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PAGE EIGHT UK R ALT) AND NEWS. KLAMATH FAI.tS. OREOON KliUlAY, NOVKMI'.KIt 4, India Hulls Problem of Unfoischables By nr.ua S. Harrison - NEW DELHI I Prime Min ister N'hi'u cuniiDl drclde wheilifr proponed new antl-dlscrlminMion law will help or hinder the chum of Indii't 60 million ellll outcast "untouchtbles." Technically, thev re already touchable. Th Indian Constitution rules out all discrimination and lava down special guarantees of political and social equality which tun for a decade. But ancient custom Is dying hard In the villages of rural India. As nlways, an orthodox high caste woman may throw away food handled by an' untouchable. Un touchables remain apart, in seg regated quarters at the villaae out skirts, low men socially and eco. nomlcally on the Hindu caste lad der. Legislation putting teeth into the constitutional guarantee of equal I liy may be Introduced In current session of Parliament. If the gov ernment Congress party goes ahead with the bill and wins Dassagf lover high-caste opposition, acts of tdlscrltmnatlon would become stnt- lutory punishable olicnscs for the lirsi. time. However, the Nehru govern ment's own official charged with protecting the rights of untouch ables, L. M. Skrikant, opposes such a move, so far the Premier has not takea a persona) stand in the behind-the-scenes controversy. Skrtkant, a businessman active in social welfare organisations sponsored by Brahmins and others of high caste for the advancement of the lower castes, advocated fi nancial help for "non official groups working for the uplift of the scheduled castes and for the New Nebraska Go vernor Once Held Second Spot LINCOLN, Neb. ( The man who as lieutenant governor said bis Job wasn't worth having but who wanted some day to be gov ernor is governor -.eiect no . He Is Republican Robert B. (Bob) Crosby, 41, of North Platte. . In the early 1940s the young at torney began thinking seriously bout being governor. At the time he was the youngest speaker Nebraska's one-house legislature had ever had. His legislative serv ice was Interrupted by a stretch in the Navy. When he came nome b still had the governor idea. To get his name before the vo ters. Crosby ran for lieutenant gov ernor In 1946 and won. While hold ing that post he had a bill intro duced to abolish the on ire. 4ot enough work, he said. The bill died in committee. In 1950 he was .winning cam paign manager for Gov. Val Peter son, He turned aside many sugges tions that be seek a congressional teat. Crosby was thinking about be ing governor. Campaigning recently, he met a former assistant sergeant-at-arms of the Legislature who laughingly recalled often being kept late at iiis pofti because Crosby was siiii working. Crosby warns that lights will burn late in the governor's office too when be moves in. "I'd like to Introduce some rea sonable re-organisation of state government," he says. In his campaign, be used black board and chalk to illustrate how some functions could be shifted lor more efficiency. For example, be doesn't see why, in a farming state like Nebraska, the Depart ment of Agriculture should be bur dened with Inspection of hotels and looming houses. The new governor, son of a law yer, attended Hastings (Neb) Col- CORRUGATED ROOFING 26 f. tlniud Keel. 1.10-12 foot length . . Wail They lt PEYTON & CO. 835 Market lege, the University of Minnesota and Harvard Daw School. He met his Canadian-born wife while both were students at Cambridge. Mass. They have two children, Robert, 16, and Susan, 13. ttrrngthrntng of public opinion lor the removal of untouchability." Me also urged gieaier emphasis on action by state governments, opecially in compiling 'a record ol villages where Hunjnm are still sutleiing under social disabilities." The lnte Mahatma Clandhl gave uniouchabies (he name Hnrtjans, which literally means "children of God.'! Largely through the efforts of the Gaudhlaii groups of high cas. Hindus, moH states have passed laws prohibiting interference with the use of wells and access to temples and other publlo places by Harijans. But SKrtkaut reports thai "very few rases have been re corded In the courts of law for breach of the provisions of these acts." The main reason, he explains, "is that Harijans have no courage to come forward either to draw water from the common wells or to go to public places, since they are generally economically depen dent upon non-Harijans." Economic discontent among the Harijans. who make uo most nf India's landless agricultural labor, is beginning to find political ex pression. Communist success in or ganising landless untouchables in some areas was mainly responsible for South Indian Red victories In uie general elections. Hans Norland Fire Insurance. 627 Pine St. Officials Happy Over Stored Grain; Short '53 Crop May Ccwse Shortage WASHINGTON t (.Invent, mem lood nlllrials av.e im longer lrriuiig over a big reserve of Wheat being stored under fed eral price support program. An Agriculture Department crop I report Wednesday drew a dark pic lure of next year's winter wheal prospects. Because of prolonged !dry weather, the outlook lor Oils and other fall-sown grains intended lor harvest next year was said to I be precarious lit many areas. Thus, unless there Is a quick turn In weather conditions the reserve being built up from this year's second largest wheat crop In his tory would be needed to help meet Chiropractors In Legal Tiff PORTLAND Ifl The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners changed presidents Thursday, get ting rid of one who opposed leni ency in the abortion law. Dr. Forrest I. Ooddard. Salem, vice jresident. succeeded Dr. Paul B. Firth. Portland, as president. Firth later said he had been rail roaded. The action came after Firth op posed an amendment to the state law on abortions. At present only medical doctors are authorized to perform abortions, and then only when necessary to save the pa tient's life. The proposed change would allow others to perform an abortion if - llvt,- essary. It also would free a chiro practor of criminal action if he re ported an abortion within 24 hours and said he performed it as an emergency after being unable to get a medical doctor in for con sultation. Firth ssld he wrote to all chiro practors In the state: "It Is my opinion that chiropractors are not properly trained in the following: Use and dispensation of drugs: practice of obstetrics and of sur gery, these being entirely in the realm of other healing arts." The Oregon Association of Chiro practic Physicians plans to offer the proposed amendment to the Legislature. HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND EUGENE, ORE MEDFORD Thotouahly Modern Mr. and tin. J. E. Earlej and Joe Eaxley Proprietors TONIGHT 8:00 P.M. Pelican Theatre On Performance Only World Famous DON rnccAri WJJHVEA Choirs and Dancers TV Slated For Carmen NEW YORK (. A performance of "Carmen" will be televised to theaters across the country by the Metropolitan Opera direct from Us stage here on the night of Dec. 11. The broadcast will be on a closed circuit to theaters which will nay for the show. The telecast had been In nego tiation with the Theatre Network television for several months. food and other market demands next year. i Before the dry weather art in. homo officials expressed roucem icm farmers produce aiuiitier Big crop next year and make reserves burdensome and cMWUMve for the government. The dennrtnieut snld large acre ages ol wheat havo been planted I in dust In the hope that fall rains I would supply tho necessary nuits 'ture for germination and growth. I 'Hint moisture has not yet arrived I ami the time Is drawing short. I Furthermore, a eonslderable por tion of the Intended acrcago has not been planted at all. The department's seiul-Miiul re- ipuii for Hie l'.)!W crop season snld pnulucllnn In luiiiiiig mil lo lie the I second lai uest on re-cord, unly a 0 per ceiu doiow I lie top inarK sri III HUB, prospects Improved nearly one per cent during Oiiobrr. iliunks tn tinnsuiillv rnvorahlo hiir- I vesting wetuncr. This year's tnrm produiilon - crops lino iivviwi k inuimi'n in ' et n new record because the com. IWIIIVq MIIIIIV VI 111 MV " poultry products, milk and wool Is uv lar i"0 inrges m insunr mm big enough to offset tho IIM8 ad vantage In crops. Topping Hits year's crnp Is a corn yiei.l of S J03.uou.tWO bushels, also the second largest on record. This Is in per cent iiiiiter iiiar. !! '.'NOc'llcnl (i0l UVlM'll IU V'OIII ClOP I'Ull llVllliy Id lll.'ll, Ji'i't O iiit- ii i "!. j pir cent liirHci' tlmu lint year's I . 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