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Newspaper Page TextU OP OREGOS H8SART CUQCNE, CHE. COUP Price Five Cents 14 Pages r In The By FRANK JENKINS For Americans meaninit all nl us, not just Americans who hap pen to live or travel abroad- mere are two not spots this morn lnc: 1. East Germany, which is a Soviet satellite. 2. Lebanon, a little kingdom in the Middle East, which is under pressure to BECOME a Soviet sat ellite. The trouble in East Germany started about 10 days ago when a helicopter carrying nine American soldiers was blown over East Ger man territory by a storm. The communists interned them, and we started negotiations for their re lease. The East German commu. nst authorities demanded that American negotiators hold official U.S. stale department credentials. Why the demand? It is assumed that its purpose Is to force the United States (in order to obtain release of the nine American soldiers) to recognize the communist puppet regime in tast Germany.' Our state depart ment calls it "diplomatic black mail and refuses to pay. What is the right and the wrong or it? It's a complicated problem. These nine soldiers are Ameri cans. Our every instinct cries out to secure their release at any cost. But they are SOLDIERS. A sol dier's job is to risk his life for his country. There are times when a soldier has to be ordered to take risks that involve the possible loss of his life and-or his liberty. A soldier is a DEDICATED citi zen. It is his duty to accept such risks when they are necessary for the welfare of his country. In this particular instance, back ing down before the communist de mand for AMERICAN RECOGNI TION as the price of negotiations for the release of these nine in terned American soldiers would amount to an American DEFEAT in the cold war. That's what our state department means when it refuses to pay diplomatic "black mail." In hot war or in cold war, many difficult decisions have to be made. This is one of those times. So much for East Germany, What of Lebanon? Lebanon is a different kettle of fish. In Lebanon, the present govern ment is FAVORABLE TO US. So viet Russia, working through its Egyptian puppet Nasser, is seek ing to overthrow the Lebanese gov ernment favorable to the West (which includes the U.S.) Actual shooting is going on, in Lebanon. In Cairo (capital . of Egypt) an "influential newspap er" warns this morning that any U.S. "meddling" in the Lebanese crisis would be regarded by the United Arab Republic (Nasser's tool as a DECLARATION OF WAR. Suppose, in the face of that threat (which may be a bluff, but may not be) we run for cover. Personally, I think we have no business trying to run that part of the world. It is certainly pos sible to defend the thesis that we have" no business there. BUT WE ARE THERE. If we run for cover in the face of a communist threat, American prestige will be gone where the woodbine twineth. That's about the size of it. " HITCHHIKE CARMEL, Calif., (UPI) The wedding of socialite Armour Smith and Miss Bonnie Dickason went off like a charm, with one slight exception. After the ceremony! the hun dreds of guests drove off to a reception on the other side of town leaving the bride and groom stranded. So they hitchhiked! Oafs lews Indiana Dike Gives Way Terre Haute Area Floods TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -A 30-foot stretch of the Sugar Creek levee broke at Terre Haute early today, flooding about 20 per cent of West Terre Haute and forc ing some'l.OOO persons to flee their homes. Civil defense officials said the residents had ample warning and all were evacuated safely from the western Indiana town. The break was on the Sugar Creek, a tributary to the Wabash River, and was about a mile up stream from where the creek emp ties into the Wabash River. Authorities said most of the wa ter was backwater and there was no strong current. Trucks, some already loaded with furniture, were standing by ready to evacuate families if the water came through the levee. Civil defense officials said they believed six men, who were work ing on the levee, were cut off when the water broke through. They could not be sure in the darkness, but efforts were being made to reach any that were trended on the other side. Go. Harold W. Handler de clared a state of emergency in Terre Hauta yesterday at the re KLAMATH f MARY GORMAN Grand President, Ladies Auxiliary, B. of R. T. Trainmen Open Meet In Local Headquarters The 1958 Northwest Association meeting of the Brotherhood of Rail' road Trainmen, and its Ladies Auxiliary got under way th i s morning with a joint meeting held in tne Fine Grove Room of the Willard Hotel, convention head quarters. The convention has at tracted nearly 500 members of the two organizations,- from all B. of R. T. lodges in Oregon, Washing' Ion, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia. After the introduction of grand lodge officers and the presentation of flags, an invocation was offered by the Rev. Robert L. Greene, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and Mayor Lawrence Sla- ter welcomed the convention to Klamath Falls. Mary Gorman, grand president of the Ladies Auxiliary to the B. of R. T., replied to the mayor. expressing the delegates' pleasure at visiting this city. Her response was followed by the introduction of guests and visitors, after which the meeting got down to tonven- Hon business: the reading of the Engineers Eye Strike Soon PORTLAND (AP) The Inter national Union of Operating Engi neers soon may strike all con struction projects in Oregon and Southwestern Washington, a union spokesman says. The union's Portland and Van couver, Wash., members Sunday voted 315-15 to strike -unless the Associated General Contractors meet the demands of their local of the Hoisting - and Portable Negotiations have been going on for eight months in an attempt to create a contract that would re place the one which expired Jan. 1. The union spokesman said the demands include hourly wages, job security and retroactive pay. Earlier this year, the Associated General Contractors, a manage ment group, was struck by the Laborers Union. That dispute tied up most heavy construction in Oregon. A strike by the engineers would tie up dam and road construction, the Interstate Bridge between here and Vancouver, and a num ber of building projects. The spokesman said union mem bers favor a surprise strike if no new contract is agreed unon. He said a likely time for the strike to start would be Wednesday. Earlier, he said, local unions throughout Oregon voted 1,069-70 to authorize a strike. AGREE THE HAGUE (AP) - The Netherlands and the Soviet Union initialed an agreement Monday under which the Soviet airline Aeroflot and KLM will each oper ate a weekly flight between Am sterdam and Moscow starting July 21. 1 quest of local officials, who were worried that the earthen levees protecting West Terre Haute might give way and let floodwaters loose on the community. Extra state police, 60 National Guard troops and 40 prisoners from the state penal farnj at nearby Putnamville were rushed to the city to sandbag weak points on tyic levee. The Indiana Air National Guard was also being used and sandbags were being flown in from Kansas City and Louisville. The Wabash was expected to reach a crest of 28 feet at noon today. Flood level is 14 feet. Terre Haute proper, vith a population of 65.000. is on the east side of the river and is mostly on higher ground and not believed to be in danger. The threat at Terre Haute came alter the city of Anderson and most other northcantral Indiana communities passed their flood crisis. At Anderson a battered earthen levee held up under pounding by the west fork of the White River, but extensive flpod damage was reported in the city. The river crested at 20 feet Saturday night and has been falling slowly since. . . . . .imww mwvvwwrillWWI I IMIMWWiraTfYVMWWIintlllwww w WWIIMMMWmiUMMWWHni FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE W. P. KENNEDY President, B. of R. T. minutes of last year's meeting, the appointment of the bylaws, legis lative and resolutions committees, and legislative board reports. This afternoon, the two associ ations, are holding closed business meetings, the B. of R. T. in the Pine Grove Room, and the ladies at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 411 Main Street. The public is cordially invited to attend this evening's open meet ing, which will also be held in the Pine Grove Room of the Willard. beginning at 7:30. The .meeting win leature a panel discussion on "The Future of American Rail roads," in which Gov. Robert Holmes; W. P. Kennedy, B. of R. T. president: J.. W. Corbett. vice president for system operations of ine southern Pacific; Harry See, B. of R. T. national legislative representative; and J. W. Nisbett, commerce counsel of the Associ ation of Western Railroads, will participate. The meeting will be followed by a buffet. Tomorrow morning will be de voted to more closed business meetings, and in the afternoon, a joint meeting will close the con' vention. The final meeting will in clude the reading of the commit toes' reports, and addresses by See; W. J. Weil. .general secre tary-treasurer of the B. of R. T.: W. J. Macklin, regional director of the Railroad Retirement Board: E. B. Miller, district director of the same board; and Clifton Hilde- brand and Eugene Rerat, both of the legal aid department of the Brotherhood. The discussion will be followed, by a question and ah' swer period, the selection of the sib of next year s meeting, elec tion of officers, financial report and adjournment. The benediction will be offered by the Rev. u. u. Tremain of the Free Methodist Church. With business out of the way, the delegates will be able to en joy themselves tomorrow night, when the convention takes over the fairgrounds auditorium beginning at 6 o clock. The evening s events will open with a hospitality hour, followed by a Western ranch pit barbecue that begins at 7 o clock. During the meal there will be ad dresses by Governor Holmes, Weil, Corbett and R. R. Robinson, su perintendent of the Shasta Divi sion, Southern Pacific. The re sponse to these addresses will be given by President Kennedy. After dinner, there will be dancing to the music of the Starlighters, from 9 to 1. Mi-wuk Indian Tongue Dies As Living Language SONORA, Caif. (AP)-The Mi- wuk Indian tongue died as a living language here Saturday night in Ihe person of William Fuller, hereditary chief of the tribe since 1888. He was 85. But Fuller, son of a white Ohio settler and a Mi-wuk chieftain's daughter recorded the now - ex tinct language for a Columbia University study before his death. Fuller was born in 1873 at Bald Rock, Calif., an early Indian vil lage where the town of Twain Harte now stands. His father Albert Fuller was a 49cr miner who married Jenita. the Indian princess, and settled flown after .the gold rush to col lect tolls along the Mono Road, which ran between Sonora, Bridgeport and the mining town of Bodie. Sputnik Sighted 'Right On Main' Russia's Sputnik III took a direct route down Main Street early Mon day morning. Arthur Epperson, 130 North First Street, reported to the Herald and News. Epperson reported that Sputnik III appeared about 30 degrees above the western horizon at 3:44 a.m. It traveled a course that would have carried it, he said, down the Main Street toward the Herald and News. He reported that it was in view for approximately two minutes, and when it disappeared from view here, it was hist coming into view of persons in Spokane since it traveling at a rate of five miles per aecond. 16, 1958 Abominable Snowman Said Reality By U.S. Expedition KATMANDU, Nepal WPI An American expedition which set out lo find the abominable snowman reported today the creature "is no more a myth but hard truth." Members of the u. !. team did not see the creature which Himal ayan natives swear exists, but for mer California Professor Norman G. Dhyrenfurth reported a "reli able" native Sherpa guide saw one. The team returned late hunday night from a four - month trek through the Himalaya mountains near Mt. Everest seeking the hairy haltonan. Dhyrenfurth ' said that while "our investigations are still unfin ished, we want to declare that the yeti," as the Tibetans call the snowman, "is no more a myth but hard taath." For years Nepalese mountain folk have told legends of the yeti, which is usually described as a hairy creature bigger than man. Several years ago a British ex pedition sought one in the Himal ayan valleys. It found none but members said they, too.i believe the legends are fact. Last year a Russian scientist said he had seen a tall yeti in the Pamir Mountains of Soviet Central Asia: Last Saturday, there was a re port that a strange creature possibly a close relative of the elusive abominable snowman had been killed by riflemen of the Raja Mustang in a rugged, 14,000-foot mountain pass near the wild bor 'Beat Generation1 Loses Member In Fall Off Roof SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)-"He'si gone, man. He's far, far out now. He's an angel." That was how the beat genera tion" took the death of one of its members, Paul R. Swanson, 31. He had a saxophone and sometimes played it. The police blotter listed swan- son's death as due to a fall from the roof of a ramshackle building in the produce district at 3:45 of a Sunday morning. The occasion was the waning moments of a beat generation rev el that took place at the Party Pad, a "club" occupying the sec ond floor of tha two-story buttding. The Party Pad is operated by Eric Nord, a well known tigure in this city's lusty Bohemian life. He operates the place as a continuous "bring your own bottle party." The Party Pad is a place with sawdust floors, a few tables with red oilcloth covers, a couple of beat-up pianos and a hi-fi phono graph. There is no charge, but signs advise that a "donation" of $1 from men and 50 cents from wom en would be appreciated. Labor Unions Pledge To Continue Medical Battle WASHINGTON (AP) Labor unions pledged Monday to spread the mass purchase of doctor care for workers, despite growing ob jections from the medical profes sion. Dr. Morris Brand of New York, president of the American Labor Health Assn., charged that objec tions from medical groups were motivated largely by economic rather than ethical principles." He referred to criticism from the American Medical Assn. and state and local medical societies that mass purchase of medical care interposes a third party be tween doctor and patient. Dr. Brand, head of the Sidney Hillman Health Center of the Amalagamated Clothing Workers Union, said in a statement pre Soviet Ambassadors For Major Powers Called Home LONDON (AP) The Soviet ambassadors to the United States, Britain and France have been summoned to Moscow, presuma bly for consultations on an East West summit meeting and nuclear arms negotiations. Ambassador Sergei Vinogradov flew to Moscow Sunday, the So viet Embassy in Paris announced. He left a day alter conferring with French Premier Charles' de Gaulle, who was, given a letter (rom Soviet Premier N i K 1 1 a Khrushchev. Influence Probe Turns Up Fact Records Now Missing WASHINGTON (AP) House probers turned up evidence Mon day that higher-ups in the Fed eral Trade Commission vetoea a government expert's recommenda tion (or criminal prosecution of Bernard Goldfine. benefactor of Sherman Adams, President Eisen hower's No. 1 aide. Records showing that Goldfine, a big industrialist from Boston, picked up Adams' bills at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York also were entered in the case that has become a prime political sensation. There also was testimony that some of the records in an FTC case concerning one of Goldfine's textile mills had been destroyed. Telephone TU 4-11111 der of northwestern Nepal and Tib et. This creature was described as being four and a half feet tall, bearlike and incredibly strong, and there was speculation it might even be the tabled yeti itself. "We return fully convinced the yeti is a human-like, rare and fast disappearing creature possessing tne intelligence of a normal grown up man, Dhyrenfurth said. "We have returned with definite proofs of the yeti's existence in the Himalayas. He said one. of the expedition's "responsible, reliable" Sherpa guides reported sighting one four foot yeti collecting frogs in a riv ulet." Dhyrenfurth said' the guide re ported the creature chased him when caught in a flashlight beam "Dave Temba (the guide) ran to inform us but we found the yeti gone by the time we had marched one mile to the spot, the proles sor said. "I visited caves in which the yeti lived and collected droppings, hair and enough other proofs to convince scientists about its pres ence," Dhyrenfurth said. "Our investigations showed they (yeti) were of two varieties, one about 10 to 12 feet fall, and the other smaller about four to five feet high."" The American cxpdition, headed by W. M. Russell, planned to re main here for several days before moving on. Special Policeman Archie Davis, whom Nord employs to keep order at the parties, said he was going through the building Sunday tell ing guests they would have to go home. , When he got to the roof, he said. he noticed Swanson sitting on the ledge. Then he swayed and fell over. Davis said. Swanson fell 2!4 stories to his death. Nord told police his guests often use the roof "to get a breath of fresh air." Police found 13 empty whisky bottles, 10 empty beer cans, as well as chairs and mattresses on the roof. ' . "It was found that the roof was a most unsafe place," they said. Nord said Swanson was a native of Chicago and had been in San Francisco for two years. He was released from Napa State Hospital four months ago, he added, after treatment for alcoholism. "He was discouraged with things, this man," Nord said. -"He played his sax around, at resorts and places. We saw him around... We liked him." pared for the opening session of a two-day labor health confer. ence: "Certain segments of the medi cal profession have been doing everything in their power to pre vent the establishment of con sumer and union sponsored pre paid group practice medical pro grams. "Their activities take the form of coercion, social and profession al ostracism, restrictive legislation and other overt and covert acts. These activities by the medical politicians have been increasing." A reply to these charges is ex- uetiuu ii uiii me nmtt ai us aan Francisco convention next week. Meanwhile, the AMA sent an ob server and staff of public relations men to look in on the labor health conference. Jacob Malik left his London post by plane shortly after it was revealed that Mikhail Mcnshikov had slipped out of Washington and headed for the Soviet capital. Malik told reporters at London Airport: "I am going on business. When one goes, to do business in one's own country, it is always a pleas ure." Recently the pace of diplomatic exchanges between Moscow and the West has quickened. But acting FTC Chairman Rob ert T. Sccrest said the destruc tion by another government agen cy was Inadvertent and that no information was lost since it all had been transcribed into other records still on hand. Sccrest also told the House sub committee investigating Adams' relationship with Goldfine that Adams never tried to sway the FTC on any matter. Adams has acknowledged making calls f o r information from government agencies about Goldfine's troubles, and set up a conference between Goldfine and FTC officials. But he vows he never tried lo get favors for his friends. U.S. Families j In Lebanon May Move Out BEIRUT (AP American families had the go-ahead to move out of Lebanon today as the anti- government rebels kept up a determined, bloody stand before U. N. Secretary Dag Hammar skjold's arrived to direct his inter- nation team of . observers. Bitter fighting broke out in the capital Saturday and continued yesterday until government security torces pinned down the insurgents in their strongholds at the canter of Beirut. Heavy shoot ing stopped by noon, but sporadic firing and bombing were heard the rest of the day. In the gravest warning to Americans in the Middle East since the 1956 Suez crisis, the U.S. Embassy offered free transpor tation out ol the strite-torn coun try to dependents of embassy staff members. The 5,000 other Ameri cans in Beirut were urged to stay off the streets. So far no foreigners have been hurt in the month-old rebellion against President 'Camille Cha moun's pro-Western government, which charges the insurgents have been directed by President Nas ser's United Arab Republic and inspired- by its pan-Arab expan sionist policies. The Lebanese casualties have been reckoned with upward of 500. Fighting Saturday killed 50 per sons, and the large number of am bulances in Beirut yesterday was evidence of the continuing bitter battle. Premier Sami Solh's downtown house was sacked and set afire by rebels, but he had moved out and was living with his daughter in another part of the city. Security forces shelled the roof and top floor of rebel leader Saeb Salams home. Salam was un hurt, but one of his lieutenants, Adnan Nahas, was killed. Rebel snipers shot at the presi dential palace again but were re pelled. The palace, where Cha- moun lives, remained undamaged alter two days of fighting. Hammarskjold is due here to morrow night to attend the first formal meeting of the U. N. ob servation team sometime this week. The observer force is ex pected to total 27 by the end of the week 17 who have already arrived from the U. N. truce or ganization in Palestine and 10 from Norway. A June 11 Security Council reso lution charges the team with stop ping any arms or men from get ting through to the rebels. But it probably will be able to do little to help solve the internal nub of the problem a deep political split between vnamoun ana his opposi tion. ' Indonesians Launch Attack JAKARTA. Indonesia (AP) President Sukarno's government launched a full-scale land, sea and air attack in the North Celebes today to crush the last major stronghold of the four-month-old rebellion. The Indonesian navy said the invasion force landed at daybreak 2 miles from Menado, the North Celebes rebel capital. Naval com mandos and army units hit the beach at the cast coast fishing town of Kema and began driving west across the peninsula toward Menado. About 5,000 troops were involved in the operation, which was ob viously aimed at linking up with commandos and army units which already have landed in smaller numbers at the east coast seaport of Bitung and on the west coast near Menado. The government strategy appar ently was to seal off the tip of the 20-mile-wide North Celebes pe ninsula for a final assault on the volcano-ringed seaport. The navy spokesman said slight resistance was easily overcome. He said a large number of war ships were used and reinforce ments were being rushed ashore. "We expect operations will not last too long due to the large num ber of our forces," he said. "The rebels are being encircled." The fall of Menado is expected to end the rebellion which began on Sumatra March 15. Rebel forces are estimated at 10.000 to 12,000 men. Bear Hw-nt Twbs Info Crowded Sort Of After BOYD, Tex. (AP) - The big Wise County bear hunt was called off yesterday because too many amateur bear hunters turned up. The search was started after residents reported sighting a mo ther bear and two cubs, believed to have strayed from a carnival. Chief of Police Lee Cockrell called in professional hunter Vir gil Goodman of Fort Worth to track down the animals. When they started out at dawn they were joined by ntire than 30 am ateur bear hunters. 'Everybody seems to think they are big game hunters around her e." Cockrell complained. "Some of them even brought pick ups filled with hounds." NAME SWITCH HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Warner Rros. announced today that "Damn Yankees." their film ver sion of the Broadway musical hit, would be called "What Lola Wants" in foreign showings. "For eign audiences might not know that Damn Yankees refers to the baseball team," a studio spokes man aaid. Weather FORECAST Klamath Fall. inH vicinity; Fair and warm through Tuesday except for high clouds. mgn lurtaay tm-93. Low Monday night 58-63. High yesterday 79 Low last night . 61 Precipitation last 24 hours .. a Since Oct. I 16.68 Saoie period last year 15.04 Normal for period . 11.91 Five-Day Forecast By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Eastern Orppnn anH F lactam Washington Temperatures av eraging much above normal. Lit tle or no precipitation. High tem peratures mostly 80-90. Lows, 48 60. Idaho Ahnvp nnrmal tpmnpr. atures and isolated thundershow ers. High temperatures generally 76-86. Lows. 45-55. Western Washington and West ern Oregon Temperatures av eraging much above normal and nine or no precipitation through Saturday. High temperatures gen erally 80-90 Western Hrpcnn onH 72-82 Western Washington, except 65-70 on coast. Lows 48-58. Some cooling likely about Thursday. Question Over Water, Power Lines Talked Mavnr I.nwrnnr'A Klalnr Can Harry Boivin, and City Attorney Henrv Perkins mot wilh w r Williams. stfltt hinhwav nnnlnnpr mm memoers oi nis statt in Sa- iem rriaay on the matter of re moval of water and nnwpt- linnc from the right of way to the new nesL ame Bypass. A lecal fllipstinn hue orienn nc to who is rpsnnncihlp fnr thp ra. moval of such facilities and the purpose of the meeting was to uevuiup a pian wnercoy the by- DaSS mulH hp huilt withn,,! rla. termining first who should pay for me inuving oi me water ana pow er lines. Williams said lhp firs! pnntraptc for construction of the bypass will ue mi next monin It construction is not hplrl lln nvnr tha n,alln nf water and Dower linp rpmnvnl Wil. liams also stated the structure crossing the main canal must be started this fall as the work can only be done after the irrieatine season is over and a delay this year would mean postponement until October, 1959. Some of the utilities Involved haVe Questioned thpir lnl rnennn. aiuimy 10 remove tneir lines and a was accinpn al inn mpptino that Williams and nwmhnrs nr hie etrr would invite the utilities involved to a meeting in Klamath Falls next week in an endeavor to agree on a 'torAernrn uhpriShu th struction contracts could be let next mnnlh'nnH tha pamni,al Ar me utility lines started. It Was definiiplv SPltlprl at the, meeting that the city of Klamath I runs win not oe cnargea with any ui me tost oi removal ot utility comoanv lines The tentative plan Is to offer tne nrivnip iiriimoe. tnirnii.arf Bn tuiiun wnereoy me state Highway ttuiuinission win tt nnppccarv art. VanCfi thP mat tl rpmmrtnn nn.. or and water lines, and a suit wouia De started in court to de termine who is responsible legally for the removal. If It is deter mined the utilities are responsible, the highway commission would then be reimhtir.prf lis pnete Those who attended the meeting stated that they were very hope- iu. mat an parlies Interested COUld aurpp nn a Kplllpmont an1 delay in construction of the need- cu oypass avoiaea. CHOLERA RAIMCKOIf ThnilonH (Am Twenty more cholera deaths were reported Monday in Bangkok and surrounding area, bringing to 567 Ihe number who havo died in Thailand's epidemic. Since the nnirlpmin hptrnn Inst mnnth . 10Q cases have been reported in Bang- kok ana J.mi in the entire coun try. The epidemic now has spread to South Viet Nam and Cambodia. Senate Plows Doggedly Ahead In Labor Bill Stint WASHINGTON (AP) - Sena tors dissatisfied with a bill to curb labor abuses pushed ahead today with last-ditch efforts to reshape it more to their liking. As a wrangling Senate headed into a fourth day of debate on the measure, Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson of Texas said he hoped to finish action on it tonight under an agreement limiting de bate. But a sheaf of amendments re mains to be disposed of, many of them highly controversial. Awaiting action first was an amendment by Sen. Charles E. Potter (R-Mich) to let union mem bers recover any dues money used for political purposes or other non union activities they oppose. "It's a' violation of a worker's rights to appropriate hard-earned dues money for political slush funds. Potter said in arguing for his amendment. Sens. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz) and Carl T. Curtis (R-Ncb) agreed. However, Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore) said Potter's amendment is "as absurd and as completely without justification" as any yet offered. t Morse denounced It as "a union busling amendment" and said it would "play Into the hands of the type of employer who employs the stooge and spy." Despite all the argument that has swirled about the bill, its basic provisions remain intact. It is designed to help drive racketeers out of tha labor move ment and to give rank and file ij.S. Fails To Win Release Of 9 Airmen BERLIN (AP) The United States (ailed Monday in Its sec ond contact with Communist East Germany to win the release of nine U.S. Army men held prisoner. Responsible diplomatic sources said the Communists insisted again that the helicopter case be nego tiated on a government-to-govern ment level. East Germany's Foreign Ministry rejected a compromise formula on protocol put forward by the Amer ican negotiator. U.S. Army Col, Robert B. McQuail of Bluefield, W.Va. In a 40-minute meeting at the East Berlin Ministry, McQuail re portedly presented credentials from Gen. H. I. Hodes. the U.S. commander-in-chief for Europe. He also indicated he was negoti ating with the approval of the State Department. Seeking international prestige for their regime, the Communists apparently demanded that Mc Quail show diplomatic accredita tion. McQuail walked into the East Berlin Ministry at noon. He was accompanied by Maj. Raymond J. McCrory Jr., of Wauwatosa, Wis., of the A.S. liaison mission in Potsdam and three soldiers who kept newsmen from getting close enough to ask questions. The first contact was made Sat urday by McQuail, chief liaison oflicer to the Russian army in East Germany. . It reversed a nine-year U.S. policy of no direct dealings with the East Germans. , The prisoners eignt oil leers ana a sergeant from the 3rd Armored Division in West Germany were seized by the Reds June 7 when their helicopter strayed across tha Iron Curtain in a thunderstorm. , As the price for release of tha Americans, the East Germans ara demanding negotiations on an in tergovernmental level that would give their regime more prestige. Rain Forecast In Southeast By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS More rain was on tap today for already drenched portions of tha Southeast. Rains which yesterday dumped up to 2 inches of water in interior regions of the Southeast shifted during the night to Gulf Coast areas. Heavy showers swamped Pensacola, Fla., Mobile, Ala., and Baton Rougo, La., with falls rang ing from 1.25 to 1.70 inches. Other storms centered, in tha north and central Plains and from New Mexico across much of Tex as into the Gulf Coastal region. A tornado was reported near Lubbock and a funnel was sighted near Dallas. However, no damaga was reported in either case. Plea For Pets Out Of Hand At School For Blind LOS ANGELES (AP)-An ure- ent plea to halt a- veritable flood of rabbits was sounded today by the Foundation for the Junior Blind. A week ago, the foundation ap pealed for pels of any kind for the blind children. On the first day, the phone rang for 12 hours without pause. To date,- 2,345 rabbits, 1,818 ducks, 697 chickens, 351 guinea pigs, 216 mice, 66 hamsters, 18 possums, 54 turtles and even 2 boa constrictors have been among the offerings. The foundation has been unable to accept all the pets, but would like some ponies or horses. "But please, no more rabbits," said Norman Kaplan, executive director. Kaplan said the response of a blind child to a ride on a gentla pony "is a kind of a release, like being airborne." members more control over un ion affairs. It also would make a number of changes in the 1947 Taft-Hart ley Labor Relations Act, including some long sought by labor leaders. While a number of revisions have been made to meet crit icisms of Secretary of Labor Mitchell, every major amendment offered by spokesmen for the Ei senhower administration has gone down in defeat. Senate Republican Leader Wil liam F. Knowland of California also lost out Saturday in an effort to provide that 20 per cent of a union's members could force sec ret balloting on recalling union of- icers and on changing union con stitutions and by-laws. Knowlands amendment, when he contended was needed to strengthen union democracy pro visions of the bill, was defeated 52-31. However, Ihe Senate later adoot- ed an amendment of Sen. Sam J. brvin ID-NC) providing or tha recall of local union officers at any time by majority vote of tha members. Ervin's amendment also re vised a section of the bill requir ing periodic elections of union of ficers by secret ballot. It would set tho maximum term for offi cials of local unions at threa years instead of four and for offi cials of international unions at four years instead of five. Sen. Prescott Bush (R-Conn) al so won adoption by voice vote of an amendment prohibiting Union from lending more than (1,509 U any officer or member.