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line's the latest word from
Washington:
Report! ol MOUNTING Russian
' atomlo power touch of I bin new
. Heinle OkM lo add billions lo do
icnae budget.
Tito Joint chief of Mlnff have
Just tolct congressional cumniltirrn
they expect Russia to reach a
' PEAK Ol" POWER bv mld-lBM-two
vear hence.
They tny Uilit will murk the nturl
of "period of greatest danger"
lor thin country.
Clrheml Nullum P. Twining, act
ing head ol the nlr force, says
Russia mnv BOON hove enough
M atomic bninha to luinuh i win uriwo
Uncle with " plentiful reserve fur
succeeding Irlea If the flrnt ntlnrk
hmild lull."
He li1r Unit Russia now has nl
least hh (tinny first-rate pluncs an
Ae United Slates.
Going on with the nlory
AdmlnUlrallon plans cull lor
reaching our peak of retaliatory
ktrrngth (niennliiK strength to hit
back II Russia hltn flrnt bv about
MlOlO&ft. Hie house of representa
tive a while back voted to stretch
out the time quite a little longer
probably to mld-IOM.
Senator O'Mahonry Imn ul none
to bat for an extra Uiree unci a
hall bllllona to speed things m
with. He savs, loitlcnllv enough:
U makes no sense to build lor
peak strength In 1M50 lo nircl a
menace we expect In 1DM."
Henalor tvndon B. Johnson of
Texaa says the Joint chiefs of staff
have Inlorinrd hl senate prcimrcd
ncsa sub-committee they could
have 143 air wings readv bv mid
i4 IF CONGRESS WOULD PUT
UP TUB MONEY.
Meanwhile
A congressional aurvev commit
lee estimate! Una mornliiK that the
government will ve authority
(meaning prevloua permission from
eongresai to spend NEARLY 174
BILLION DOLLARS durinit Uw
next fiscal year-whlch starts to
morrow. The Joint enle-houe cnmmltice
on reduction of non-raacntlal gov
ernment expendlturea ad;l that
tlllt llt-bllllon loul we could apend
In the coming fiscal year cornea
from next g of 91 bi Ijn
lars of UNSPENT BALANCES
from previous yenra.
That l to ay. In previous years
we've appropriated 91 b lllon c .. I
tara more than we have been able
lo apend. Yet the talc we net. Iron
Washington Uila morning l that II
congress doesn'l put un more mon
ey we're aunk.
. Do you aumxwo anybody In
Washington now where wore
h-ntr Inr moment to
thpf stretch-out biwlnesa. (By
atretch out," presumably, la
meant taking longer to spend the
delenae monev necessary lo bring
ua to the point where wo can de
fend ouriclvea If Russia attacks
"Vaclng g toe like communist Rus
ala whv did we decide lo tnkc
more lime to gel ready?
The answer to that, as I reca 1
11 la that It began lo look like If
we went out xpcndlng fast and
making- weapon, fast and getting
readv faat lo defend ouraelvea If
attacked we wouldn't have enough
o! the ClOOD Uilnga of life to go
around, and If thnl hapiencd if
peclally In an election yeari the
people ml"hl get mad and throw
out of office everybody who la now
In office..
Anyway, when we decided to
'atretch out" U' VreioA of our
peak prepnrcdnosa, the newa thiil
waa fed to ua turned roy und
hopeful. Reading the Washington
atulf In the papers and listening to
It on the radio, It began to appear
to ua that the Ruaalnna wore hope
leasly snarled up In the Inefflclen.
cles of their communist aystem and
couldn't fight a 'r If they wanted
lo. .,.,.rt
v.. Now. wnn more v
from congress. It appears that ANY
DAY the Rusalnn bombers may
be overhead.
Whut wouldn't I give for leader
ship In Washington that I could and
would believe unhestltnllnglyl
Leadership of that sort. It seems
lo me. Is our greatest need. With
It there Is NOTHING we couldn t
do.
Without It
. Well, I sometimes wonder.
Kirk Rancher
Hobbs Sought
Searchers todny dragged the Wil
liamson river near Kirk seeking
the body of John Hobbs, 63-ycnr-old
rancher.
Hobbs was laal seen Saturday nl
tcrnnon as ho rodo off across the
Dr Warren Hunt ranch to soo about
some cattle. Hobbs looks after
Hunt's cattle and runs some of his
Cwiien Hobbn failed lo roturn Sat
urday evening a search was
launched. Yeatcraay nuernu ...
Hobbs' horse was found pear UjP
w iiamnuu .i.ci """"r v
above Kirk. The saddle blanket waa
wet and there were mark" IndlcaU
lng the horse had been in the rlvor,
according to Peace Justice Walter
Zimmerman, Chlloquin.
Zimmerman said there was about
15 feet of water In the river at
the point of the horse tracks. That's
where the search was concentrated
today.
at jj aviiii
FORECAST Klamath Falls anil
vicinity and Northern Callfornlai
Fair and warmer through Tuesday,
High tomorrow 71, low tonight 38.
Prcolp yesterday 07
Hlnce Oct. 1 ........... .17.11
Normal for period 12.03
Mine period last year 14.84
Irtilh temp yesterday B0
Low last night - 40
HST To Sign
Controls
Legislation
II v HI KIIMNU r. (iHV.Y.X
WAH1IINOTON Administra
tion leaders suld Monday prealucnl
Trillium will sign later In the day
a bill extending wage and price
control lor 10 inonliia.
Hpcukcr Hiiyburn ID-Toxi told
reporters niter a White House con
ference that the President la 'Wot
ton well pleased with It" but Unit
Hgnlng tlie mcuHiire Is "the only
thing he can do."
Lutcr, Joseph Short, Truman's
press secretary, Mild the President
Is exiitvlrd to lgn the controls
bill Monday unci Unit he will Itsuc
a statement at the aiime time.
Short mud he could not say at what
I tune Truman would art.
1 'Hie bill us passed bv Congress
iSutiirduv bears Utile resemblance
I to the controls legislation Trumun
m.krd ol the House and Senate last
I year.
At TIIOIUTV
I ile wanted authority to control
hAi and prices extended for two
years, until June 30, 1U&4, and he
ufkrd that the current cnuirnls pro
I visions contained In the IJi'lenne
I'rodurtion Aul ol Is.iO bv
atrengUirned.
Ini.ieui- Congress ueukened some
(of the controls authority and placed
a lo mnuin limit on an extension.
The Drlense Production Act will
expire at midnight Monday night
unless the President signs the ex
tension. Hayburn and Ben. McForland
ID-Arlr.) Scnule inalorllv lender,
auld after the conference thut they
we no reason lor culling Congress
back III special session nfler the
political conventions In July.
Wllh the big military appropria
tion bill and the mutual security ap
propriation measure tho only ma
jor Items reiimlnlnu for action the
! two legislators sun! Congress
snnuin Dc able lo quit Saturday
nlKhl '
iUVIIl'IIN
Rnyburn told questioners the
President "didn't seem very en
thusiastic" over Ihe legislation
even though the Html bill was con
sidered a victory lor the admlnls
, (ration alter the House earlier had
I voted to kill nearly all wage-price
I controls.
i The controls legMsllon would
I continue federal authority to regu
l late wines and prices through next
! April 30.
HjH It would ninke several major
changea In the present Defense
i-rooiiction Act. These chungca
would
CIMM.KS
I. End rent controls on Sept. 30
except in localities whose govern
ing, bodies vote fci extend them to
next April 30, and In certified cri
tical defense areas.
- a. Toss out controls over credit
for consumer goods and for Von
ventlnnul nouslng loans. The Fed
eral Reserve Board could restrict
housing credit again If the annual
rate of new houses started passed
I.JOO.000. Tile present rate Is 1.100.
000. 3. Retain Ihe Wage Stabilisation
Board tWSBi but with limited
power, and to make (he ap
pointment of Its members subject
l w rc.-i.nie i.nnrnintion.
I The board would be deprived ol
, Its authority u mnke recommenda
tions In labor disputes unless the
! management and union agreed lo
,ask the WSR how much of a wage
iingni ue granted In a
dispute.
A major administration setback
was adoption of an amendment to
exempt processed fruits and vege
tables from price controls,
f Price control officials said this
comprises about 11 per cent of the
housewife's grocery purchases and
could mean n big hike In food costs.
TAFT IIAIITI.KV
The measure also Includes a rc
quest not binding that the Presi
dent Invoke the Taft-Hartley law
In the steel strike. This would mfsn
asking for an 80-day strike-halting
court injunction, which Trnmnn has
said would accomplish nothing per
manent. Hay, Clover
Hurt by Rain
The weatherman had a "clear
and warmer" prediction on the
books for the Klnmoth countrv to
di,,r aim tmomv iuliowui' our
of Ihe dampest curly summers re
corded hero In some years.
Tho rainfall was reported from
nil corners of the Ba.sln, and In
abundant amounts. The niolsturo
was l)ol Ii wanted and unwanted by
fnrmeiH, but definitely to the nd
vantage of foresters who have es
tablished the lire watch for the
season,
With the dealing off of skies,
many spud growers were rcioivlng
to move cultivators Into the fields
to tako out a heavy weed growili
which had developed dining the
rain spell.
And there were reports of many
small Individual fields of hay which
had been cut prior (o the storm.
Tho cut hay Is blenched and nutri
tive! value Is diminished by rain
fall, whllo uncut hav has continued
growing.
Further mowing and baling
should get underway as soon as
fields are ready.
C over, which demands the help
of bees to get Its blossoms pol
linated, was perhaps slowed a bit,
Countv Agent Walt Jendrzcjcwskl
reported this morning. Bees don't
work loo well under conditions
similar to those ol the past week.
He said the advent of warmer
weather should see them develop
rnnldlv. and with Ihe right kind of
weather good yields may skill be
forthcoming this season.
Klamath Basin Is the worm lean
er In alslke clover production, pro
ducing approximately one-fourth of
the United States, total output last
season.
Jendrzojowskl said clover suf
fered from recent frosts, but even
then with tho right breaks he said
yields may bo "surprising."
1,nn , ; rnr-.l- , , i in. !.ti..n i
rue riv Cents IS Pages
Murray Says
Negotiations
To Continue
YOUNOSTOWN. O. I The CIO
United Slcelworkers. their chief
savs. have miles set for Monday in
tnelr ellnrt to conllnuo to win
strike-ending agreements with purl
of the Industry despite a stalemate
with the big producer.
Philip Murray, president of both
the CIO and the Sleelworkers, dealt
hnrshlv with the sleel Industry's
"Rig 8lx" In addressing 4.000 per
sons at a union rullv here Sunday.
Near the end ol the slowly deliv
ered, hour-tind-a-half long speech,
i Murray said heads of manv small
er firms had been seeking him out,
trying lo bargain lo end their
plants' shutdown from the nation-
I wide strike of V).C00 steelworkers
1 20 davs ago.
I He declined to name the firms,
but quoted managers of some of
them as saying they were afraid of
'being blacklisted bv Ihe "big six"
from whom thev bouiht ore or 10
whom thev sold materials.
i MKKT TODAY
j Later, at a news conference.
iMurrav said the union would meel
with some employers Monday In
! Pittsburgh and other cities.
I He named no companies, but the
Inference from his speech and con
j ference comment was that the
I union was at an Impasse, for the
I time being at least, wllh the major
' producers.
I "The Big Six." Murray said was
"a conspiracy and Its work has
been dedicated to frustrating agree
ment." 1 The "Big Six" to which he re-
lerren are u. B steel. Bethlehem.
Renubllc. Jonea and Laughlln,
Yountstown sheet and Tube and
Inland, und thev have nearlv 70
per, cent of Din nation's tleel
making capacity.
In New York, the Times said
executives of the six firms will
meet this week to decide whether
to trv bargaining again or force
President Truman's hand on use
of the Taft-Hartley act.
O'Malley Foils
Escape Try
8ALEM IM Three convicts-
two of them killers tried again
Sunday to escape from the state
prison but. unhappily for them
warden Virgil O Mullcv happened
to be walking across the grounds
I at the time.
"Hey, what's going on there?''
O'Malley shouted as he saw three
men, racing through a restricted
area, carrying a muke-shlft ladder.
In a moment he recognized them
and knew what they were doing.
There was Lifer DuPrec Poe. in
for killing a policeman; Wayne
LeRoy Long, only a day awav from
hearing his execution date set; an-.l
Albert Doolln, hobltual criminal
Just two weeks ago those same
three tried to gel away.
When O'Malley, who was show
ing Lt. Dean Evans of the Cali
fornia State Prison at Soledad
around the yard, recognized the
men. he told them lo halt.
Meekly, they did. Guards pui
them back In their cells.
Investigation showed that they
were released briefly from segre
gation they were there lor tryhiR
lo escape to get exercise. The
exercise they took Involved cutting
door bars with a smuggled hack
saw, running to (ho root, sliding
down a Nhoet rope, then running
across the yard toward the wall.
The cells which now hold them
Insecurely will be occupied only
until the stronger new cell block
Is completed.
There was one convict who did
escape over the week end. He was
Ernest E. Chniidler, a trusty, who
walked away from the guards'
quarters where he was a cook.
Special
By WALLACE MYERS
A special Roundup Rodeo attrac
tion has been arranged for Wed
nesday's opening night show only
This new one-night feature Is
Dwlght Moore's Mongrel Revue, a
trick dog act currently touring the
rodeo circuit. Roundup Association'
Pres. Bob Robblns announced Sat
urday that Moore had agreed lo
bring his act here for the single
performance.- Tho Mongrel Revue
has drawn good notices this season
from rodeos all over the country,
Entries from many of the world's
top rodeo performers have been
pouring In In Roundup Headquar
ters here fof several days. Jim
Shoulders. . last year's national
champion cowboy, who also copped
top honors here, wus expected to
file his entry today.
Sale of advance reserve tickets
picked up rapidly today as the
weather broke clear and sunny.
Starting . today, Roundup Head
quarters, In the Patterson Furnl-
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KLAMATH
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PUBLIC HEARING on Ihe California Oregon Power Company's application tor a hydroelectric
permit on tha Klamath River opened this morning at the Armory. .Throe principals are shown
above. They are (I to r): Oragory Harrison, San Francisco, Copco attorney; William J.
Costello, Washington, 0. C, presiding' examiner of the Federal Power Commission; and
Joseph B. Hobbs, Washington, FPC attorney.
Dunkin Search
MEDFORD I Elusive George
Dunkin, who once stole back to
his mountain cabin while
hunted for the killing of
being
Slate
Patrolman Phil Lowd, won't do it
again. His cabin has been des
troyed. State Police Capt. Paul Parson
reported that Monday.
Sunday night Lt. Paul Morgan
told of Dunkin slipping back to his
cabin at the head of Elk Creek. 40
miles north of here, and getting
an old coat, a 'hat and a little
sugar and flour.
It
was Wednesday night Dunkin
did that. It was Friday his cabin
i was destroyed. That eliminated
I one of the places police needed to
watch.
The search now has settled down
Into what Morgan called a "me
thodical check-out" a check of all
the many mine tunnels, cabins and
other shelters In tho region Dunkin,
long-time hunter and prospector,
knows well.
Parson said there had
recent trace of Dunkin.
tw,n nn
Sports
Bulletins
WIMBLEDON. England 'iPi
Ilerble Flam or Beverly Hills.
Calif., eliminated Vie Seixas of
Philadelphia. America's No. 1
player, Monday lo reach the semi
finals of Ihe Wimbledon's Men
Singles Tennis (championships
aflcr Defending Champ Dick Sa
vllt of Orange. N, J, was
ousted by Australia's Mcrvyn
Rose. -
Frank Sedgman of Australia,
(lie Lulled States champion and
top-seeded favorite, swept past
Erie Stiirgoss of South Africa,
7-8, 8-1, 6-0, to complete the semi
final field, Sedgman - will play
Rose In an all-Australia semifinal.
Rodeo Attraction
lure building
will remain
ticket sales.
at 234 Main Street,
open evenings for
As usual there will be three
rodeo performances, with' night
shows Wednesday and Thursday
and an afternoon performance on
tho Fourth of July.
Each of the two night shows will
offer special attractions; there Is
tho Mongrel Revue on Wednesday's
program and Immediately follow
ing the Thursday night show, the
annual fireworks- display Is to be
touched off. This event, put on by
tho Klamath Merchants Associ
ation, will hove the fireworks fired
from Gems Stadium so that the
aerial show will be plainly visible
from the rodeo grandstand in the
Fairgrounds.
In addition to these ono-nlght at
tractions, tho rodeo will offer a full
bill of special aots for all three
rodeo performances. 1 -
Two famed girl trick riders are
FALL8, OltKGON, MONDAY, JUNE
No Judge
For Court
Apparently the Klamath District
Court Is going to be without a
Judge tomorrow and for some days
to come. Judge Nick uaner s resig-
nation Is effective at midnight to-
nRht
and as of this afternoon.
there was no successor In sight.
Several days ago. Governor Mc
Kay named attorney Clarence
Humble as Carter's successor but
Humble reused the appointment
No other appointment has been
made and a spokesman in the gov-
ernor's office this afternoon .told
the Herald and News lt was un-
likely another appointment would
be made before the governor re -
inrns from an out-of-state trio. Mc -
; Koy was In Texas today st a gov-
ernors' convention and plans to go
from there to Chicago before re-
mere to unicago oeiore re-
turning to Salem.
Big hitch In filling the District
Court bench Is the salarv. The Job
pays only 84,500 a year and is a full-
time post. Judge Carter is resign
ing because he was unable to get
a salary Increase. And apparently
no suitable and Qualified applicant
i has since been found who will take
iha hnnfh Th Inh enlU fnr A nunli-
i (led attorney who resides In Klam-
alh County.
I The spokesman In McKay'i .office
1 .. "VJ r.i . . Mwitlon.
Job filled if there was an Imme
diate demand. But the spokesman
added thai it. was believed "some
other court" could handle any ncc
essarv Klamath business "for a
while." :
Judge Carter is leaving tne ocnen
lo open a collection agency nere.
McKay, Says Taft
Can't Win State
HOUSTON. Tex. Wi Oregon's
Gov. McKay, a Republican adher
ent of Gen. Eisenhower for the
presidential nomination, said here
Sunday he had serious doubt that
Sen. Taft, if he got the nomination,
could cany Oregon.
Colorado's Gov. Dan Thornton,
also an Elsenhower man, said the
same thing about his state.
programmed. They are Betty Dol
larhlde and Marie While, both of
whom have been featured at most
of the nation's top rodeos.
Sharing top billing this year will
be Clown Sherman Crane and An
nouncer Pete Logan. Both of those
men are nationally recognized as
anions the best in their fields.
Crane, besides his clowing and
bullfighting,, works with a dancing
mule, Hula, and a bullriding mon
key, Hotchn.
Tho Roundup' Association was
fortunate in securing Logan's serv
ices as announcer. This veteran
mlko handler has fdr many -years
worked such top rodeos as the
Boston Golden, Son Antonio. Hous
ton and Cheyenne. Last year, he
went into semi-retirement and set
tled In S'adford. He agreed to do
the announcing hero this year only
because it was close to home.
' A second clown, Sherman Bill
ings, of Canby, will work with
Crane in the . arena. This young
30, 1953
HeatWave
Tops 200
By i The Associated Press
A blistering heat wave, of more
than a week's duration in some
areas, showed little lct-UD over
'southern and Central parts of the
country Monday,
Some rain and wind storms hit
parts of the sun-baked sections In
i the Eastern half, of the nation,
', bringing temporary relief. Rain fell
1 in sections of the Dare bed Southern
j states where crops are threatened
: by the prolonged hot dry spell.
it -was a wees ena oi suiting
It -was a
heat in many areas. Temperatures
in the 90s to as high as 108 were
: reported in Central and Southern
Death Toll
states east of the Rockies. Refresh- .ing for what amounted to only 1,250
lug breezes and rain a t o r m s cfs continuous flow, because lt ex
brought releif to hot spots in sec-1 pected to construct a storage pond
tions of the East and South Atlantic .above Big Bend No. 2 to store
states. water 12 hours a day so its re-
TOLL 20 ' I lease through its power plant tur-
The death toll from the summer j bines would be doubled 12 hours
season's longest stretch of hot
j weather mounted toward me
, hoVDUallzecl lor heat prtra-
were Jammed with millions trying
to escape the scorching heat. In
Chicago, sweltering in the 11th day
of 90 degree or higher tempera
tures in June, an estimated onei
million persons swarmed to the I
i city's dozen
Lake m i c n i g a u i
j beaches.
It was a record June 29 reading
of 96, and Monday's expected hign
of 87 was to be followed by a fore
cast top of 98 and high humidity
on Tuesday,
in St. Louis wearv from five
I consecutive days of temperatures
above 100 uie prospeci was 101
more of the same for the next tew
days. Sunday's reading was 104,
marking the 25th day of 90 or
higher this month. Twenty-four
persons have died from effects of
the hest.
But in Maiden. Mo., the mer-
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performer is coming fast and bids
to be one of the best within a
few years. - .
With Ihe coming of good weather
today interest also picked up in
the Fourth of July parade. Jim
Olson, narade chairman, said more
entries came in this morning and
he expected several more, during
the afternoon. Entries will be ac
cepted until the night of July 3.
Parade officials are expeclally
anxious to have entries from out-
lino: communities and district. J
Sandmeyer is handling this parade
division.. '
An effort la being made to have
as many ex-Roundup queens In the
parade as possiDie. Any wno nave
not been reacneo are urgeti 10 con
tact Olson or Roundup Headquar
ters at once. Last year's queen,
Mai trv Brown, will ride her famili
ar white horse In the parade. Other
past queens will ride In special
cars with Identifying placards,
Added
Telephone 8111
No. 2853
FPC Hears
Protests
Of Plans
Application of the California Ore.
gon Power Company for license to
ouim lis proposed Big Bend No. 2
hydroelectric plant, on the Klam
ath River seven miles Hmuntir.an.
from Keno, may run into some
rocky going before hearings on the
subject started today by the Fed
eral Power Commission are over.
The hearings may go on for two
or three days.
. About 200 persons, many of them
larmers were In the Armory ihl
morning lor the first session, and
It became apparent that there
would be a lot of objection to li
censing the Copco development,
at least Just now.
PROTESTS
Formal protests were entered by
the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation,
the State of Oregon on behalf of
the State Game Commission, the
Farm Bureau, various Tulelake
area farm organizations, (he Klam
ath Indians and representatives ol
other organizations.
Some of the objectors will back
up their complaints with witnesses
and formal evidence later. Others
Just submitted statements of opin
ion which William J. Costello of
Washington. D. a, presiding exam
iner for the hearing, said would
be included In the record but would
not be given the weight to be given
evidence submitted. ,
There were some nresAntntinn
jin favor of granting the license, also
u.uot u, mem wun reservations that
J users of water for irrigation, pres
ent and future, be fully protected.
Those included statements of the
Klamath County Chamber of Com
jmerce, City of Klamath Falls, Ore
gon Building Trades Council, Izaak
i Walton League and Klamath Falls
: AFL unions. , .
! IRRIGATION ' '
I
The No. 1 objection. ' a current
: running through the most of the
presentations to the FPC examin
er, is the fear' or the possibility
that water rights for agriculture,
present and contemplated, will be
jeopardized.
The power company was just
opening its case when the morning
session ended.
Harrison Gregory of San Fran
Cisco. Copco attorney, said In his
opening remarks that although Cop
co was asking for the right to use
2.500 cubic feet per second of the
flow of the Klamath River through
its Big Bend project, it actually
Isn't asking for a bit more water
than the company Is already using
at its Copco No. 1 and Copco No.
2 projects on downstream in Siskl-
you County. Calif.
He said the company was ask-
a day.
SISKIYOU
The two Copco plants In Siskiyou
County, he said, have been using
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TWO EMPLOYES of h Penney stora Vara caught by tha
special photographer this morning. They ara (I to r) Jo Paup,
1039 Alameda Street, and Carrie Lowther,. 1736 Manlo Way.
Delegate
Seatina Is
. af
Ton Issue
By me Associated Presa
Republicans squared off in con
vention preliminaries at Chicago
Monday,- exactly one week before
the bell for the main go nom
ination of candidates for president
and vice president.
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, flew
In Sunday night from Washington.
His chief rival for the OOP
presidential plum. Gen. Dwlght D.
Eisenhower, booked day of rest
at his Denver headquarters.
Their representatives met Sun
day night with OOP National
Chairman Guy Gabrielson to dis
cuss procedure for settling disputes
over seating rival slates of dele
gates. Accord on some things was rea
ched but not on others and another
session was on tap Monday.
One point at issue: How long
should each side argue at tho
hearings opening Tuesday before
the GOP National Committee?
Previous time limits have been a
half-hour each.
CONFEREES
A committee spokesman said the
conferees agreed to call contested
delegations in alphabetical order,
keep the meetings open to the
press and public and send the
arguments to a closed session- of
the committee for a vote. Left un
settled was whether the hearings
wuu.u ue teievisca. . .
- i.c uuiiicsis uivuive uiree ,:tin-.
veiuiun votes irom ruerto itico
irum uiuisiana, lour eacn irom -
oeorgia and Mississippi, two from .
Vlrirlnlo onrl nns manW trnm Ul.
A fti7fahl rhimlr nt IhMa vaImi
The Associated Press tabulation
of delegate strength based on
avowed and conceded alignments
for jhe first ballot shows Taft
now has 480 delegates to Elsen-
Others have 129 and there are
190 uncommitted or disputed..
Nomination requires one more
than half of the total 604 of
i,vo. - -
The Texas delegate dispute is the
hottest.
The pro-Taft faction.' In an '84
page brief for the hearing,- said
the issue is whether Democrats
should be allowed tn take over the
Republican party in Texas.
In general, the brief fills out the-.
g-uufo .uuuiuni a, gMJIic.it in uie
running, battle:- That Elsenhower
backers, many of whom 'were de
nied seats at the state convention
which chose the pro-Taft delega
tion are really Democrats in diss.
guise-
The Eisenhower people claim
uieir state convention aeiegates
were dory chosen and should have
been recognized. .
When they were not, they set up
a separate convention which named
a rival slate favoring Eisenhower.
Oregon Editors ;
PORTLAND UR A telegraphio
poll of Oregon newspaper editors
shows that Gen. Eisenhower is
viewed as the strongest Republican
presidential candidate, the Oregon
ian said Monday. It said that its
pou snowed also, tnougn, uiat tne
editors are less certain be will get
his party's nomination. They are
about evenly divided le their opin
ions on that, the Oregon said. -
Lions Install
New Officers
Dr. Robert Wood was installed
last week as the new president of
the Toketee Lions Club.
inner new oiucers; naKcic jjbh
drum, first vice president; Bruce
Bratten, second vice president;
Jim Misfeldt'. secretary-treasurer;.
Bamey Cavanaugn. tall twister:
Walt Guyer. Lion Tamer: and Jim
Lear, Darrell Miller
and Jerry
I Clemens, directors.
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