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Wj?(s la The It KfV fits. iv Or f.-iLi" Dai's Jews Fire On Br FRANK JENKINS Td My that this "is today's (Monday's) most Interesting and significant news: The senate confirms Former 'California Governor Barl Warren's nomination as chief Justice of the united States. The senate's vote of confirmation is , Interesting be . cause It follows a campaign of vi cious gutter scuttlebutt such as has not been directed at a man of Governor Warren's, standing within the memory of most of us now living.. It is significant, I fear, because of the manner In which It was accom plished. The senate's confirmation was by VOICE vote, not roll call that is to say, the senators pres ent ana voting didn't have to go on record.) The vote of the sena tors present and voting was appar ently unanimous for Governor War ren's confirmation. At any rate, the dispatches report, no "noes" were AUDIBLE. . .'. But only "about 40" senators were ,' present. The full membership of the senate of the United states is . . , : '.. The opposition to Governor War ren was spotlighted by ONE man, Senator Langer of North Dakota, who is chairman of the senate judiciary committee, before which the nomination came for prelim inary Investigation and report. Senator Langer Is said on good authority to have opposed Warren's nomination out of personal pique because he hadn't been sufficient ly consulted about North Dakota PATRONAGE. ; That la to say, there had been failure on the part "of the administration to appoint to federal office enough of the men WHOM LANGER WANTED AP POINTED. - His opposition to Warren is be lieved by responsible people in Washington to have been based upon his determination to show the administration that Senator Langer ; can't be trifled with, - . - That isn't a very creditable rea son for the kind of opposition that was directed against the nomination to the high office of chief Justice - of the United States of a man of Governor Warren's standing and ; character.- The fact that in the peculiar cir cumstances involved only 40 8EN- . A TORS showed up for the confir mation vote Isn't too creditable to ' the senate of the United states. As one citizen, I'd feel a lot bet- ten about the whole affair if the . senate of the United States 1 had shown Its resentment ' by having every 'member ' able 'to be on his '" feet present and voting. As it was, less than half of the senators were present and voting, Two questions suggest them selves: ;-. 1. What can WE (here In Oregon and California, for example) do about a man like Senator Langer? The answer is NOTHING. That is up to the people of North Dakota. The people of North Dakota seem to think he is all right. He was elected to the U.S. senate In 1940. He haa been twice reelected (in 1846 and in 1952) and both time he has carried every county in the state of North Dakota. - 2. How did Langer get to be chairman of the senate Judiciary committee? Tne answer is mat ne rot there by SENIORITY. "Senior Ity" is a system under which the plums go to those who manage to stay in congress longest. It you can get elected to congress and can manage to stay there long enough you can become powerful and can maybe get a lot of pelf and pork for your state or for your district, That helps to stave off upstarts who try to shove you out and take your place. About all I can think of that we common ordinary voters can do to improve the quality of our gov emment is to give more sincere and patriotic thought to the choos ing of those wnom we elect to of fice. . ." - 1 Police Search For Fugitives WALLA WALLA, Wash. Ifl The search for the "eat and run" prisoners who escaped while be ing brought to the state peniten tiary here moved into Oregon late Saturday. Residents at Boardman, south of here, - Identified pictures of Lloyd A. Henefin, 25, Belllngham, and Jack H. Raymond. 32, Everett, the fugitives, as being those of two men seen in Boardman Friday evening about the time the city's post office was burglarized. Kenefln and Raymond escaped from a locked truck In which they were being taken from Everett to Walla Walla Friday. Jim Ham mond, Snohomish County Jail su perintendent, said the two men were gone when he reached the prison. They left behind a note reading: "Dear Jim: Sorry to eat and run but we have to catch a train." Earlier Saturday, Pasco Police Chief Al McKlbben said Henefin and Raymond apparently got out of the truck when It stopped for a traffic light In Kennewlck about 3 p.m. Friday. McKlbben said two witnesses reported seeing two men leaving a truck similar to the one driven by Hammond but thought nothing of It until the escape was reported. Henefin and Raymond were handcuffed when they left Everett but the Kennewlck witnesses made do report of handcuffs. L 3 .mmpjymx? . ALL ABOARD! for a 20 minute ride end a bird't-eye View, of Klamath Falls.- It was "fatten your safety belt for the take-off" for 20 memberi of Boy Scout Troop No. 8 lest Saturday after noon, when West Coast Airlines mad possible courtesy rides for the flight enthusiasts. More such rides ere being planned, according to Bob Moore, WCA manager. ' Dulles Goes Conference CARACAS, Venezuela (fl Latin Americans here for the opening of the 10th Inter-American Confer ence today got word from Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles that the united States' program of friendship with them has been the big northern neighbor's "most solid ana dependable policy.' "The friendly association of American states Is the oldest for eign policy of the United- States and it is still our most solid and dependable policy," he said In a brief airport statement on his ar rival for the 20-nation conference. The first day's program of the meeting was confined to forma; ltles a preliminary organisation session in 'the morning and van afternoon plenary session with Venezuelan President -Marcos Per ez Jimenez extending the welcome,.- , ...... The-onfefenee is jfpectea' to last three to five- weekB. s Venezuela took extraordinary security; measures to prevent recurrence of the rioting In which some 1,500 persons were killed dur ing the last Inter-American Con ference, in Bogota, Colombia, in April 1948. Communists were blamed for that outbreak. i High, well-guarded barbed wire fences surrounded nearby Univers ity City, where the conference ao tivities center. Guards patrolled the airport at Dulles' arrival with his party of 16 experts on Latin America. Perez Jlmlnez sent his own automobile, which has bullet resistant windows, for Dulles, but u. 8. Ambassador netcner war ren said the special protection had not been requested.. Dulles' statement emphasizing Washington's friendship with the southern neighbors came at a time when many Latin Americans were wondering out loud what policy President Eisenhower's admin istration would follow In this hem isphere. , Communist infiltration In the Americas is one of the major topics for the conference, but Latin Amer icans consider economic matters the chief item. Dulles' brief statement made no mention of U. S. economic plans for Latin America. And he em phasized that U. S. friendship for Latin America is "based upon reciprocity and mutuality" Any U. S. attempt to spotlight Guatemala for Communist influ ence on her leftist government ap peared doomed to failure. The U. S. delegation had hoped to make this a clear-cut issue, To Caracas Baby Sitter Attack Case Investigated By Police City police and Juvenile officers are investigating a rape case in volving's 13 year old girl. The attack took place late Sat urday night while the girl was baby sitting for a neighbor family who was attending a local dance. The girl told authorities the fol lowing story: Some time after 10 p.m., she went to sleep on a daven port in the front room, leaving the light on. About midnight she awoke with a start to find a man standing be side her and the house In dark ness. The man grabbed her, put ting his hand over her mouth with the warning: ''Don't scream, I won't hurt you. It you scream I'll cut your throat." The man partially disrobed her, the girl stated, pushed her back onto the davenport and attacked her. ' Following the act, the attacker left by the back door alter telling her she could put her clothes on, according to tne girl. He went around the side of the house and apparently threw the light switch on. ' Police were called and the girl's parents summoned. She waa taken to a local hospital where an at tending physician verified her statement that she had been attacked. rmmriiii irti Weather ; ' FORECAST Klamath Falla and vicinity: Fair through Tneaday with high of 50; low' Monday night 20. High yesterday - SS Low last night i 19 Precip last 24 hours a Since Oct 1 . ....10.81 Same period 1st year . .10.59 Normal for period 8.26 Tax Cuts Said Out For Now ' WASHINGTON Wl House Speaker Martin said at the White House Monday- he has no doubt that President Elsenhower still Is opposed to any cut In personal in come taxes at this time. . Martin made the statement to newsmen after the regular Monday morning conference of Republican congressional leaders with the President, and said he based It on views voiced by Eisenhower earl ier this year. He . said the ."mechanics" of tax legislation - soon to come - before the House .were discussed at the conference,-- but he mmhaelsed that the President 'expressed ..no view regarding income tax cuts at Monday's- session. Sen. George (D-Ga), backed by some of his Democratic colleagues, haa proposed that personal Income taxes be cut through larger per sonal exemptions. His plan calls for. increasing the exemption from the current $600 a year to 1800 for 1854, with a further hike In the exemption to 31,000 next year, Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey, who sat In at Monday's White House conference, is on rec ord against, any change in the personal exemption at this time, Martin said there was "no ques tion" in his mind that the Pres ident too still Is opposed to re ducing personal income taxes. Asked specifically if Eisenhower expressed any view on proposals to cut excise taxes on luxury items. Martin said the matter didn't even come up. The Ways and Means Commit tee, meanwhile, cancelled without explanation a Monday meeting at which it could have considered a strongly-backed move to whack many excise taxes. Some Republicans have advo cated trimming down to 10 per cent most excise or sales taxes now above that level. They argue the move might head off the big ger tax cuts -which the Democrats are pushing. BROKEN SHOULDER SARASOTA, Fla. Ifl Ted Wil liams, Boston Red Sox star, frac tured his left shoulder while chas ing a fly ball In spring training Monday. He is expected to be out of uniform for five or six weeks. possibly longer. Investigation disclosed that the prowler had scraped the putty from the bathroom window, re moved a large pane of glass and crawled through the window after first removing fuse plugs In the switch box at the side of the house. A sawhorse was found outside the bathroom window, and the man had apparently used this to boost himself up to the high window. This is the second case within the past week where a prowler has broken Into a home apparently with rape In mind, according to police. In the other case the Intrud er was frightened away when the woman screamed. In both cases however, lights had been turned off at the swltchbox before entry was made. Several prowler cases have been reported in the past few months and women molested, according to Police Chief Orvllle Hamilton, who again Issued a warning to keep doors and windows locked. If lights or telephone lines go out not ify police immediately or go to a neighbors house If necessary. Lack of any description or clues, as to the identity of the man, ser iously handicaps authorities In try ing to apprehend htm, Hamilton stated, and asked that the public cooperate in trying to capture this fiend, . . Patterson Accused By PORTLAND (fl Gov. Paul Patterson Saturday was accused by Howard Morgan, state Democratic chairman, of making misleading statements about the recent- Lin coln County vice dispute. , : ' Morgan told a Democratic meet ing here that Patterson said none oi the grand Jurors who had looked into vice conditions in the county had complained to him. Actually, said Morgan, the gov ernor had received' a letter-from Mrs. Victoria Albom, foreman of the grand Jury, in which she aaid there had been a "miscarriage of justice. Patterson, in Salem, replied that he didn't have Mrs. Alborn's letter before him nor was It in his mind at the1 time he had made the statement. He -added he had re ceived hundrds . of letters -about the dlsnute, -'- ;, -t'-sr JJorgary-k41d.-tht'.tterson had replied -to Mrs.' Alborn's letter and told her he might wish to discuss the case with her. Morgan, also contended that Lincoln County District Atty. Wil liam Hollen had made misleading statements about vice conditions. Hollen cited a grand .Jury report which he said stated that tne vice situation had already been cor rected. ...... Morgan said the grand jury reported: - "Public apathy has con tributed to the deplorable situation that existed and in a few instances still exists." Hollen, according to Morgan, de leted the latter reference in his statement, making it sound as if the vice situation had been cleared up completely. Hollen replied Saturday mat tne grand Jury had helped him prepare the statement for the press. New Partners In Local Firm O. C. Baxter ' announces that Lock Bethune and Dick MacDonald have purchased the Interests of Frank Hall In tne firm of Baxter Hall Lumber Sales. Both Mr. Be thune and Mr. MacDonald have been with the firm for some time. Hereafter they will operate as Baxter-Bethune Lubber Sales. Frank Hall has accepted a po sition as Sales Manager for Spangler Lumber Company. In another business change of the past few days Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Baxter purchased from Mr, and Mrs. E. S. Robinson, Moulding craft, Inc. It was also announced there would not be any change of personnel in the firms. Senate Vote Okays Warren WASHINGTON UP) The Senate Monday confirmed President El senhower's appointment of Earl Warren as chief Justice of the United States. The Senate's approval came on a voice vote with no audible "no's." ' - There was little discussion. Sen. Knowland (R-Callf) gave the Senate a brief resume of War ren's career and Sen. Kuchel (R Callf ) praised the nominee. About 40 senators were present when Warren's nomination waa confirmed. KLAMATH BASIN , POTATO SHIPMENTS eai a . n,m, n,r 47 can , SS can Tela! tn Inn, M H lit- ; 7987 can SI44 con KLAMATH Pages .. Five OearieH Nine Dead NEWCASTLE. Wvo. UP) -All nine persons aboard a . Western Air Lines Diane misslmr since Friday were found dead Monday when a search party reached the shattered wreckage In the rugged oreaas - oi tne Rocneue Hills. The plane smashed Into desolate, snow covered country about 40 airline miles southwest of New castle In the oil and cattle area of northeastern Wyoming. otate mgnway Patrolman George Wilcox notified the sheriff's office by radio that the four women and five men aboard the craft had perished, 'It's a mess," Wilcox said. The crash was about a quarter- mile from a dirt road. Officers blocked the roadway while postal inspectors and other officials sorted mall and other valuables aboard. , The plane, bound from Los An geles to i Minneapolis, vanished soon after its pilot radioed that bad weather prevented his land ing at Casper, Wyo. The first eyewitness accounts of the crash scene were given here by Robert Enile. Newcastle rancher, and Clyde Ice, who oper ates a flying service. . They said the plane appeared to have struck the ground at a 45- degree angle at terrific speed 'and the plane and the people aboard were smashed to bits.' Engle said It looked as though tne craft had practically disinter- grated. Pieces or metal were scat tered over a wide area and even hanging from branches in pine and cedar trees. "The only part of the plane that was recognizable was one wheel,' Engle told a reporter. "The two engines dug boles in the ground about five feet long and two feet deep." He said the plane hit the earth in a comparatively uat atretcn. The wreckage was located from the air Sunday and a three-man party headed by sheriff Carl Thoe mfiur. unable to find the1 wreckage lndarkne'ss?'spent the-night In the vicinity: ' , ; Grand Jury To Open Session Circuit Judge David R. Vanden- berg Issued an order Monday call ing the Klamath County Grand Jury into session on March 8. Among the eases due for investi gation Is the parlor house holdup on January 8 In which Edwin coyie, 2B, Portland gunman, was latany wounded by a Klamath Falls policeman. Raymond 3. Bodinet, 31, also of Portland, an alleged accomplice in the robbery of Paula Benton, re puted operator of the house of pros titution, is held under $15,000 bond on a charge of armed robbery. The parlor house shooting touched off a war against vice staged by District Attorney Frank Alderson during which it waa re vealed that prostitutes and slot ma chine operators donated 353,000 for civic Improvements. These dona tions were entered in "Account 307" at City Hall. District Attorney Alderson re fused to say whether he will ask the grand-Jury to investigate vice in the Basin area. Half a dozen other "criminal cases will be inves tigated by the Jury. Missing VAL Plane Found Nehru Rejects Ike's Offer Of Military Aid To India NEW DELHI, India Ifl Prime Minister Nehru bllsterlngly reject ed President Eisenhower's offer of arms aid for India Monday and demanded that American observ ers with the U.N. cease-fire team In disputed Kashmir be withdrawn. By giving military aid to Pakis tan, Nehru told his cheering par liament, the United States had in tervened In the Indian-Pakistani fight over the Himalayan state and the American observers there fore "can no longer be regarded by us as neutrals," At the end of 1953 the United States bad 14 officers with the 49 member U.N, military mission su pervising the Kashmir truce. The U.S. Air Force also makes a C47 transport and crew available when needed. Elsenhower's offer of American arms aid "has done less than Jus tice to us or to himself," the Premier declared, continuing: "If we object to military aid be ing given to Pakistan, we would be hyprocrites and unprincipled opportunists to accept It ourself." Announcing the aid to Pakistan last week, Elsenhower had said the United States would give "most sympathetic consideration" to any request from India for such help. In a letter to Nehru he also assured India that the United States would see to it that Pakis tan used the arms from America lor defense only. Nehru Monday made publlo his tnree paragraph reply, thanking FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1954 . , . . : . Telephone 3111- ' Sudanese Mob Against Naquib, 21 Killed KHARTOUM. Sudan, (fl Police bullets beat off a wild attack on the British Governor General's home Monday by yelling Sudanese tribesmen brandishing steel-tipped spears in a demonstration against visiting Egyptian President Mo hamed Nagulb. At least 31 persons were - re ported killed, including the British police commander, Col. H.S. Mc Oulgan, and six of his men. More than 100 persons were wounded, 30 of them critically. Authoritative sources reported the Sudanese police chief. Brig. Martada El Mahdl, among the victims. The clash came after more than 30,000 demonstrators agitating for and against Nagulb massed In the capital. Members of the pro - In- aepence umma party, brandish ing spears and shouting antl - British and anti-Egyptian slogans, marched on the home of Governor General Sir Robert Howe, where Nagulb was being entertained aft er his arrival by plane from Cairo. Sudanese police, commanded by British officers, first tossed tear gas grenades at the pressing crowd and then opened fire with tneir guns wnen tne tribesmen charged with outthrust spears, The seven slain policemen fell be fore the spear charge. Nagulb came here with Egyp tian Guidance Minister sian Sal em for the Inaugural session Mon- Kills Five PHILADELPHIA Ul Five per sons, including tnree cnuaren in a neighborhood luncheonette, were killed last night when a violent explosion destroyed two- buildings m a crowded section ot aoutn ran- adclphla. . i A 17-year-old gin. rudv Moaiey, trapped lor six hours in a nubllo telephone booth under tne raouar tain of rubble: escaped tmnarmed, Twenty others, including four fire men, were injured. The blast, of undetermined or igin, occurred on a quiet Sunday night in one of the most densely populated areas of the elty. Deputy Fire Chief George E. Hlnk said it was "amazing" that the death toll was not higher. The roofs of two adjoining three- story brick buildings were, lifted Into the air, turned halfway, around and dropped on the rear of the structures. Not a wall was stand ing when firemen arrived, and flames licked at the pile of debris. Some 500 persons were routed from their homes and Red Cross authorities , estimated 10 families were sheltered for the night. . The buildings housed the lunch eonette and. an adjoining Jewelry store. - The tipper stories contained apartments. The victims included the propri etor of the luncheonette, Isadora Pearlman, 60, and three young customers. The bodies of Bruce Schwartz, 9, and Salvatore Bala- dlno, t, were found under the soda fountain. The body of 15-year-old Marie Marone was uncovered nearby. The fifth victim was Mrs.. Fanny Rudolph, 45, who lived In an apart ment above the Jewelry store. Her husband Samuel, 46, suffered cuts and bruises. The Impact of the explosion bent an electric sign across the street into a U-shape. Windows for blocks were shattered. the U. S. President "'for' your per sonal message" and saying his government would continue to fol low its present policies "which are based on a desire for peace." In dia now buys her arms where she pleases and does not accept direct arms aid from foreign govern ments. Other than this, however, the letter made no specific mention oi the U.S. arms oiler. The Premier's review In parlia ment of the arms aid question was another matter, however. "I have no doubt the President la opposed to aggression," Nehru said, commenting on Eisenhower's assurance that the aid to Pakistan would not be misused, "But we know from past exper ience that aggression takes place and nothing is done about It, Ag gression took place in Kashmir six and a half years ago and tnus far the United States haa not only not condemned It, but we have been asked not to press It In tho Interests of peace. Aggression may well follow In spite of the best Intentions of the Prestdent and then a long argument will ensue on wnat exactly is aggression." American oinciais nere asm tne withdrawal of U.S. personnel from the Kashmir cease-fire mission was a matter for the U.N. sec retary general to decide but they predicted Washington , probably would not permit them to remain in India in view of Nehru's attitude. Explosion Ne. 2771 Demonstrates day of the Sudan's first parlia ment. After the fighting, the gov ernor general announced the ceremony would be postponed in definitely. Salem, who once did a dance in his underpants to win Sudanese support for Egyptian 'plans, was one of the men who helped engi neer Nagufs ouster last week. The police jullets sent the tribes men, who had marched under waving red and green banners bearing the white crescent of Um ma. fleelna- for shelter. Hundreds barricaded themselves behind the Iron fence surrounding . the home of Sir Sayed Abdel Rahman El Mahdl, leader of the Umma party and head of the Ansari Moslem religious sect. The government declared a state of emergency In the tense city as ambulances carried the victims of the - clash to hospitals. With army Jeeps and trucks patrolling the streets, the government also served an ultimatum on El Mahdl that he send his supporters out of Khartoum before dark or be held responsible for the conse quences. The anti-Egyptian demonstration undoubtedly was a blow Nagulb, who flew to Khartoum after sur viving a crisis in his own govern ment In which he was forced out as president on Thursday and then reinstated - on Saturday. Nagulb, who was born in the Sudan, has been a popular figure to the Su danese up to now. Eight Killed In Hotel Fire OROSSINGER. N.Y. Seven employes were killed and 38 In jured yesterday a flames swept tnrouga a atau residence at tne widely known Groaslnger Hotel and Country Club in tne catskiu Mountains, prompt action oy nre ngnters kept the blase from spreading to other ouuoings- at tne. reaon, whlob, had a weekend guest list of Uoo. . Arnocg- them. Is heavyweight iBoxmg enampion Kociy Marciano, who -is m training. ; Most- of the guests apparently slept through the early morning blaze, which took 45 minutes to get under control, ' . 'Fire authorities, who were Con ine blaze, , estimated damage at $30,000. - None of those Injured was re turning to Investigate the cause ot ported In serious condition today. Many were hurt jumping in their nlghtclothes from windows of the burning 3'A-story stucco-covered frame structure. ' The dead were Identified as Siegfried Haas, 61, and his wife Erna, 49: David Bernstein, 30, and his wife Hannah, 33; Fannie Ros enthal, , 39; Catherine Krlck, 45; and Jack Shildkret, 40. OROSSINGER. N.Y. (fl An- other employe died Monday as a result of Sunday s lire In a stall residence at widely known Gros singer Hotel and Country Club, making the death toll eight. Twenty-live workers were in jured. seven men and women were killed In the early morning blaze, The eighth fatality was Mrs. An na Rubensteln, 58, waitress, of Liberty, N.Y. She died In a hos pital. prompt action, etc., 2nd grar ta44 - : . . ,,, .. H I- pli, II, - I ' -.,,.:.. .' 1 a HARD AT WORK Ihit mornina ei th v o'clock photogrsphtr j , happened by were Ralph Nelion and Robert Bee trie of the Oregon Water Corporation working at 7th and Lincoln treati. ' Washington m a group of , men and women shouting -"Free Puerto Rico" fired pistols from a House gallery- at Congress mem- bers Monday and bit at least five, In milling confusion, tho meat-' bers first ducked, ran, then turned back to aid their Injured, col leagues. ,, '"..' Spectators grappled with the-pistol wlelders In the gallery , and ' ' police leaped after them, The lawmakers wounded were: . Alvln M. Bentley (R-Mlch). Ben F. Jensen (R-Iowa). - Clifford Davis tD-Tenn), ' ' ' : Kenneth A. Roberts (D-Ala). ; .: George H, Fajlon, (D-Md). ' Bentley was struck through: the chest. He dropped to the House lloor apparently seriously mjuredi, , Jensen also was on the floor in a big pool of blood, . ; I y Roberts was carried out on . a stretcher. ' Davis, hit in the leg, remained , in a seat, being treated by, , a nurse, after the wounded were re moved to hospitals, - ' ' :-i ' : , Fallon also was reported to have been hit in the leg. ; . . . ,i .f.-i ..'. ; Two men and the woman who r wielded plstola were seized: ',; t) One of the gunmen was grabbed by a door keeper, MatheW Fardel la, when, he attempted, to reload ' his gun, Fardella caught bim and pulled him out into tne comoor. Another door keeper, Charles Ban- toro, also joined Fardella. sub duing me tfunman. , ;;;J ,; 'v; AllO MWVS' OTO.C ,u.u .....V ma tic pistols- as the .men . and women shouted- for freeoonv lor Puerto Rico. Jhey fired -at tan. , dom from a'eorner of the visitors' -: gallery while- the- house wa de ; bating a Mexican farm-, labor. bill. : As police' seized the .group -and rushed them to police headquar ters In downtown Washingten, one of the three tossed a Puerto Rlcan - Dag lnto-the air, , v. .. .. . , There -were some dltferencea of opinion as to whether others,' In addition, to the two .men;, and the woman, fired. shots. .: v. -. -. . "I am sure I saw four, persons shooting,". Rep. Louis1 E. Graham (R-Pa) told reporters. ."The wom an . was shooting Into the celling . but I am sure that three men were snooting downmtoetr clwmnerv" Graham, said Rep. ' Benjewira James tit-Fax-, who waa . seated next t Mm exclaimcd 'Tthen' Ice " shooting begeaj-'- "My God, this IB real." :: ; ' s .: - The woman who was seized identified herself to reporters aa Lollla Lebron. "I want freedom for my country," she shfuted.. The girl said she was Puerto Rlcan. "My count ry must be freed," she yelled, - - - ' i The House was immediately re cessed. The Senate, in session across the capital, directed , that all spectators leave its galleries,, ' This Is the second violent-dem onstration here for Puerto Rlcan independence in recent years. - On Nov. 1. i960, two Fuerto Rlcan revolutionists attempted to shoot their way Mar Blair House, temporary residence at that tune of President Truman. . Oa of the Puerto Rlcans and a White House guard were killed In that battle. The other Fuerto Rlcan, wounded, was eventually tried, convicted and was sentenced to death in the electrio chair. But Truman commuted the sentence to life Imprisonment. . .- In Monday's shooting,- at least two men and the woman suddenly drew pistols and, holding thetri with both hands, fired from kneeling position. ' . t Rep. van zandt tK-Fai esti mated that 25 to 30 shots were fired altogether. .: ft f Iff m Hi i. r 1
