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U OF OREGON LIBRART EUGENE, ORB. WW Ik n nnzir fo) mi In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS The American Association for the Advancement of Science, holding its annual convention this week in relatively warmer and drier At lanta, tells us this morning that atomic energy may save the lamed American chestnut tree, which is presently threatened with extlnc' lion by a blight disease. I think that perhaps IF I HAD TO I could get along without chest nut trees. But . The scientists add Atomic radiations can change the GENETIC STRUCTURE of some plants. Sometimes these "altered" plants are resistant to diseases. So they're going to try spraying tne seeds of the chestnut tree with atomic X-rays in the hope that some ol them will become CHANGED and able to resist the .chestnut blight. Fascinating thought: Maybe we could SPRAY THE . KREMLIN (possibly from a high flying plane) with some of this atomic radiation, thus eventually changing the communist tribe that Inhabits these grim premises into HUMAN BEINGS that would be . resistant to the deadly germ that . Inoculates power holding rulers with an uncontrollable desire to conquer the world. That would be SOMETHING! GOP Senator Andrew Schoeppel of Kansas says in Washington to day he thinks congress might well consider bushels, bales or pounds rather than ACRES as the meas urements used in attempts to con trol farm production. Acres, he says, are too flexible to be used as a measurement. Like a rubber tape measure, they can be STRETCHED with fertiliser and such. But. he adds, we ought to go on subsidizing farm production perhaps with progressively higher loans on better grades of agricul tural commodities that are likely to go into government storage. I wonder, Senator, if we'll ever be able to control over-production which lies at the root of the farm problem as long as we go on SUBSIDIZING IT. As a publisher of newspapers, I'm pretty sure that if the govern ment guaranteed to buy all the papers I produce I'd go right on producing all the papers my presses would turn out even If all the government could find tcsdo, with them was to stash them away in storage warehouses. Human nature, you know, is hu man naiure. Sneaking of newspapers The Calgary Herald, published up in Canada, says in a pre Christmas-Day editorial: "It's going to be nothing but good, good, good news in Klamath Falls, Oregon, this week. If NO news is good news, then the read ers of the Klamath Falls Herald and News can expect to have good time reading their paper's front page. "The editors of that newspaper at least, it is a newspaper 51 weeks of the year are planning again to use only "good" news items on the front page for the six days pre ceding Christmas. By doing ihis, they no doubt assume that they will prevent the people of Klam ath Falls from having uncomtort able thoughts about the nasty world around them. "People in Klamath Falls may feel better because their front page is all sweetness. Most people aren't so silly they will buy their paper TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD." ' (The capital letters are mine.) No, brother; It isn't quite that way. ' We of the Herald and News are sure our readers read ALL THE PAPER not just the front page. We look upon our front page as our show window and. like all good merchants, we seek to dis play in our show window our BEST MERCHANDISE. We refuse to believe that crime and scandal and catastrophe and war are the newspaper's best mer chandise. Rainfall Listed For California SAN FRANCISCO (UP) An impressive amount of rain fell in Northern California between Dec. 15 and 27. the weatherman re ported today. Hoberg's resort in Lake County measured 31 '.4 Inches. Blue Can yon .in the Sierra measured 30.81 inches. Downleville reported 26 91, Soda Springs 26.87. Pacific House 20.78 and Hetch Hetchy 17.61. On the North Coast, Cioverdale had 20.65, Gunemevllle 20.94. Healdsburg 16.69, Ukiah 12.55 and Eureka 7.23. Santa Rosa had 13.59 Inches. Be tween July 1 and Dec. 27, 1954, Santa Rosa had 12.07 inches. Sac ramento had 10.18 inches, com pared with 7.51 for the season to date in 1954. Thornton Makes Klamath Ruling SALEM W Klamath Indian Reservation lands are protected against trespass bv Oregon state laws, Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn- j ton ruled Tuesday. " 1 The question arose in connection I with efforts by the Klamath Tribal Council to prohibit and regulate ! the entry by hunters and fisher-1 men on the reservation lands. iiiuminn rumn mar anvnvia n-nn enters the lands without permis- fion can be prosecuted undfr state : aw, if entry is prohibited by the ! tribal council. Price Five Cents 11 rages Only Coquille Continues To Cause Trouble In Siate By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Western Oregon's rivers con tinued to subside Wednesday and only the Coquille continued to cause major trouble. Rains ended and the mercury tumbled, reaching 4 degrees at Klamath Falls. All three of the young survivors of the massive landslide at Remote which killed five members of the Marion E. Neal family were re ported doing very well. Alvis Neal, 8, was taken to a hospital at Roseburg Tuesday night for a check-up. He previously had remained at Remote while his sis ter, Margaret Elaine, 13, and his brother, Billy. 6, were rushed to the hospital Monday night over a slide-clogged road. AFTER CHECKUP After his check-up Alvis was re leased to his maternal grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Robbins of Riddle. Hospital attendants said Billy might be released to the grandparents Wednesday. Margar et Elaine, with a back fracture, will remain in the hospital. She had been found in the slide debris. France Tangles With Commies PARIS UK Former Premier Pierre Mendes-France tangled with Communist hecklers last night in his first major campaign speech here. He shouted them down to reject their demands for a "popular front" alliance- after the- Jan... 3 election of a new National Assem bly. Mendes-France, leader of a left ist "Republican Front" of Radi cals and Socialists, had invited all political leaders opposing him to debate the issues. Only Communist party boss Jacques Duclos showed up, backed by a Red cheering sec tion conspicuous among the 8,000 excited Parisians on hand to hear and heckle. Thousands of others milling around outside made several at tempts to break into the crowded meeting hall and smashed one of its big glass doors. Mendes-France, thrown out of the premiership on a vote of confi dence last February, is trying to stage a major political comeback In the general elections. His bitter rival in his own Radical (Moder ate) party. Premier Edgar Faure. called for the balloting five months ahead of the constitutional sched ule over the opposition of the ex-Premier and several other po Red hecklers shouting "popular front" and "unity" interrupted Mendes-France for as much as 10 minutes . at a time. But he pulled open his tie and collar and shouted into the loud-speaker system that he and the Socialists allied with him wanted none of the Reds or their program. He was particularly critical of the Red demand that the French quit Algeria, torn by nationalist violence. Such a withdrawal, he said, woul donly result in the mas sacre of the , million Frenchmen living there. Hours Told For Sledding The sledding areas on Wilford Avenue. Washington Street and Manzanita Street were open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, announced Bob Bonney, city recreation di rector. Bonncy said the sled tow on Conger Hill would operate from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. The ski tow at Moore Park was opened at noon Wednesday and will operate from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. dally until further notice, the recreation chief announced. SHOOTING HOURS OREGON December 29 OPEN CLOSE 7:06 4:43 CALIFORNIA December 29 OPEN CLOSE 7:04 4:41 burled to the neck with a battered refrigerator pressed against her back. House rafters protected the two surviving boys. As communications began to be restored Into southwestern Ore gon's hard-hit regions, authorities said rehabilitation would be a ma jor task. Relief agencies, including the Salvation Army, the Red Cross and the Seventh-Day Adventlst Church announced plans for aid. The Red Cross assigned 115 trained workers- to aid throughout the flood areas where early, pre liminary estimates listed 1,430 families and 157 business firms as suffering flood damage. The toll of known dead from the week-long storms was placed at 12 with identification of a Coos River drowning victim as Ed Aud ther, 36, a ranch hand. The deaths Included five killed in the slide, two by driving cars Into storm debris, one by a falling tree, four by drowning and three missing and believed drowned. Livestock loss may have been relatively heavy. More than 150 head were known to have drowned in the Coquille area. CD WORKERS Civil defense workers planned to make further surveys in the Bandon, Powers, Allegany and Prosper areas in the state's south west corner Wednesday, using Navy amphibious trucks to get into many of the flooded sections. There remained further damage possibilities. Ten houses perched on an undercut bluff northeast ot North Bend, at Glasgow, were in danger of falling' into Coos Bay. A ground crew Wednesday reached Maria), on ih Rogue, Riv er, from Grants Pass after a 28- hour battle through snow and over slides and debris, "to aid Fred Hale, a crashed flier. Minutes later a Coast Guard helicopter landed there too, to take Hale to North Bend, from where he was to be transferred later by a Mercy Flights,, Inc., plane to Grants Pass. Hale's plane crashed in the rug ged mountain area after he' had let out a passenger, Bill Geer, who had wanted to inspect flood dam age at his river lodge. Soviet Body Okays Budget MOSCOW Ml The Council ol Nationalities 0 n e of the two chambers of the Soviet Parliament or Supreme Soviet passed unani mously Wednesday the Soviet bud get for 1956. Such changes as were made in the government's figures, present ed two days ago by Finance Min ister A. G. Zverev, were distinctly minor. The final totals provide for rev enues of 593 billion rubles and ex penditures of 570 billion. The de fense item is nearly 10 per cent below the 1955 estimate of 112 bil lion rubies. (The Soviet government values the ruble arbitrarily at 25 cents Many defense items are hidden under other budget categories.) The other house of the Soviet legislature the Council of the Un ion resumed its budget debates later in tne day. A session of both houses has been called for 10 a.m. Moscow time Thursday (11 p.m. PST Wednesday). It will presumably hear tne session's climactic reports Dy uommunisi party Chief Khrush chev ana Premier Bulganin on their recent Asian tour and other subjects. The Council of Nationalities also approved Wednesday the interna tional exchange of parliamentary delegations between the Soviet Un ion and various countries which was initiated bv the Soviet govern. ment early this year. The house called for continuation of this pro gram in i9ot. There was criticism of the United States and certain other countries which have not resDond- ed to the Soviet call for mutual visits of such parliamentary groups. I Smith Daughter Hearing Delayed SAN JOSE. Calif. (IP) The i custody hearing asked by Mrs. I Ellen Hlghtower of San Jose, who I seeks to retain Susan Smith, has been set over to Jan. 23. The child is the daughter of Ker mlt Smith. Portland attorney killed by a bomb In his automobile last April, and Marjorie Smith, who was acquitted of any part in the killing. When Smith was killed and Mrs. Smith charged, the child was taken to San Jose by Mrs. Hlgh tower, Smith's sister. When Mrs. Smith was cleared, she .asked for her daughter but Mrs. THightower resisted. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1955 New Defense Policy Set By Air Force WASHINGTON Wl The Air Force Wednesday ordered an im mediate change in production. strategy to meet the threat of violent devastation at the outset of a general atomic war. Secretary Donald A. Quarles laid down the policy, approved by the Defense Department, reversing the old idea of building up war in dustries after the start of hostil ities. The new plan, "which Quarles ordered the Air Force and Industry to put into effect at once, gives top priority to selected aircraft and missiles that would be used to deliver counter-atomic blows and to defend this country from nuclear assault. Quarles said the new pollcv was dictated by technical advances and shifting international political and military power which required "radical changes in our national strategy" and "a new approach" to industrial planning for a nation al emergency, AF POLICY The Air Force policy is based on the realization. Quarles said, that sufficient resources are not avail able to attain complete readiness for all airplanes, guided missiles and supporting equipment. Therefore priorities will be as signed to all weapons and the plants making them with the top categories going to armaments re quiring "speolol handling' (a mil itary way 01 aescrioing atomic weapons) which must be kept in active production under the most damaging conditions of a nuclear war. Quarles stressed the need for dispersal of war Industry but em phasized that vulnerability was the key consideration and that dis persal is one factor In reducing vul nerability. Air Force officials. In explaining the policy, said there was no at tempt to change current "procure ments of aircraft, missiles and re lated equipment but that It "fits the requirements of a short war; does a much better Job for a long war It Is flexible." SECOND PRIORITY Second priority was assigned to weapons and supporting systems for which production will be kept up under adverse conditions. Quarles said that "under ex tremely austere emergency condi tions" production capacity in this category which survived destruc tion ,at the outset of a nuclear war would be organized to support pro duction of weapons in the top pri ority category. Third priority was assigned to weapons which might not be pro duced in case of a general war Involving severe Industrial dam age but which would be produced in a limited war or during an emergency period of rapid produc tion increases prior to a war. The air staff was given the Job of deciding which weapons and systems should go in the various categories and was ordered to re vise these lists every six months in May and November of each year. Hillings Raps War Scares WASHINGTON (UP) Rep. Pat rick J. Hillings (R-Callf). back from a trip through Russia and other communist countries, said today "there is little llkllhood of war with Russia In 1956." Hillings, one of many congress men who visited Russia during the congressional recess, told the Sil ver Spring. Md., Rotary Club that as long as the United States main tains superiority Russia "won't take a chance" on starting a war. He said he is satisfied that this country has more and better planes, bases and nuclear weap ons man tne Soviets. Hillings predicts that the Chin ese Communists will continue pressure on Farmosa next year and will make a concentrated ef fort to capture Indonesia and other Asiatic territory by Internal sub version. But he said that "despite the blustering statements of the Red Bobbsey Twins. Bulganin and Khrushchev, the Russians don't want war at this time and are not prepared for It." "They are having economic dif ficulties and the committee which is now running the Soviet Union needs more time to solidify its con trol." he said. Hillings also listed West Ger many as a potential danger spot. He said the free world would be in serious trouble "if something should happen to German Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer." I SHI Weather FORECAST Klamath Fall, and vlclnityt Fair through Thursday. High 35 Thursday; low Wednes day night 10, High yesterday .....21 Low last night .... ... 4 Preclp. last 24 hours ... .15 Precip. since Oct. 1 ..... 10.96 Same period last year .. 1.87 Normal for period . ..4.47 Crater Sees Powder Snow Five Inches of fine powder snow fell at Crater Lake National Park In the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. today bringing the total on the ground to 84 inches compared with 34 Inches on this date last year. From a maximum of 22 degrees Tuesday, the temperature dropped to lour degrees above zero during the night. and was 13 degrees at 8 a.m. today. The ranger station reports that it was snowing lightly this morn ing and skiing is fair. The warm ing hut is open and so are the roads. Chains or abrasive snow tread tires are required on the road from Annie Springs to the rim and are advised for travel over Highway 62 through the park. Snow has fallen off and on since Saturday and travel into the park has been very light. - Reds Release AF Sergeant BERLIN HV-A U. S. Air Force sergeant from Brooklyn, held for 24 hours by the Communists in East Berlin after an automobile accident, was back in West Berlin today. U. S. Army officials said the ac cident which the Reds blamed on the sergeant's "drunkenness" ac tually was due to poor visibility and slippery roads. Soviet authori ties turned him over to American officials last night at Karlshorat, East Berlin suburb . whore the Russians have headquarters. The Army said this is what hap pened: M. Sgt. Mike Kliman. 46. sta tioned at Orly airfield in Paris, paid a Christmas visit to his Ger man wife and her parents In West Berlin. He drove them to visit friends in East Berlin Monday night. The East German Communists claimed Kliman ignored a traffic stop sign and that several persons were injured In an ensuing acci dent. He took the injured to a hos pital where they received first aid and were dismissed. The Red police told Kliman Ms car -would be returned if he ac companied them to their head quarters. He said they kept him in a barred room. The U. S. Army began its inves tigation after the Reds announced a "drunken American" had caused the accident. Kliman's release came several hours after the Amer icans requested the Soviets to lo cate the sergeant. ON THEIR WAY TO WORK at the First National Bank thii morning when the 9 o'clock photographer (topped then ware Jo Anna Borden, left, 710 Lowell Street, and Either JStortt, 2036 Garden. V No. 33(3 420 Traffic Deaths Seen ForVeekend CHICAGO Wl Experts who fore cast an all-time high traflic toll iur the Christmas holidays now predict a record for the New Year weekend. The National Safety Council to day estimated that 420 Americans will be killed on streets and roads during the three-day New Year celebration "unless there is a sharp improvement in the driving habits that shocked the nation last weekend." The council predicted 560 motor vehicle fntalities for the three-day Christmas holiday. The number added up to 609. The record for traffic deaths during a New Year holiday is 407. It was set during a four-day period at the end of 1952 and llio start of 1953. COLD CONCLUSION "The cold figures force us to the conclusion thai 420 will die. Ned H. Dearborn,, council presi dent, set forth in a Rtatement. "But we hope the terrible lesson of the Christmas holiday will be taken to heart by everyone." Let's look at the "cold figures" of this year. Motor vehicle fatali ties through October totaled 30.980. They show a gain of 7 per cent over the total for the corresponding months of 1954. Statisticians figure the year's toll wqn'J. come up-to the reonrd or. 39,696 set in 1941, but it may approach 38,000. The blackest of the "cold figures" were recorded tills year on holidays. During the five 1955 holiday periods trailic accidents cost 3.119 lives and the over-all total lnclude ing deaths from all accidental causes was 3,156. RECORDS BROKEN And the loss of life during the 1955 holidays broke four records. Here are this year's holiday tolls with traffic deaths listed first ana deaths from all accidental causes second. New Year 296 and 362. Memorial Day 369, traffic rec cord for that holiday, and 596, over-oli record for that holiday. Independence Day 407 and 805, an over-all record for any holiday period. Labor Day 438 and Gil. Christmas 609, a traffic record for any holiday, and 782. The New Year holiday period was two days, the others thice. Fven on safe driving day a 24- hour period dedicated to cautious and courteous driving 1055 failed to match ;he snowing of 1954. The S-D day toll last year was only 51. This year it was 69. ENGINEERS ESTIMATE SAN FRANCISCO Wl Army en gineers estimated that one million acres of Northern California were under water at the height of last week's flood. 600,000 along the coast and 400,000 In valleys. Telephone 8111 SiuLbsidb Cleaning Up Starts;. 47 Reported Dead SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Calif ornia, beset by a week of torren tial rains and catastrophic floods, welcomed today the return of its Jamed sunshine. As thousands of persons began the grim task of cleaning up their 11000 ravaged nomes, the state list ed 47 dead and estimated the dam age conservatively at 100 million dollars. Floods took another 12 lives in Oregon. Even with a break In the weath er, the danger from further floods was not yet over in the delta area. This is a vast area of is lands and channels through which tha swollen Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers are dumping Iheir muddy waters into San Francisco Bay. "The situation Is still critical," said the San Joaquin County sher iff's office at Stockton early to day. "It will remain critical at least through tomorrow." LEVEES HELD So far, the soggy levees man aged to hold back the surging river waters and to fend off high tides backing into the delta area from the bay. f Tnle Situation Said Easing TULELAKE High water con ditions in the Tulelake sump and lease lnnd areas are Improving. While work is still being contin ued by operators of the Wlnema and Cascade Farms and other farm lands, the situation has eased, according to Ivan Kandra, co-owner of Wlnema Farms. Earlier in the week, under emer gency need, all available trucks of Modoo Count', the U.8. Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife, and farm operators, were cm ployed in bolstering the dikes which were being eroded by high water and wind. Wind on December 26, blew down a California Oregon Power Com pany power tower and broke off several poles on the electric power line on the rim on the west side. The transmission line, above the tunnel pumping plant, is between Tulelake and Dorris. Power crews were called out to repair the dam- are. . . .... -j: . " . Other power 'crews are stralgflt- enlng poles In the sump area, loos ened by wind. Bonn Military Training Set BONN. Germany HI The United States armed forces have mapped out a big program of training assistance for the fledg-. ling West German army, an offi cial announcement said Wednes day. The program will be directed by a military assistance advisory group (MAAGi attached to the U. S. embassy here. Headed by MaJ. Gen. Joseph S. Bradley, the group came into official existence Wed nesday after deposit In Washington of the Bonn government's ratifica tion of the West German-United Slates mutual defense assistance pact. This act cleared the way for de livery of perhaps a billion dollars worth of modern American weap ons and equipment. Much of It now. Is stored In an arsenal on the west bank of the Rhine. Delivery of smaller Items is to begin in less than four weeks. Heavy weapons are to be handed over In April, when the first full scale West German divisions are formed. Lewis Power Plans Told PORTLAND lPI Pacific Power and Light Co. Tuesday announced plans for a $58,700,000 Lewis River dam which would produce 300,000 kilowatts of power. The project, to be known as Swift Dam, would be located In Washington State about 45 miles north of here. It would be 13'i miles upstream from PP&L's Yale Dam. President Paul B. McKce said an application for construction of the 2,000-foot long earth and rock dam will be filed with the Federal Power Commission next week. The dam would be 510 feet high and 2,100 feet thick at the base. Besides th? YrJo Drjn,. PPitsL also has the Merwln Dam -on the Lewis River and has applied for a construction permit for a 74.000 kilowatt system on the stream's upper tributaries. Peddicord Case Under Scrutiny PORTLAND W The case i against WUIIam C. Peddleord. blind salesman and part - time 1 chemist charged with last April's Meier k Frank Co. store bombing. is being studied by the Multnomah County Grand Jury. Authorities began presenting their evidence Tuesday. A finding Is expected some time Wednesday or Thursday. The case against Mrs. Joyce Keller, his sisler-ln-law, charged with aiding him, will be taken up Immediately after the grand Jury completes Its study of the case against Peddicord. At Islcton. a community of 2000 persons on the lower Sacramento River, 200 men worked day and night to bolster the levees with sandbags. Mayor Morris Stewart said the levees withstood a high tide of 9.8 feet Tuesday, iv s dim vary uangeroua ana it's a mighty tough battle," be said, "but we're holding." The town has been battling flood waters and high tides for seven straight days. The main danger lies a mile and a half south ot the town, where the San Joaquin and Mokelumne rivers Join. The Sacramento flows on tha nortb side of town. RIO VISTA The town of Rio Vista, on the Sacramento River five miles west of Ixleton, also was battling high waters, but it was having au easi er time of it. Much of that town lies on higher ground. Levees In the delta area of Con Ira Costa County, which lies west of San Joaquin County, were hold ing against the San Joaquin River. Some lateral fractures were re ported, but they were on the inside of the levees rather than on tha water side, A -r.i'm, at least, was unlikely. For the first .time In 13 days, the weatherman Issued a prediction that did not call for either ltgltl or heavy rains. He predicted sunny skies and colder weather In the iiiuuiuains. xne corner weauier spelled an end to the disastrous mountain runoff. PETERSON TOURS Federal Civil Defense Admin istrator Val Peterson, who toured the Eureka and Yuba City areas yesterday, promised Federal help to put California levees in shape "so you won't be in danger of another flood this winter." Meanwhile, Yuba City went un der a virtual state of martial law. Three hundred national guards men patrolled the flooded streets to guard against looters. The" Feather River sent a new crest through a huge hole in the levee along Yuba City yesterday, flooding the deserted town for the second time in less than a week, barred from their homes, mainly because, of contaminated water supply and no sewerage system. In, San Francisco yesterday, offi cials from the Federal Small Bus iness Administration met with rep resentatives of other Federal arl stato agaiicies and the Red Cross iu uiBuufio lining in fiuaiuciifr Ei senhower's "blank check" relief program. Deputy SBA Administrator Don ald A. Hlpkins said flatly; NO CEILING "We are here to restore any building, house business or farm structure, to its pte-flood condi tion. We operate under no celling." He emphasized that applicants must meet certain qualifications. Those who do not qualify for Fed eral aid may qualify for Red Cross aid, he said. Elsewhere in California, resi dents of flood-ravaged areas be gan mopping up the damage as best they could. Utilities were slowly being restored to the strick en Northwest Coast around Eu reka, to Santa , Crus in central California, -to the Yuba City area and elsewhere. At least 20 families were report ed 'isolated and without food be hind washed-out bridges in the Santa Cruz mountain area. Relief organizations such as the Red Cross and Salvation Army asked for contributions of money, blankets, clothing and canned goods to care for the homeless. Other church groups conducted drives for clothing and blankets. The Red Cross could not esti mate the total number of persons now being fed and sheltered In 38 emergency shelters throughout California, but estimates indicate more than 6000 families will need long-term help in getting on their feet again. Kllswortii Bunker of Washington, D.O., Red Cross president, was to arrive in San Francisco today to inspect the flood areas. He be lieved the Red Cross may have to spend as much as 15,000,000 in flood aid. $90 Million Suit Filed NEW YORK (UP) S perry Rand Corp. yesterday filed a 9o million dollar treble damage suit aglnst the International Business Machine Corp., charging thai IBM has un fairly been causing 8perry Rand business to dimmish steadily. Sperry Rand charges among oth er things that IBM has "tompered or Interfered with the efficient nor- ' mat operation" ot tabulating ma chines manufactured by Sperry Rand, the merged corporations of Sperry Gyroscope and Remington Rand. Thomas W. Watson Sr., chair man ot the board of IBM, issued a prompt denial of "any violation of the anti-trust laws or that our conduct at any time has been ad verse to the legitimate business interests of Sperry Rand Corp." The suit, brought under the civil anti-trust laws, charges that in the lost 10 yearn practically all of the electric tabulating machines In the United States have been manufac tured bv IBM which leases the machines rather than sells them as Sperry Rand docs. Sperry Rand, whose board chair man is Gen. Douglas MacArthur. charged that IBM also participated with government agencies In the preparation of bids, plans and specifications for tabulating ma chines to be procured by the gov ernment in such a way as to get favored treatment for IBM. ,
