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(TIicno Wcirtln are written on
Monday murium, niter th blue
lid void or dreamy Indian Bum
mer Sunday In the broad general
. vicinity at the innulo period ol the
Harvest Moon. We're coming
lowly back thli mornhiK to the
practical realities of thta poisonous
political I'OWKIl campaign. It's a
power campaign because lor th
Ural lime thn political power held
hy the New Deal-Fair Drill dynasty
h heeit definitely challenged by
a well lad, HINOKItK opposition.
That (act put) all the chips on
the table.)
Hence Ilia Ho Hum. Alter day
like yesterday, one hatea to come
back to iirlm, practical realities.
It would be wonderlul to go on
living in an Indian Bummer dream
world.
From New York!
Wind-whipped snow pelted North
eastern states today In the (Hat
bill blast ol winter . , , Hharply
dropping temperatures hit 30 9 tin
greea In New York City n all
time record low (or the date,
Th heaviest snow reported was
In western New York and In the
Adirondack and Catuklll moun
tains, where up to two Inches (ell,
Let's see.
Thal'i where Olve-'Km-Hell Har
Jy was whistle-stopping last week.
Even the elements eppear to
have been shocked by the Irre
sponsible recklessness ol his
charges against the man he once
wanted as the candidate of the
Democratic (New Deal-Fair Deal)
party. . . , ,
Prom Washington:
Membera of a panel of the fed
eral subveraive ictlvltles control
board have proposed thst Uie Com
munist psriy ol the United States
be required to register aa e foreign
agent , , , The lull lonr-member
board 1 expected to ftcoept the
panel report.
Well, why norT-
It will do little, If ny, PRACTI
CAL good, but we ought to know
the Communist party lor what It
Is.
It Is the official representative
In the U. 0. of MOSCOW COM
MUNISM. It la headed by the
Quislings who would TAKE OVER
II the free way ol life In America
could be destroyed by borers (rom
within, aa the (re way of life hi
Czechoslovakia and elsewhere was
fd-nlroyed by borers from within.
" That la the purpose of commu
nism In. America,
We'd better fee the facta.
From London:
Brlllth police have disclosed en
attempt to blow up a pipeline car
rying water to England'! second
Isrgeat ctty Birmingham. Sabo
teurs blew en t-foot deep crster
under en aqueduct, but the blast
Isllsd to damage the pipeline.
Well, thal'i thsy the commies
Work.
If they think they can get away
with It, they'll wop at nothing.
If the time comes when they
thuik they can t away with It,
they'll STOP AT NOTHING IN
AMERICA.
More from Waahlnlton,
The spec allotted to government
workers Is getting sm slier. Oeneral
Services Administrator Jeaa Lar
son say the srersge space per
worker wsa lit squsre feet In 1M0,
but this shrank to 101 square feet
by lsat June.
Larson's eventual go la M
square feet per worker. He told
a luncheon group today that better
use of government floor space has
reflected savlnga ol about 17 million
dollars annually.
More power to you, Jena.
A saving of 17 million dollars a
jesr AIN'T HAY.
we need more government
people who are Interested In
saving a little her and there,
QUEEN MARY BETTER
LONDON tm Queen grand
mother Mary, who has a heed cold,
was reported much better Monday
but still troubled wit a slight cougb.
She la M.
Scientist Develops
New Polio Vaccine
By WILLIAM MANCHESTER
Copyright, Baltimore Evening Sun
BALTIMORE It) Working with
little children, a John Hopkins
scientist has developed and tested
a vaccine which gives promise of
being effective against all three
types of polio,
"I am satisfied that It Is possible
to produce a satisfactory level of
polio antibodies In human beings,"
Dr. Howard A, Howe, adjunct pro
fessor "f epidemiology at Hopkins,
said today.
Antibodies are specifics agents
which can be developed In the
blood to produce Immunity against
a disease,
Using a vaccine made of killed
polio virus Dr, Howe found thst
It msde children develop antibodies
against the virus. He presented his
findings today at the annual meet
ing ol the American Publlo Health
Association In Cleveland.
The preparation of a triple vac
cine made Dr, Howe's work espec
ially difficult. Polio Is really three
diseases. Any one of Its three types
of virus Lsnslng, Brunhilde or
Leon can cripple. A preventive
must be aimed at all of them.
Dr. Howe warned that the vac
cine Isn't ready for use thst he
Isn't even sure It will be the vao
cine to be used In large trials,
Further testing will be necessary
to Improve It,
Tie children, all 3 to 6 years
old, were low-grade Imbeciles at
Rosewood State Training School.
Their parents agreed to the experi
ment. No child wag In danger at
any time.
They were Inoculated with a
vscclne brewed from (1) the spinal
cords of monkey stricken with
polio and (3) a chemical rendering
ine pono viruses Harmless but still
capable of producing antibodies,
f In 13(0, Dr. Howe had found
".that he, could Immunise ehlmpan-
Teenager
Killed In
Auto Crash
A 13-year-old girl became Klsm.
alh County's twentieth traffic fa.
tallty of Uie yesr over the week,
end, and several other persons re.
celvod minor Injuries In a series
of automobile wrecks.
The dead girl la Ituth Ann Brad,
shaw, daughter of Mr, and Mrs
John T. Bradnhaw of flonanr.a.
film was killed early Sunday
morning when a 1061 Studebaker
driven by Harold Held Snyder, II,
of Lorella. went oft the north Poe
Valley road and overturned about
nan a nine from flonania
me girl was
pinned under
neath the car, and
waa pronounced
dead by Dr, Jack
Martin of Malln
when the body
waa removed
from the wreck
by Kaler's ambu
lance crewmen.
Hnyder waa un
injured. ArTICH DANCK
Klamath
County
20
Ttafllo
ralalltlea
In 1951
Hulli and the boy were going
home alter attending the Klamath
Basin Potato reallval dance at
Merrill Saturday night. Snyder told
atate Police he fell asleep driving.
The girl waa the youngest of 30
persons who have died as a result
ol auto accidents In the county
this year.
In addition to her parents, she
Is survived by three sisters and
four brothers. One brother Is now
ill In a Coos Bay hospital, ana
three brother are In Hie armed
forces.
The body wa taken to Ward's
Funeral Home.
Two cars collided Sunday morn
Inn a half mile north of Worden
on US 97, bringing cut and brulsea
to two adults and three cnuaren.
A 1M1 Pontlaa convertible drlv.
en by Lyle N. Miller, a sailor
wss hit by a 1S3 Fora Button
Wagon driven bv Harold Wsterson.
Carlsbad. Calif. Waleraon and
A. B. Close of Ocesn Lake, Ore.,
received cheat snd facial cuts; and
three Cloae children. Richard, aged
b, and J-year-old twins, Rodger
snd Rodene. also were cut and
scratched,
CITKD
State Police cited Wsterson for
paaalng with insufficient clearance.
Early Sunday nlahl WlUiam Olb-
son, Empire Hotel, wss hit and
knocked down at 6. (th and Home
dale by a IMS Ford coach driven
by Stanley R, Haroldson, 723 Mar
tin. Haroldaon waa making a left
turn onto Homedale. Olbson was
examined at Klamath Vslley Hos
pital and released.
Three other persona were killed
In auto accident In Oregon over
the weekend.
Harold Alien Williams. tS, wa
faiallv Inlured Saturday night when
hi automobile struck an embank
ment near Drain. He M thrown
part wsy out of th ear and his
hesd wa battered on roadside
atones.
Wllllem Tyrell, M, College Orove
wss killed Saturday night when his
car overturned on U8 W near Cot
tage Orove: and Mrs. Annie Pee
wee, a Warm Springe Indian, waa
killed Friday when she Was struck
by a ear a she crossed a high
way near Redmond.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Fall and
vicinity and - Northern California:
Nanny Monday, partly cloudy Mon
day night and Tneadav. High Mon
day a, law. tonight M. High to
morrow M,
High temp yesterday ............... IT
Low la at night SI
Preclp yesterday . -.
Since Oct. 1 .14
Normal for period -M
Sam period last yr 1.34
tees.
Eleven bedridden children at
Rosewood, In good physical condl
tlon despite their handicaps, were
chosen lor the human trials.
Blood test showed only one of
them had antibodies against more
than one type of polio virus, before
the vaccination. .
Dr. Howe decided to give six of
mem me vaccine ana nothing to
the other five. If the vaccine took,
the Inoculated six would develop
antibodies In their blood. The
others would not.
That Is what happened.
polio Is as common as measles,
but most people don't know they've
had It.
Antibodies for protection are
manufactured In the blood of any
one who gel the polio virus.
or every 1,000 infections, It Is
estimated, less than 10 result In
paralysis, presumably because the
person did not develop enough anil
bodies In time to halt the Infection,
The rest became Just aa Immune
to attack, from that same type of
virus, a ii wry nan seen para
lysed. At least 10 per cent of all neonle
over 16 have been protected that
way. ,
Gamma globulin, a blood factor
from people who have become lm.
mune to on or more types of the
virus, nas been discovered to be
useful In battling the Illness,
Dr. David Bodlan. a colleague of
Dr. Howe's, has found that nollo
viruses atay In the blood of In.
reeled emmnanzera lor several
days before Invading the nerves
ana causing paralysis. If the mon
keys are given gamma globulin by
or oeiore men, me virus la dis
armed. i
Oamma globullnn Waa tested
this summer in Texas and Iowa
(Continued en par 1) , j
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Price Fly Cent II rO KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, OCT. 20, 1058 Telephone 1111 No. 2850
4 Indicted
In Income
Tax Scandal
WASHINGTON I The Justice
Depsrtment announced Monday
mat lour memoera oi a new York
syndicate have been Indicted on
charges of evading Income tax
payment on huge profits reaped
In the sale of sugar and corn
ayrup.
One of those Indicted, the de
partment aald, waa a former as
sistant v. B, district attorney In
New Jersey.
'Atty.-Oen. McOrsnery ssid the
Indictments were returned Monday
morning oy a leaerai grana jury in
New York City.
UNPAID TAXES
The government charged that the
four men associated with the
American Brands Corp., owe more
then one million dollar In unpaid
taxes and penalties.
Indicted along with the company
were uiese men:
Howard Lawn. Long Branch, N
J longtime assistant U. 8. attor
ney at Newark. Recently he waa
inaicieo. ai irenion on a cnarge
of evading ao.us.u on his 1M6
personal income.
William J. Olglio, New York
businessman,
Frank S. Llvorsl, previously con
ricted of narcotic law violations.
Louis J. Roth, New York ac
countant previously Indicted on a
charge of making false statement
to th Reconstruction Finance
Corp.
The Justice Depsrtment aaid
American Brand Corp., was or
ganised In 1M6 by Olglio and Ll
vorsl, snd operated extensively aa
a "middleman distributor of sugar
ana ayrup during the post-war
scarcity In those products."
Milk Control
Forum Topic
" Oregon Ballot Measures 833 and
333, concerned with the proposal
to drastically revamp in elate a
milk control regulation, will be
the top to lor tomorrow night'
Build th Basin radio Jorum,
Becking to cover aa many Im
portant election Issues as possible
before the Nov, 4 balloting, the
Herald and News and KFLW have
scheduled three forum In the re
maining two week before Uie
elections.
The extra forum will be this
coming Thursday evening at the
regular Build the Basin radio
hour of p m. Topic (or this dis
cussion will be Uie proposed out
lawing of parl-mutuel belling in
Oregon.
The final forum. Tuesday. 0:t.
31. will probably be an Elsenhower.
Stevenson debate With a panel di
vided equally between Republican
ana Democratic leaders.
Every effort has been made to
have one of the three election
forum present I his district's two
Congressional candidates. Demo
crat John Jones snd Republican
aam coon. But coon, although sev
eral weeks ago offered hi choice
01 Oct. 21 or Oct. 38, finally said
Saturday that he could not be pres
ent at eimer time jonea nad
agreed to either of the two dates.
For the milk control forum to
morrow evening, top echelons of
the opposing faction are to oo
represented. Proponents of the plsn
to loosen the milk control regula-
llons are to be represented bv two
prominent Portland persons. Thcv
arc Ed HUlyer, Safeway Storus
(Continued oa page 4)
Allies Repell
Red Attack
8EOUL, Korea Wl Hordes ol
screnmlng Chinese Reds charged
recklessly through their own artil
lery fire Sunday and early today
but felled in an attempt to recap
ture two Important Central Front
hills.
U. 8. and South Korean soldiers
on Trlsngle Hill and Sniper Ridge
forced back the fanatic Commu
nist In fierce hand-to-hand fight
ing. Thunderous artillery, mortars
and Katusha rocket supported Uie
Communists. Allied front-line ol
flcer estimated a full regiment
3,000 to 3,500 men advanced on
each of the hills north of Kumhwa
late Sunday.
At lar.t report., the Communists
held Pike's Peak, the northwestern
knob of Triangle Hill. Allied troops
controlled' the rest of the rocky
mass. '
After bitter hand-to-hand fight
ing, the Reds called olf their at
tack at 9 a.m. today and holed up
In bunkers and caves to the north.
Allied fighter-bomber awooped
over Papa-san Mountain, overlook
ing both hills, and unloaded tons oi
bombs, rockets and searing gas
oline on the Communist staging
area.
Early In their assau t. the Com
munists surrounded troops of the
U. P, 7th Dvlslon on Pike's Peak.
But the Americans fought their
way out. They Joined other ll, B.
troops and In a furious bayonet
and grenade battle beat back Chi
nese who had swarmed to within
300 yards of Triangle main crest.
MAP STUDY it continuing task at th search base set up at Municipal Airport here io sack
. misting plan with a Yakim couple aboard. Scanning a map above are II to r): Capt. R R.
Uhlminn, McChoro! Field; Lloyd (Pop) Newlun and Jo Steel, Klamath Air Search and Ret
cue men; and Lt. D. A. Fitzgerald, McChord 'Field.
No Clover
Price Offered
There Just about Isn't a clover
price being offered on Klamath
Alslke right at present.
If there was It would be run
ning between 28 and 30 cent, ac
cording to reports (rom local pros
pective buyers. There la practical
ly no movement In the crop In Uie
Western States, and none at all
at present In the Klamath Basin
whe'e 40 per cent of the national
crop. Is produced.
Last year Alslke hit better than
40-canU per pound here.
Price being paid back East
where the clover la used Is 33
cents to the dealer, according to
reports here, and It Is moving
slowly. However, a USDA report
snowa clover moving faster back
there than lt waa a year ago at
this Ume.
The local crop position may be
somewhat weakened by reports of
a strong Canadian crop which this
year waa produced under abnor
mally favorable weather conditions
Chest Drive
Results Good
Results In Klamath's Community
Chest campaign continue to be
very heartening, campaign Di
rector Elton Smith said early this
afternoon.
As Indicated by precampalgn
discussions, increased participation
by smaller firms and persons in
moderate income brackets appears
to be closing Uie gap between chest
iauurea in past years ana mis
year's possible success.
Smith said Isrge contributors of
past years were thus (ar match
ing or surpassing their previous
contributions and that lt the small
er donators keep the pace already
set. Uie goal should be reached
this year.
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BIG SPREAD of antUrs of this buck shot by L. L. McDaniett,
Klamath Falls, ttarted hunters. , talking about records. Th
spread here was 42 V inches, but that is somewhat under listed
records, one of which is listed as 44 'i inches. Th buck was
hot. in the Pitchlog are. (Story on inside page), .
Plane Lost Near Here;
Air Search Efforts Fail
By WALLACE MYERS
No trace had yet been (ound at
'preaatlme today of a plane which
vanisneo in mis area saiuraay
morning carrying a Yakima man
and his 18-year-old wife.
Everett Logan, a Yakima serv
ice station operator, and his young
wife took off from Redmond at
0:20 Saturday morning Ha their sin
gle-engine Cessna i ana neaaea
souin toward upper Kiamain use
They have not been reported aucejaero.
The Loirans. en route from Yak
ima to Medford for a visit with
Logan's brother. Earl, told Red
mond airport attendants they
planned to fly south to Upper
Klsmath and then head west to
Medford. They had enough gaso
line to last until about 1 p.m. ana
when they failed to report or ap
pear at Medford or way point
by' mid-afternoon Saturday, the
search was launched.
Since then, several persona have
reported hearing or seeing a light
plane in the vicinity oi upper
Klamath Lake between 10:30 and
11 o'clock Saturday morning. The
airline distance from here to Red
mond 142 miles i and the time
lapse strongly Indicate that the Lo
gans actually were over Upper
Klamath before they vanished.
Air Force rescue teams new m
here yesterday and set up a search
esse, similar oases were estao
llshed at Redmond and Medford.
The Klamath Air Search and Res
cue Unit was officially put on the
search Saturday night by the State
Board of Aeronautics and some
half-down Kasru planes participat
ed yesterday. In addition, there
were civilian planes searching out
of Redmond and Medford.
Capt. Ray Costello. veteran of
many searcn missions in wis area.
and Capt. R. R. Uhlmann are di
recting the Air Force seach, co
ordinating efforts of the service
ana civilian planes.
The Air Force men based here
have set up light-housekeeping In
the pilots Club lounge at Municipal
Airport. Yesterday, Pilots Club and
Kasru women members operated
a canteen at Uie airport, with food
and coffee lor all hands participa
ting in Uie search.
After leaving; Redmond Saturday
morning, the Logans were faced
with foul flying weather practical
ly all the way irom were to Mea
ford. At the time they should have
arrived over upper Kiamain, it
waa raining and visibility waa near
If the Logans did make it as
far as Upper Klamath their light
plane should not nave nad more
than about a two-hour gas supply
left. And with the Increasingly bad
flying weather to the West, it Is
likely they would have attempted
to find Municipal Airport here
for a landing.
However, there Is no positive
proof the plane ever reached Up
per Klamath; Uie Logans may
have come to grief at some point
between the lake and Redmond.
Yesterday's search from here
was concentrated in the area Im
mediately west of the lake. But
many higher elevations were
souped In and they were to be
scanned today, weather permitting.
There was a heavy ground fg
here early this morning but lt was
lifted somewhat by Uie sun's beat
around ajn. and Kasru planes
resumed Uie search. At noon, how
ever, the fog was still shrouding
the mountain tops around Uie lake.
Death Claims
Mrs. C. Lowe
Mrs. Charles L. Lowe, 49, a resi
dent of Klamath Falls for 25 years,
died of a heart attack Sunday noon
at Hillside Hospital.
Surviving are her husband and
three sons, Robert, Richard and
Dan, and three grandchildren. The
family home Is at 317 Pine Street.
FuneraL services are to be held
Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Ward's
funeral home.- . .
Nimrod Nails
16 Point Buck
Deer- Hunter J. J. McDaniei
popped himself a nice buck In the
Pltchlog area south of Bly Satur
day, It's antler spread was big,
but not big enough to set any
records. ,
The buck, a 200-pounder. had 46
points on one side and 13 on Uie
other, and It's spread from point
to point measured 2.J3.
Though it isn't a record, McDan
iei is fairly sure of winning first
prise In the Oun Store contest.
store Mgr. Frank Drew said.
J. A. cummings of cummings
Taxidermy Studio reported that a
12-year-old record book In his pos
sessions shows a point-spread rec
ord of 44.6 Inches, but he - said a
new book on the nresses now will
undoubtedly show several records
exceeding that.
Cummings aaid were are prob
ably local records which exceed
the McDaniei antler, but none are
listed as yet. However, he noted
that In national records the length
of the antler Is more Important
than the spread, which Is merely
due to formation rawer than size
altogether. . .
MAN SOUGHT HERE
Relatives are trying to locate
Raymond Alexander, a ranch
worker thought to be In this area.
His sister. Mrs. Peggv Martin
of Oakrldge, has been looking for
him for several days. He came
here Oct. a, and left his trailer
house at Bristol and Blsbee
Street.
Mrs. Martin said she has con
tacted ranch foremen In the Mer
rill area trying to find Alexander.
mm
"Tll7alkout
Deer Hunter
Killed By
RifleShot
A young Klamath Falls hunter,
Robert A. Lee, 28, was shot to
death early Sunday morning four
miles north of the Oregon Tech
campus, bringing Oregon's deer
bunting toll (or the season to eight.
Lee was accidentally struck oy
bullet fired bv an uncle. Lloyd
Edwin Webb, 30. of Medford, The
300-msgnum bullet struck him in
the right side about two Inches be
low the ribs, passed through his
body and came out Uie left side
underneath the ribs.
The shooting took place in a
clearing on Doug Whiteline prop
erty. Lee died in about 30 minutes-
He and Webb bad gone hunting
with two other Klamath Falls men.
William Dalrymple, 225 Princeton;
and Paul B. Nichols. 4015 Shasta
Way.
They had gotten out of their car
and walked Just a short distance.
Webb and Lee Bunting together
snd the other two men going In
another direction. Webb and Lee
came to the clearing, and Lee
circled around to the left through
some Jactpines,
HEARD DEER
They beard some deer. Webb
told Sheriff Red Britton and other
persons who arrived on the scene
ater. and Webb leveled bis rule
at a small opening in Uie Jackplnes
off to the right of where Lee bad
gone, expecting the deer to come
Into the opening.
He said be bad his scope on the
opening and aa a deer stepped in
be fired.
But Lee apparently beard the
same deer and ran In to try to
get a shot. He ran rignt into
Webb's line of fire as Webb pulled
the trigger.
Sheriff Britton said that the dis
tance between Webb and Lee was
174 feet, and Uie deer tracks were
located mo i eel tanner on. ie
was wearing a red hat and Jacket,
and waa in the clearing. Webb
told Sheriff Britton he didn't see
Lee until alter be bad abot.. ,
TIME '
The shooting took place about
l.-iu a.m. Lee s oodv waa brougnt
out and taken to Ward's Funeral
Home.
The young; man. a Kalplne Ply.
wood employe, la survived by bis
wife. Lois, a young son, Robert
Jr., aged 3, and his mother, Mrs.
Floyd Hoover. Midland Road.
His death was the third Wis deer
season In Klamath County.
Richard - Andrew Moore. 23. of
Klamath Falls, was killed Sunday.
Oct 12. on Little Aspen Butte; and
Charles H- Day, of PorUand, suf
fered a fatal heart attack in Lan
gell Valley Oct. 5.
The other Oregon hunting fa
talities Include:
Albert Silvelra, 33. killed Oct.
8: William Mason 8treeter. killed
In Crook County Uie week of Oct.
6: Charles Hvirv Kslk. Portland,
killed Oct. 16: and Dan A. John
son. 54, of Portland, who was
stricken by a heart attack while
nunung in we Hart Mountain
area during archery season Sept.
14. Kicnard stuaevant, 14, Frill-
omatn. was latallv shot by his
brother Oct. 5 while they were
hunting squirrels.
Ballot Measures - No.
Reapportionment
On November Ballot
(This la the ninth and last of
a aerlea of articles discussing the
various measurea ta be voted
upon in Oregon Nov, 4 Ed. note)
By HALE SCARBROIGH
There hasnt been any full re
apportionment of Uie Oregon leg
islature, aa provided by We state
constitution, for over 40 years.
A recurrlnu Question la whether
there should be.
The situation la that the state
constitution directs the legislature
to apportion Itself every 10 years
on a basis of population, right aft
er we leaerai census. But what
happens Is that the legislature
these last 40 or so years has Just
never done Uie Job, so the districts
from which our state senators and
representatives are elected have
remained pretty much the same
aa they were in 1910.
During those 40-odd years, how
ever, the population of Oregon has
grown and shifted. Some cities
and counties, particularly MuUtio-
mah County (Portland) and others
west of the Cascades, now have a
population time and time acain
greater than they had In 1910, but
weir representation In th legists.
tlve hall Is about the same as lt
was so years ago.
Eastern flrf(ron fniint!.. Iin.....
er, haven't grown In population at
anywhere near the rate ot those
west of Uie mountains have grown.
Some have even lost population.
But they have retained represen
tation on a basis of their propor
tionate population of 40 years ago.
Efforts have been made occa
sionally to change the situation,
but they've always been beaten
down. Her it la again:
334-335: A constitutional amend
ment to compel legislative reap
portionment, either by th legisla
Over Cut
In Pay Hike
PITTSBURGH". Wl More thsn-
half the country's 375,000 soft coal
miners refused to work Monday
as a protest against Uie Government-ordered
cut in the 114)0 dally
wage boost they recently won from
the Industry.
Come-to-work whistles were Ig
nored by 67,500 miners In Western
ana central Pennsylvania alone.
These diggers iolned the 160.000
miners who refused to work Isst
week across the nation while the
Wage Stabilization board was de
bating approval of the pay hike
for miners formerly earning a baa- .
1c minimum dally wage of 116.39.
After the WSB approved 11.50
of the pay Increase, bringing the
new basic daily wage to 117.85,
more miners Joined their Idle (el
low workers.
OFF JOB
Now at least 227,000 are staying ,
away (rom work, including 30,000
In Kentucky, 12,000 In Ohio, 8,500
in Indiana, 17,000 in Illinois and
700 in Oklahoma.
The walkout came at a time
when coal stocks are at a near
record high.
The estimated 85 million tons of
stored coal Is Uie biggest stock--
lile in history except for 1842 wnen
he supply of coal above ground
was around 100 million tons.
Ample supplies mean that Indus
try and householders won't (eel a
coal shortage for two months or
more.
Most miners sale? they consid
ered Uie WSB action as nullifying
their contract.
Members of the United Mine
Workers traditionally won't work
without a contract.
First positive signs of the walk
out appeared in West Virginia
when 17,000 miners failed to report
(or work on midnight shifts at the
Grant Town No. 3 Mine of Eastern
Gas and Fuel Association, and the
Owing and RlversvUle Minea of
Consolidation Coal Company ot
West Virginia. All are In the North.
era area.
HEART
In Fayette and Green Counties
heart of the Western Pennsyl
vania soft coal fields-union heads
said 18,000 of 22,000 coal diggers
voted not to work until the full
31.90 a day Increase is granted.
A spokesman tor umw District
4. which covers Fayette and Green
Counties, said workers at mines
operated by U. S. Steel Corp., Re-
puiuic ourei vuip., weircon elect
Company, Crucible Steel Company.
xoungsiown sneet ana Tube Com
pany voted against working. ,
, r. -rr - r '
Sammons Says
Morse Judas
PORTLAND ( Democrats
were elated bv the decision of Sen.
Wayne Morse, Oregon Republican,
to vote for Gov. Adlal Stevenson
for President, but Republicans de-
picrea we action.
E. C. Sammons, president of the
United States National Bank and
treasurer of Morse's 1950 cam
paign commented:
"There waa once a man named
Judas Iscariot. and I don't recall
that history ever said be waa a
great guy."
But Democratic State Chnlrman
Howard Morgan likened Morse to
George Norris, Gilford Pine hot and
Florella LaGuardia, describe! as
an "Illustrious group of Republi
can who have courage and integ
rity enough to place Uie safety cf
their nation above obedience to
their party."
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ture Itself or. If the legislature
won't do It, the duty would fall
to the secretary of state. In either
case, any reapportionment would
be subject to the review and ap
proval of the Supreme Court.
Th reapportionment would be
done on a population basis.
A yes vote means that reappor
tionment is favored: a no vote
means that things will stay as they
are now.
There is no doubt that some of
the cities and counties of Western
Oregon, particularly Portland and
that heavily-populated area, don't
have the amount of representation
in the Oregon legislature that their
seem to entitle them to.
There Is also no doubt that the
present composition ol the legis
lature gives the rural counties and
Eastern Oregon more authority
and representation than they would
be entitled to on a strict popula
tion basis.
But whether a change Is desir
able Is open to question.
This reapportionment measure
Initially has the basing of labor
organizations In the more populous
districts, of the League of Women
Voters, of the Young Republican
Federation, of the Young Demo
cratic Clubs, snd recently of the
Oregon Stste Grange.
Opposition Is less unified, and
more personal.
A good many people apparently
feel that the makeup of tthe legisla
ture aa lt la now, with the rural,
counties having the balance ot pow
er. Is all right.
Rural legislators, they reason,
are apt to be more conservative
than ttiose elected from th cities,
and aome of the people elected
to the legislature from Multnomah
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