typewriter Unit was
kihuiik inn wiicn fur ran lor his
llilKl term mill here lluirv In gel
ling I'uudy to run (or HIS third
ii'i'in,
Typewriter imn oviir these long
swings (if history, mid thin on In
no cxi pit lull Ui tint nilu, Brought
bent In tho flint nliioo no some
thing for grandchildren to harden
llii'lr muscles on, It Iiiih developed
pi'i'iillurltlci under tho treatment.
I lilt ii "" buck Ilium It little
way, but wim t not printed on the
jmiicr wiu this jigger: ct.
Now thiil will olivloiiHly never
(In. I M'l out hrro to write, high
i'Iiinn opinion piece, und things like
thin ct. cl. ct. ct, ct. ct., which
i Imp buck nt inn from the impel'
ma uncd when you send bills to
people unit wmit to know why -the
neck they don't pay you wlmt they
owe vou no you ciui ko out and
line Mm money Inatcnd of them
using )t,
You enn't write anything worth
reading when things like Unit keep
liHlipenlnn. nnd no I started won
dering If anybody lind.mlnnod the
Mull on the dayn when It didn't
nppriir. If nobody had missed It,
vou ire, I wouldn't need to explain
why It hadn't been appearlnii. And
if I didn't need to do any explain
nit 1 wouldn't need to line thin
ivnrwrltcr which would be some
. tiling.
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But I reckon I'd better he get
tSiin on Willi Uiln explanation.
Did you ever hear of one of these
FLU bugs?
I hope not.
They'ro disreputable charactorn.
I think I caught a glimpse of
one the olher night In somcUiliig
iiliout hallway between a night
marc and whatever ntate It wan
ihnl de Qulnccy nnint have reached
when he wan hltlliiK the opium
ripe really KOod. That Is one of
the drawback! of tills Ilu business.
It brinu you halluclnatlonii like
lltul u'hin nil Vrtu WdtlL bt DOOd.
quiet, peacelul nlumber that will
restore your lacuiuen anu iov juu
gel back to your Job.
Anvwnv. thin Ihlna I allinnned
wu a horrible looking monnter. II
hitd a head nhaped about like a
sandbiir If sundburs grew to be
about the le of Hubbard squashes.
It had a squatty, muscular body
and the feel at the end of Ita
misshapen lens were also like
sandbars In appeurnnce. And It
curried In Ita burnt a knouled
whin nnd the knoutN at the endn
of the whip lanhcn were more
annriburn, mane, I would nay, of
sharp and shiny and heavy nteel.
With Ihln wlcked-looklng In.slru
inent thin horrld-looklnti creature
wnn laying It onto tome unfortu
nute human nhnpe, dancing glee
fully all the while on It namibur
hhnped feet and buttlnir In every
direction Willi Ita nnndbur-nhaped
head. And when I awoke Uie next
niornliiK I felt exactly an I would
hiive fell If I had Rone Uirotmh ah
experience like that the nluht be
fore. A word "of advice:
It you nee a flu-bun coming, run
like Ollly-be-damm. If you don't,
you'll wish you had.
Yider Street
Plan Shelved
Troperty owners along Pacific
Terrace have put the propoanl to
widen their alrcet Into deep freexe
for at leant six moiillu, and proo
ably longer.
Petitions bearing the n-imes of
119 property owners, representing
120 ol the 171 pieces of real proper
ly Involved, were presented to the
City Council last night In objec
tion to the ntreet Improvement Job.
The number was sufficient, under
Inw, to stymie the project ao that
It cannot be brought up again for
at leant six months. But for all
practical purposes, since the Im
provement Job has been turned
down by property owners twice In
three yearn, Uiere Inn't much
chance of 11 being revived for a
long time.
The proposal wa to sldcn each
traffic lane lour feet, cutting that
much space off cither aide of the
center park strip. It was originated
by Mayor Bob Thompson, himself
a resident of the street, and Uie
City Council. The coat would have
been, by engineer's entlmntc, $47,
000 to $57,000, with the property
owners paying the bill by assess
ment. rSabres Knock
Down 3 Migs
SEOUL, Korea Ml U.S. Sabre
Jet pilots shot down three Red Jet
fighter plnnen In two roaring air
fights over Northwest Korea Tues
day. Other Allied Jet filers reported
Ihey destroyed four locomotives on
tupply network.
Twenty-six Snbros fought ele
ments of a 50-MIO formation Tues
day afternoon In a flvo-mlnute run
ning buttle. It started near Slnanju
nnd ended near tho Yalu River
when the Red fighters iled Into
Manchuria.
The morning fight was between
27 Sabres and parts of a flight of
100 MIO-lBa. It raged seven to
eight miles above tho ground.
The U.S. Fifth Air Force said
about 300 MIOs were sighted In
Northwest Korea Tuesday 100 In
tho morning and 200 In the after
noon, Tho North Koroans' Pyongyang
have dovlsod now methods with
mobile "piano hunting units" In an
effort to check the Allies dally
bombing of Red transport routes
and supply editors.
The radio quoted Premier Kim
II Sung as saying Red forces now
"can opnrato with speed and shoot
down nil enemy planes that bomb
our positions."
Communist, flak, night fighters
rm) searchlights tried unsuocess
hilly Monday night to break up an
attack by five B-29 superforta on
tho Slnanju rail bridge complex in
Northwost Korea,
2 Hurdles
Still Face
Truce Plan
MUNHAN, Korea (If) Negotia
tors agreed Tuesday on the final
clause of a Korean armistice,
but two major hurdles still blocked
u truce settlement,
Tho agreement: To recommend
that belligerent governments hold
u high level political conference
within 00 days after an armistice
to consider "withdrawal of all
foreign forces from Korea, the
peaceful settlement of the Korean
question, etc."
Agreement was reached In a full
drenn session.
Staff officers were annlgned to
tho Job of Incorporating the recom
mendation In the armistice.
No date was set for tho first
i.tiiff meeting.
rmiuir.u
Olher still! officers are working
nn two other uncompleted claunen.
But they are skirting around the
two big unsettled rjuentlonn:
Voluntary repatriation of prison
em of war.
Rebuilding of airfields during a
truce.
The wording of Ihe political con
ference recommendation wan draft
ed by the- Communists, Including
the "etc."
The third ntalf conference meet
ing was a Communist Idea. Red
negotiators uuusica on u wires ure
United Nations Command accepted
Ihe Communist wording for tlio
political conference recommenda
tion, right down U the "etc."
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy. head
ol the U.N. delegation objected
nt first. He nald 'there In nothing
for the ntaff officers to Uo.
LIMHKI
Later, however, he agreed. But,
a UN. communique niini, joy
stipulated "the Mali oincern woum
not be empowered to make any
substantive change or addition to
the dralt recommendation."
North Korean Gen. Nam H nald
the meeting of ntalf olllcern wan
necesnary to writ a preamble and
"for proper wording and Insertion
In the armistice agreement."
Joy's qualification limited the
work of atalf ofllcern "to complet
ing any mechanical details."
Jov named Air Force Col. And
rew J. Kennev of Atlanta and l.t.
Col. Howard 8. l.evle of New York.
They will meet when the Commu
nists nre-arendy.
Stnlf officers working on the
prisoner of war claim "continued
to make slow progress," a U.N.
communique said.
Warren Plans
Wise. Entry
SACRAMENTO, Calif. I -Oov.
Warren of California agreed Tues
day to enter Wisconsin April 1
primary In his quest lor the Re
publican nomlnaton for President.
Warren, an advocate of "social
progress and world co-oratlon"
Umn laid down hln first pre-con-ventlon
challenge to Ben. Tail of
Ohio and former Oov. Stasscn of
Minnesota.
Tail and Btnsnen have Indicated
Ihey may enter Uie Wisconsin elec
tion In a bid for the states 30 OOP
delegates. Oen. Elsenhower haf
asked that his name be withdrawn.
Warren's decision to Invade the
midwest will bring the first out-of-state
drive for delegates by the
1MB OOP nominee for vice presi
dent. He has authorized a favorite son
slate In California's June 3 primary
and, a three-time winner for the
governorship, Is seemingly assured
of this ntate Is 70 convention voles.
Leiter Lid
Left Open
NORFOLK. Va. Ml Sam E.
Patterson, managing director of
Leigh Memorial Hospital here,
wrote a letter Monday to the direc
tor of Region Four, U. S. Civil
Service Commission.
In It, Patterson complained of
what he called "a good example
of gross extravagance" on the
Commission's part.
His complaint: He received
nlno Identical letters subject mat
ter and- everything else Uie same
from the Commission In one
mall.
All the letters, he said, were
postmarked February 11 In Wash
ingtontwo at l p.m., two at 1:30
p.m., one nt 2 p.m., one at 4 p.m.,
two at 4:30 p.m.. and ono at 5:30
p.m.
Giant, Unknown Negro
Rescues Trapped Man
HOUSTON, Tex. Wl A giant
Negro walked out of the night on
tho highway about ten miles north
west of hero early Tuesday, saw a
man trapped In the cab of his
smouldering truck-trailer and rip
ped the cab apart to save the driv
er.
The unconscious driver fell free
Into tho arms of waiting and aston
ished deputy sheriffs, and the Ne
gro disappeared as quietly us he
appeared.
TERRIFIC
"No one knows his name," said
Deputy Sheriff Don Henry, "but
he did a Job 1 couldn't do with
six trucks ar.d a wrecker. It was a
torrlflc display of human strength."
The trauned truck driver was
Roy Oaby Jr. 20, Houston.
Ho was driving a loaded truck
to Houston when he ran out of
gas and telenhoned Ills wife to
brkig some gasoline.
She had brought the gas and
was driving tho family car ahead
of him when a. driver forced her
off the road on the right stdo. Her
husband's truck was, forced off on
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THE CITY'S REMODELED City Council chamber is something of a throne room now. Members of the Council and top
officials sit at a raised horseshoe table, newsmen and department heads on a lower level and the public behind a rail
ing. Walt Salsbcry, building inspector, and Jack Dyer, plumbing inspector, directed the remodeling work, not only of
the upstairs portion of City Hall but the downstairs floor as well. Shown at the Council table are (left to right) Council
man Matt Finnigan, Councilman Don Kenyon, Attorney Henry Perkins, Mayor Bob Thompson, Stenographer Mary Ann
Wentworth, Police Judge Bob Elder, Councilman Wendell Smith and Councilman Darrell Miller. In the well are (left to
right) John Barton of KFJI, City Engineer Taxi Thomas, and Hale Scarbrough of the Herald and News. Councilman
Mark Smith was absent when the picture was taken.
Idaho Potato
Hike Sought
BOISE. Idaho. - MV-District Of-
flco ol Price Stabilization olflclals
and representatives of potato ship
pers met again Tuesday to dis
cuss potato celling prices.
Monday, the OP8 sent n tele
gram to Washington, recommend
ing an Increase In carlol jhlpment
prices for Idaho potatoes.
Ell Weston, Boise attorney rep
resenting the Idaho Advertising
Commission and Idaho Potato
Shippers Association, said Uie In
crease Is due shippers because "We
had it under the old OPA."
Truman Loses
Morris Bid
WASHINGTON W A House
Judiciary subcommittee Tuesday
unanimously rejected a proposal
by President Truman to give clean
up bass Newbold Morris power to
grant Immunity to witnesses In
tils scundals Investigation.
The subcommittee Is to confer
with Morris late Tucsduy about the
second part of Mr. Truman's re
quest: That Morris be granted sub
poena powers usually reserved for
the courts and Congressional com
mittees. The President and Attornoy Gen
eral McOrath picked Morris to
head the government cleanup pro
gram Feb. 1.
Morris Is a Republican attorney
who once was president of the
New York City Council.
Some senators have suggested
summoning Morris before a com
mittee Investigating big profits
made In a surplus ship deal. Mor
ris has denied any wrong-doing.
The proposed Immunity waivers
was rejected on a motion by Rep.
Keating (R.-N.Y.l.
VALUABLE RAIN
SYDNEY, Australia T) Aus
tralia has had Its most valuable
rain-storm. In more than a year In
the past three days. It broke a
year-long drought In Eastern Aus
tralia, ended bush fire danger that
has caused 22 million dollars in
damage In two montlis and saved
vast areas of dairying and grazing
country.
the left.
Goby was trapped Inside his tel
escoped truck. Flumes appeared.
His wife flagged a passing motor
ist, and he notified tho sheriff's of
fice. Officers, trucks and a wrecker
congregated. But tho men couldn't
budge the crushed metnl with ca
bles. A call went out for cutting
torches.
The giant Negro appeared.
"Can I be of help?" he nsked.
Then he walked up to tho cab,
placed his hands on tho door and
wrenched It off.
PRESSURE
He climbed Into the cab, planted
his feet on tho floor and his neck
and shoulders against the top.
"You could hear the metal give,"
said Henry. "The top bowed out,
the seat buckled down and the
dash broke under the pressure. ,
"I saw the Negro's shirt sleeves
rip open as his muscles bulged."
In the excitement of rescuing
the driver, still unconscious, no one
thought to thnnk the Negro.
Ho walked off Into the night.
KLAMATH
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City May Rent Park
Meters as Ad Posts
Willie Denies
Bank Robbery :
NEW YORK MV- Notorious Wil
lie (The Actor) Sutton pleaded In
nocent to bank robbery charges
Tucsdoy and was ordered held In
prison for a hearing Feb. 29.
The elusive Sutton was arrested
Monday In Brooklyn, where he
had been living the role of an ob
scure miser In a 6-a-week room,
after being sought as one of the
nation's top bank robbers and es
cape artists.
He broke out of two of Phila
delphia's best prisons, once in 1B45,
when he was recaptured soon after,
and again In 1947.
Two alert young policemen "rec-
onlzed Sutton on a Brooklyn street
Monday to end a five-year man
hunt launched when he made Uie
second break five years ago.
Queens County authorities have
him under Indictment here for the
J04.000 robbery of a Sunnyside
bank In 1950.
Sutton has been suspected of hav
ing a hand In the famous $1,500,000
Brink robbery in Boston Uie same
year,
He was brought Into court sur
rounded by three officers. A fourth
kept a close grip on the prisoner's
ueu irom oenina mm.
Red Cross
KickoffSet
The 1952 Red Cross Klckoff Cof
fee Hour has been schedued for
10 a.m. Feb. 27, Chairman Mrs.
Buz Larkln announced today.
The hour, for all volunteer Red
Cross fund campaign workers, is
extremely important, Mrs. Larkin
said. About 20 volunteer staff aids
are scheduled to assist in pouring.
Chairman of the day will be John
Houston, who will introduce a Red
Cross Pacific area field director,
Miss Fay Smith who win discuss
Red Cross "In the field."
Also due for introduction will be
George Dlmbat and Russ Tisdale,
co-chairmen of Uie 1952 fund drive
campaign.
Something new in the way ot
features as a klckoff affair will be
added this time, with a skit by
Mrs. Julian Eccles, Mis. Kooeri
Thompson and Rev. Gordon Ashbee
entitled "Do's and Don't's of the
1952 Red Cross Fund Drive cam
paign.
Exec. Secv. Virginia Dixon Is
slMcd to give a short talk on what
the local Red Crass has accom
plished here during the past year.
The talk will be an explanation of
Red Cross1 services to the local
community. Klamath citizens are
Invited to attend.
Mrs. Dixon stressed the fact that
the colfeo hour Is to be an open
n flair, with volunteers to receive
final Instructions before making In
itial solicltatons,
ATOMIC EXPEDITION
PORTSMOUTH. Eng., m The
vanguard of Britain's first atomlo
explosion expedition sailed for Aus
tralia Tuesday. .
Britain's first atom weapon will
be detonated In some months time,
In Australia's central desert or off
the coast.
FAIXH, OREGON, TL'KHDAV, FEBRUARY 18. 1953
Obstacles Overcome
, - ... " - ' ' jpj
By HALE SCARBROUGH
Klamath Falls' 748 narklmr met
ers probably will bloom this 8prtng
wnn reminders to the public to
buy this or than brand , nf oft
drink, soap, shoes, automobile and
what not.
The CrtyVi unctl la wirkirjr up
ncuniTHci wim me Aa-o-Meter Cor
poration of Ferndale, Mich., for in
stallation of 5x7 inch advertising
signs on the meters, for whirh tho
city is supposed to get 60 cents
per meter per month.
At tnat rate, the 748 meters
would bring in S5,385.60 a year
frdm the advertising source, the
money to go into the parkine met-
cr fund which is earmarked lor
'.raffle control use only.
That amount is nbont whnt lhA
city spends each year for meter
replacements.
CONTRACT
The contract being drawn would
give the Ad-o-Meter firm the right
to install and maintain the signs
for three years, without option, and
the city Is asking that a $5,000
performance bond be posted by the
company to insure against damage
to the meters, neglect of the signs
or other contractural failures.
The advertising would be national
In scope, with no local soliciting.
A clause in the contract pro
vides that if the advertising devices
are found illegal, the company
would remove them immediately.
Their legality apparently has not
been tested in Oregon. The Attor
ney General of Washington state on
March 23, 1950, wrote an opinion
on the subject in which he con
cluded that a city does not have
legal authority to authorize a cor
poration, Ilrm or individual to place
commercial advertising on parking
meters or oUier traffic controi
equipment." .
CONTROL
Parking meters themselves have
been upheld pnly as an exercise of
Uie city's police power to regulate
traffic. Advertising matter on park
ing meter standards would scarce
ly seem to be an aid to traffic
control In anv way, other than in
that the money derived would go
into a fund used for traffic control.
The Dalles Is believed to be the
only cltv in Oregon presently allow
ing advertising on parking meter
standards. According to information
obtained bv the Herald and News,
merchants of Pendleton some lime
ago killed a similar proposal, and
the City Council of Forest Grove
dropped the advertising scheme
there after the adverUsing outfit
was unable to sell enough ads to
go on all that city's meters. ,
At Forest Grove the soliciting
firm apparently was able to book
advertising for only about 20 per
cent of the meters. Uiose in the
choicest, most-used locations.
Here in Klamath Falls Uie park
ing meter ad idea was brought up
before a meeting of the Klamath
Merchants Association last week by
Mayor Bob Thompson, and the mer
chants did not raise objection.
But In other localities where the
advertising scheme has been tried,
there nave been very real objec
tions from merchants who have
found the parking meters outside
their business doors plugging for
one brand of merchandise, while
thev inside are trying to sell anoth
er brand.
The Klamath Falls contract with
the Ad-o-Mcter Corporation appar
ently would require Uiot advertising
be obtained for all meters, not just
those In most-used locations, ond
would require city approval of the
ads used.
QUEEN. ACHESOIf
' LONDON Iff) Queen Elizabeth
n received U.S. Secretary of State
Dean Acheson at her Clarence
House home Tuesday before his
departuro for Atlantic Pact con
ferences in Lisbon.
Jap Camp May
Become Prison
TULELAKE Three men from
the U.S. Bureau of Prisons have
been here for a week, making plans
for rehabilitation of the military
area of the old War Relocation
camp at Newell which has been
taken over by the Department of
justice.
The camp apparently is destined
for use as detention place for
Uderal prisoners of ? some undis
closed type.
The three men here are an en
gineer lor the Department of Jus
tice named Butterworth, an official
from McNeil Island Federal prison
named Hlser, and another' man
irom McNeil named Craig. The
latter is supposed to be caretaker
lor tne camp.
TRUSTIES
Ihe camp is to be taken over
March 1, and by April l some
trusties from McNeil Island may
be brought in to do some work on
the Installation.
For several years the facilities
had been leased to the Tulelake
Growers Association for a labor
camp and at times houses as many
as 50(rtransient workers.
Twelve families were living in
the camp when it was announced
Jan. 10 that the Department of
justice would take over the faculty
They have moved out.
Forty-four buildings, including
former military barracks, three
kitchens and other structures, are
on the property.
WAR USE
During World War n the camp
housed as manv as 20.000 Japa
nese aliens rounded up in the Unit
ed states at the start of the war.
The Tulelake Growers Associa
tion is negotiating for sub-rental
of a few of the remoining build
ings which may not be used by
the Bureau of Prisons.
No Support,
Jail Ordered
Refusal of Robert L. Mlsner,
uia Aiain, ua employe, to pay
support money as ordered by a
Circuit Court divorce decree, got
htm a 30-day jail sentence this
morning.
Misner was ordered into court
before" Judge Charles Combs this
morning to show cause whv he
shouldn't pay $60 a month support
for a minor child.
Payment of support money was
part oi a divorce decree issued
oy uircuit court here June 8. 1951.
A petition filed by U.S. Balen
tine, attorney for Misner's ex-wife,
Ella, claimed Misner was $240 ar
rears in payments.
Misner renortedlv told Jnripp
Combs, here from Lakevlew while
Circuit Judge David R. Vanden
bcrg is in Portland, hat he would
not pay the money as long as his
ex-wife wasn't allowing him to sec
his child.
Judge Combs said Misner could
clear himself of the Jail term when
he made payment. The Judge said
he understood Misner was out in
custody of a deputy sheriff trying
10 raise me casn.
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity, few light snow flurries
Tuesday night, partly cloudy Wed
nesday. High Wednesday 31, low
tonight 11. Northern California, oc
casional light rain through .Wednes
day, possibly becoming heavier
Wednesday night.
High Monday ... 23
Low last night 15
Preclp Monday .'. ,. .07
I'reolp since Oct. 1 ...12.30
Normal for period 7.61
Period last year 11.76
(Additional Weather on Page 4)
Telephone 8111
No. 2744
European
Community
Doors Open
LONDON in The Foreign Min
isters of the three Western powers
and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
of Western Germany said Tuesday
they have removed obstacles to
Germany's entrance into the Eur
opean community.
United States Secretary of State
Dean Acheson, British Foreign Sec
retary Aninony i,aen and French
Foreign Minister Robert Schuman
listed In a communique seven
points which they said assured a
successful 'conclusion of talks now
going on in Bonn and Paris.
PEACE CONTRACT
The three ministers and Ado.
nauer have been engaged In con
ferences here since Saturday in an
effort to smooth out German
French relations, open the way for
creation of a European army in
which German and French armed
forces would be unified, and pave
the way for a "peace contract" be
tween Western Germany and the
occupation powers.
Earlier Tuesday Uie French Na
tional Assembly, by a vote of 327
to 287, gave a qualified approval
to the European army plan for re
arming Germany.
PRELUDE
The Foreign Ministers confer
ences here were a prelude to a full-
dress meeting of the North Atlantic
ireaiy urganizatlon in. Lisbon,
Portugal.
In a separate communique Eden,
Schuman and Acheson declared
their "abiding interest in the es
tablishing and integrity of the Eu
ropean Defense Community" mrf
recalled their governments' pledg
es to maintain armed forces In
curope.
Ship Severed,
33 Men Saved
BULLETIN .
CHATHAM, Mass. lift All
33 crewmen on the stern end of
the broken oil tanker Ft Mercer
were rescued Tuesday by Coast
Guardsmen.
CHATHAM, Mass. OP Rough
seas of the Atlantic boUed anew
Tuesday under freshening winds
as the Coast Guard cutter East
wind moved toward the stern of
the severed tanker Ft. Mercer
which has 33 survivors aboard.
Nine men were believed lost
from the tanker Pendleton, which
suffered the same fate as Uie Ft.
Mercer in Mondays blinding snow
storm. Nine others are unaccounted for.
Thirty-two were saved Monday
night.
At 8 a.m. the Eastwind reported
she was only 10 miles from the
drifting wreck of the Mercer which
was more than 50 miles off Cape
Cod. Three hours later, the East
wind had not reported again.
At Coast Guard headquarters it
was considered probable the East-
wind might throw a line aboard
the Mercer and tow her into Boston
rather than attempt a rescue in
Uie rough sea.
The cutter Yakatat, meanwhile,
reported taking four survivors off
the bow of Uie Mercer before It
overturned in heavy seas.
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9 OjcIojcA Spsudal
CHATTING THIS MORNING at the Olympia Grocery were
Chris Lampropulos, whose family owns the store, and
Leo Friend, who drives a delivery truck for Medo Land
Creamery. , ; "
Six Major
Reforms
On Agenda
By STERLING F. GREEN
WASHINGTON Ifl Urged by
former President Herbert Hoover
to help wipe out the "humiliation"
of government scandals the Citi
zens Committee for tho Hoover re
port launched Tuesday a lobbying
effort in behalf of six major federal
reform proposals. '
Heading the list of projects It
will push Is a Senate-approved
bill to remove many Jobs from
political patronage, provide for ad
vancing able workers In govern
ment careers, and facilitate the
removal of incompetents.
SICKENING'
Hoover told the National Re
organization Committee Monday
night that the "sickening conduct"
of some officials recently mmI
is an indictment of the govern
ment's method Of Choosinir and
managing its 2 yx mmion em.
ployes.
No one can ignore the flood of
exposures ot less than tmi-rcH hn
or or real patriotism by employes
in many agencies of the govern
ment during these recent years "
..... . -iiraiucni ioio duo civic and
business leaders anri snuMnmMi
officials.
"Dally, Congress and grand Ju
ries are turning up sickening con
duct of federal civil officials. These
exposures can mean only one
thing: That our method of selec
tion and organization of federal
employes is badly at fault some
where. 'Surely the nation has a right
to a better system of choice Ann
management of its employees than
one which has produced these
months of humiliation."
COMMISSION
Hoover was head of th
gress-created. 12-member. bi-partisan
commission which In lftoE
produced recommendations for
streamlining virtually the entire
executive branch of the govern-
The strategy meeting was told
that about 55 percent of the rec
ommendations have become law
in the past three vhafs- thaf k
resultant savings can be estimated-
a ted
-4
... b.uuiiu vwo ounon dollars
nually, and that adoption of
--i,iiiiu,k noover proposals cA
oave buuui anomer 3 ft billions.
Six May Race
In GOP Field
PORTLAND IB six RepubH
cans, some ol them unwilling can
didates, may be on the Oregon
presidential primary JballoL -
Petitions . to put Sen. Wayne
Morse of Oregon on the ballot were
ordered printed Tuesday at Oregon
City. Also Tuesday, F. E.. Epton
took to the state capltol for filing.
peUtions signed for Gen.-Douglas
MacArthur. -
Only Monday two Republicans,
Mrs. Fred Gronert and C. C. Mar
tin, had petiUons prepared for
Harold E. Stassen and Gov.-Earl
Warren They said they wanted
the people to have a chance at all
potential candidates. Tuesday, in
adding Morse to the list. thv
pointed out that labor groups had
mentioned mm.
READY 1 - . .
Signed petitions for am rtoiaht
Eisenhower are ready for filing
whenever the sponsors decide- lo
do so.
And petitions were put in cir
culation last week for Sen. Robert
A. Taft, lust after he had visited
the state and said he would not
enter the Oregon primary.
" candidate nas no final voice
on that. Under Oregon law, 1,000
signatures put a candidate on the
ballot for his primary nomination.
MacArthur has said he is not a
candidate, but Epton has declined
to accept the general's statements
should not be on the Oregon ballot.
Sports Bulletin
OSLO UV-Canada took over un
disputed lead In the Olympic
games hockey tournament Tues
day with a close 4-1 decision
over Czechoslovakia.