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Oafs Sews
By FRANK JENKINS
Question:
What's this THIRD FORCE
President De Gaulle keens talk.
ing about as his objective for the
r ranee or today?
The usual term for it is BAL
ANCE OF POWER.
As De Gaulle sees it, there are
TWO FORCES in the world of to
day: 1. The Western Alliance.
2. The Soviet Union.
It might be more accurate to
say that the TWO FORCES of
today's world are communism and
the free way of life, but De
Gaulle, who is a realistic think
er, probably discards Red China
as too weak to count for much,
at this critical moment, and sees
only the Soviet Union and t h e
Western Alliance.
wnat tie is playing for, one
must presume, is to pull France
out of the Western Alliance, then
to stand in the MIDDLE, and by
threatening to go over to ONE
SIDE if the other side doesn't
toe his mark, to make himself, as
the leader of France, ALL POW
ERFUL. Thus he would become a sec
ond Napoleon.
De Gaulle has much in com
mon with Napoleon.
Napoleon had a brilliant mind.
So has De Gaulle. Napoleon had
delusions of grandeur. So, appar
ently, has De Gaulle. These de
lusions outweigh their good points.
Napoleon, after saving France
from the consequences of the
Revolution. RUINED FRANCE by
his embition to run Europe.
Summing up:
Napoleon wound up in exile on
the island of Elbe.
W here will De Gaulle w ind up?
One can't help wondering.
More about this third force.
It isn't original with De Gaulle.
It is an ancient device. For cen
turies, it was the foundation of
Britain's foreign policy.
The essence of this third force
idea, as Britain saw it, was never
to let ANYBODY get too strong
in Europe. Whenever, over the
centuries. Britain saw somebody
getting too strong, she lined up
with the OPPOSITION.
By means of that device, the
little island of Britain not a great
deal bigger in area than the not-too-big
stale of Oregon was able
to make herself top dog in Europe
And stay that way lor hundreds
of years.
Will De Gaulle be able to copy
Britain's formula for POWER
and get away with it?
One wonders.
Also one has doubts.
This is a quite different world
from the world that Britain was
able to rule so long by means o(;
the third force device.
Slush Slops j
Local Roads !
. Roads and streets in the vicini
ty of Klamath Falls were a sea of
slush Thursday as an unseason
able rain storm began to break
up a six-inch snow pack which
descended in the area Tuesday
night and the following morning.
It was the first snowfall in
Klamath Falls since Nov. 22,
when a light snow blanketed the
area. The six-inch snowfall thus
far in January represents one of
the lightest snowfalls for that
month since weather records have
lccn kept at the airport during the
past 14 years, according to Bcib
, Cardinal. U.S. meteorologist.
The lightest snowlall for Jan
uary is recorded for l!il when
one-tenth of an inch was noted,
compared with the heaviest snow
fall of 56 5 inches recorded in
l'.t.V).
The unexpected snowcrs, which
followed the snow stnrm. oc
curred Thursday morning after
temperatures had rsen Irom 2IM
degrees to above ficezing andj MENARD. 111. 'I'PI'
brought M inches nt sleet andiE. Hudze. who looted
lrcczing rain during a 24
hour
period.
More rain is
next 36 hours
forecast for the
is Ine result of!
warm air moving west from the
Pacific. with temperatures to
continue above freezing
Elsewhere in the county, mad
and weather conditions were sim-Hi means to be deprived of it.'" of its path to Europe today and
iiar to those in Klamath Falls.! Hodge, now ailing and aging. sought help from the United
except that chains were required became a free man when he States and other (ree world na
at Bly. Farther cast. Lakevicw passed through the electric eye lions to bolster its sagging econ-
reported rain but cautioned mo-iat
torists to beware o( icy slots on Slate Pcnitrntiary
the highway leading mlo the city., A delegation Irom his home
Showers were continuing in Che jiown ol Granite Cilv. III . where
mult, along the Green Spnncs! Hodge was once voted "man of
Highway, the Dead Indian Road, the year." waited to greet him
and were mening nooiu one inn
of new snow at Willamette Pa-s. i Leonard David. Hodge's son. Wil-j Washington, the t'ommonwc.ilthilhc entire Western alliance and
according to reports from tliejiiam. and two lawyers and Britain's six putncrs in tlieilhe L.S.-in-pired postwar recon-
state police and Charles Wells.! Ilodie headed by car for a iob'Eiirnpr.in Free Ttade Aiealftruction of Europe in jeopardy.
county road superintendent.
Ail of the roads in and out
of Klamath Falls were open and
did not require chains, except-
ins tile Dead lndi.tr. Highway:
however, motorists were adnscdnwn. 1 ak no favois or expect
by police to cany chains as a none, I want to earn a good place
precautionary measure. las a citizen in my community."
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Low year ago
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Low sail !4 ytars
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MEMBERSHIP GOAL TOPPED The YMCA announced
that its 1963 membership goal of 578 was topped as re
ports of 594 new or reactivated memberships were con
firmed by "ranch hands" at the Roundup Drive break
fast Thursday morning. The $5,438 in contributions is
expected to reach or exceed the $5,775 goal when 20
more riders report their results. The ranch hands led by
Al Geiss took top team honors with 1,693 points. Mai
Gellup, right, roundup foreman, cuts Joe Victor's tie
here in victory gesture. Victor, assistant foreman, lost a
bet to Gellup as the "Big Boss's" five ranches rounded
up more members than Victor's.
Senators
Stockpile
WASHINGTON IUPH - Senate
investigators pledged today to
push for legislative reforms de
signed to eliminate profiteering
and costly surpluses in the $8 bil
lion stockpile program.
We arc now stuck" with an
estimated H billion stockpile loss,
said Sen. Stuart Symington, D
Mo. "There Is no use crying over
spilt milk. We now must see if
we tan avoid losses to the tax
payers in the future."
Symington is chairman of the
special Senate stockpile subcom
mittee which Wednesday closed
out the investigative phase of a
10-month inquiry into the much-
criticized program.
The investigation storied last
March under the urging of Presi
dent Kennedy, who startled a na
tionally televised audience with
the assertion that "unconscionable
profits" were enjoyed by some
suppliers.
Symington offered to amend the
President's statement al the con
clusion of the lengthy hearings:
"I think we can say we found
some fantastic profit taking at a
minimum of risk."
Richmond C. Coburn. white-
haired St
Louis attorney who was'pilal Thursday morning was Aub-
the painstaking chief counsel
throughout the hearings, inserted
these cost estimates for the rcc-!
olc:
It will cost the government I
$17,381,000 during the next year
just to stoic the more than 70 dil-told the state police that he ob
ferent metals and mater.als in the rerved the snow plow proceed
stralegic and critical stockpiles, ing eastbound toward the tracks
As of September of last year,and then flicked the train spot
it cost taxpayers $8,909,917.935 (or, light on and off and sounded its
the government to accumulate the whistle to warn the driver.
bulirinc inventories.
As of the same date the ma-(blading snow at the time of the
terials had a market value of collision, failed to heed the warn
S7.5fi8.679.200. Rut exports believe uiqs.
'Golden Boy'
Thief Freed
Orville
Illinois of
$1.3 million and dreamed of gov-i
lerning it, was paroled today alter i
t2 years in prison.
The former state auditor, who
(lived like a millionaire on rmbcz-
zled funds, said "A man can only
appreciate the value and luxury
ol freedom after he knows what
the double gates of the Mcnard'omy.
me group inciuoeo uie mavor
as clerk in the Granite City hard-
ware store run bv his sister.
In a statement released at the
prison gates, Hodge said "Finally
I go to a new life in my home
U.OP OP.S.LIBRART , COM?.
NS3SPAPER SECTION
Dire nun DOCUMENTS DIV.
n
Price Ten Cents S4 Pages
Pledge
Reform
the government would lose about
S4 billion in all if it actually had
to sell the stuff.
ine subcommittee, in coopera
tion with the Kennedy admimstra
lion, is considering a variety of
legislative proposals to formu
late a new long-term national min
crals policy.
Train Hits
Snow Plow
The operator of a county snow
plow drove his equipment into
the path of a Southern Pacific
train engine at the Joe Wright
Road crossing about 5:10 p.m.
Wednesday and received lacera
tions and a fractured clavicle as
the engine punched the plow
along the tracks before spewing
it to one side of the railroad a
short distance from the scene of
the collision.
Reported in satisfactory condi
tion at the Klamath Valley Hns-
rey Young. 47. 1739 Arthur Street. I
who was pinned under the cab of;
the shovel after it was demolished
juy the train.
Operator of the engine, Calvin
Davis. 40o North fourth Street.
Davis said Noting, who was
I he train w as traveling about
40 miles per hour at the time of
impact, Davis estimated. H struck
the plow near the front end and
tore the vehicle apart while shov
ing it along the tracks.
Southern Pacific conductor
M. L. Grilton. 1824 Carlson Drive,
was with the engineer at the time
of the accident.
British Denounce Tolly'
I.ONDON
iL'PD Britain re-
hounded from a French blockade
Prime Minister Huold Macmil-
an, bitterly denouncing the
"ollv of French President,
Charles de Gaulle, called Wednes
day night for a speed-up of trade
and land consultations with
'EFTA.
Marmilian accused Frame
deliberately torpedo;ng the Brus -
sels negotiations on British mcm -
'ber-hip in tlie six-nation F.uro -
ipcan Common Market. Without-sharp surge of critical comment
jdirectly naming De Gaulle. he n France was givfn new impetus
Iteid the French government isiby Jean Monnet, often described
Property Tax ieiief li
'Voluntary' Farm
Production Cuts
Stressed By JFK
WASHINGTON (UPI - Presi
dent Kennedy sent Congress to
day a consumer-flavored farm
message proposing federal subsi
dies to spur cotton sales and to
encourage voluntary production
curbs on feed grains and milk.
Kennedy said his program, in
cluding direct government pay
ments to the cotton trade, cotton
growers, and producers of milk
and feed grains, would lead to
ward a stable farm economy and
lower consumer prices.
An administration official esti
mated that the proposals could
trim $300 million to $500 million
off the taxpayers' outlay for farm
supports and 10 cents a pound
off tile retail price of butter.
In a 4,200-word message, the
President also called directly on
wheat growers to accept a tight
new control program for their
1964 crop in a referendum sched
uled for this spring.
He said the alternative would
be unlimited production and "de
pression conditions for the 1964
crop." He warned that it would
not be "feasible" to get a sub-
jstilute wheal support plan
through Congress if the refcren
dum failed.
Income Improves
Kennedy said that the past two
years have produced "substantial
improvement in farm income, a
substantial decrease in govern
ment holdings of (surplus) agri
cultural products, and a substan
tial reduction In costs to the tax
payer for carrying farm sur
pluses without increasing the con
sumer's burden."
He said the rise in farm in
come had generated added busi
ness for rural industries and
farm communities, adding at
least 200.000 jobs to tr.e nation
al economy. Nevertheless, he
added, farmers still can produce
more than markets will lake and
further progress is needed.
The proposals for new cotton.
feed grain, and dairy legislation
Fire Razes
Businesses
COTTAGE GROVE lUPD A
spectacular fire destroyed a de
partment store, a theater and
paint store here Wednesday night
and early today.
The blaze, which leveled about
half a city block, gutted the J. C.
Penney Co. store, the Arcade
Theater and Carl's Paint Store.
The theater was evacuated with
out incident when the blaze broke
out about 10:50 p.m.
Firemen said the blaze appar
ently started in the department
store and spread to the other
buildings.
One lireman suffered smoke in
halation.
Firemen fought the blaze for
nearly (our hours in freezing
weather before it was brought un
der control.
They said the fire may have
started in the waroliousc area of
the department store where some
cleaning fluid was stored.
'looking backwards, not for
wards."
In a 10-minule television speech
lo the nation. Macmillan said
Britain's ellorls for economic re
surgence would be made within
the concept of a united Western
aihance which lookcJ outward lo
ward partnership with the United
States not inwaid, as envi-
sionrd by De Gaulle.
The British leader accused the
De Gaulle government of placing
I "What (oily it is for anyone to
ofitry lo put all this at risk," he
lsaid.
j There was no immediate offi
icial reaction in Paris. But n,
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
the feed grain plan to take ef
fect next year were laid out
in general terms with Congress
invited to fill in many ol the key
details.
The request for voluntary-con
trol plans for milk and feed
grains was a conciliatory retreat
from past administration propos
als for mandatory contiols. Con
gress rejected the mandatory
plans after a bitter partisan fight
last year.
In addition to the luree major
commodity bills, the President
proposed a number of other
measures including expansion of
land-use conversion program
and authorization for a federal
loan insurance program to ex
pand rural housing credit.
Separate Programs
For cotton, Kennedy proposed
two separate federal payment
programs, one to the cotton trade
on a two-year trial basis and the
second directly to growers. These
payments would cut domestic
market prices to levels compcti
live with prices paid by foreign
mills, while scientists seek to
help farmers cut production costs
through moves like elimination of
the boll weevil. When costs come
down, Kennedy said, price sup
ports to growers could be re
duced.
Pay Increase
Bill Signed
SALEM (UPIi Pay scales for
members of the Oregon Legisla
ture were materially improved to
day after Gov. Mark Hatfield late
Wednesday signed the first bill of
the session into law.
It provides (or legislators to re
ceive salaries of $3,000 per year,
plus expenses of $20 per day up
to 120 days during a legislative
session.
It replaces the previous $600 a
year salary that ranked Oregon
among the states with the lowest
legislative pay. Oregon legislators
during the past two years also
were reimbursed for certain ex
penses under a temporary meas
ure passed in 1961.
The new salary levels rank Ore
gon in the middle bracket ol
states.
Members of both parties east
votes for the pay bill in the Ore
gon House and Senate, but most
of the opposing votes came from
Republicans.
Supporters said in addition to
providing fair compensation, it
will make it possible lor a wider
selection o( competent persons to
serve in the legislature
Opponents called the pay levels
too high, particularly in one step,
and particularly when the legisla
ture is expected to raise taxes
this year. Legislative pay, how
ever, makes up only a fraction of
late government costs.
The voters authorized legislators
to set their own pay by passing
a constitutional amendment at the
orimarv election in May. 12.
as the "father" of the common
market. He called the situation
very serious "because the mutual
confidence indispensable to all
common agrecmcne has been
srr-asrd "
De Gaulle, who feels Britain is
not ready for Common Market
membership, was said to be un
moved. Authoritative iflurces in
Faris said the 72-year-old French
leader plans to let tempers sub
idc before pushing ahead with
his "grand design" for a Europe
independent of the United States
Aides quoted De Gaulle as say
ing Wednesday "in a (cw months
when the present uproar has died
down, they will sec I was right
again."
The breakdown of the Brussels
talks caused no unusual excite
ment in Washington. U.S. offi
cials felt the development might
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1963
AWARD PRESENTED POSTHUMOUSLY Mrs. Lucy Lawson receives from Colman
O'Loughlin, center, American Legion trustee, a certificate for meritorious service
which was won by her late husband, Frederic, following his selection as Klamath
Falls Handicapped American of the Year for 1 96 1 . O b $ e r v i n g the presentation is
Leonard Sytsma, local representative of the President's Committee on Employment
of the Handicapped, which sponsors the award annually. Lawson, stricken with polio
in 1924, had been bedfast except for an occasional period he spent in a wheel chair.
Despite his handicap, Lawson conducted a successful accounting business and was
largely responsible for organizing junior baseball in this city. Lawson won a junior
bicycle racing championship the year he was stricken with the dread disease. He died
April 1 8 of last year.
Power Tie Tagged
WASHINGTON IUPD - Secrc-!
tary of Interior Stewart Udall put
a "highest priority" tag today on
legislation authorizing a power
grid connecting the Columbia Bas
in with electricity-short Califor
nia. '
Udall, appearing before the
House Interior Committee, men
tioned the West Coast intprtfe
imwcr line in a discussion of pri
ority legislation his department
expects lo send to Congress this
year.
Udall asked the committee for
bipartisan support for a bill
which would send surplus North
west power to preference custo
mers in California. His proposal
would guarantee Washington and
Oregon customers first call on Co
lumbia River Power, however.
The administration budget sought
Ice Closes School
In Northern State
PORTLAND (UPI Freezing
rain caused power outages, turned
highways into sheets ol ice and re
sulted in many school closures in
the Willamette Valley today.
The weather man said, though,
that warmer air was on the way.
Pacific Power & Light Co. re
ported the Junction City area lost
poles and power lines. Much of
south Benton County, including
the town of Monroe, lost power at
6 p.m. Wednesday.
Corvallis had numerous outages
and nearby Philomath had no
power (or several hours this
morning.
Seaside and Warrenton on the
coast also had ouUigcs.
Heavy icing on trees caused
much of the tioub.e as limbs
j broke and fell on lines,
I Freezing rain made many
Of French Veto
slow down but not divert tlie
present U.S. drive lo promote
free trade in the West. The view
still was prevalent that Britain
eventually will be accepted in the
Common Markcl.
The collapse of the Brussels
talks led lo the immediate can
cellation of British negotiations
to enter the European coal and
steel community and the Euro
pean Atomic Community I Euro-
atoml. Officials said the three
communities form a single group
ing and there could be no mem
bcrhlp in only one of them.
The French veto also brought
alwut a boycott of the other live
Common Market members West
Germany, Italy, Belgium, Neth
erlands and Luxembourg of a
French-called meeting of finan
cial ministers scheduled for Bad
en-Baden, Germany, Friday. The
Telephone
lit -S - - ' V
$24.5 million to build the interlie
line.
In the water and power field,
Udall said he hoped Congress
would also give "prime attention"
U tin Auburn-Folsom South Proj
ect on the West Coast and the
Garrison Diversion Project in
North Dakota.
The secretary told the commit
tee a bill to create a special con
servation and water fund will
clear the Budget Bureau later to
day. This measure would put
greater emphasis on federal de
velopment of outdoor recreation
facilities with states participating
in their cast. Udall said this bill
would be "truly a landmark
piece of legislation to preserve
the face of our country.
Udall also said his department
will recommend a "new a-
routes, including Interstate S, ex
tremely hazardous, Portland was
getting freezing rain at 9:30 a.m.
today.
Schools in CorvallU and most of
Benton County closed. Salem
schools also closed.
Portland kept public schools
closed lor tlie third day in a row.
Uike Oswego reopened its schools
but most suburban areas kept
llicm closed.
A Greyhound bus slid on Ice In
to a ditch on Pioneer Mountain
cast of Newport Wednesday, but
no one was hurt. Four passengers
and the driver were stranded for
two hours.
Firemen braved freezing tern
pcralurcs in Cottage Grove Wed
ncsday night and early today to
battle a fire which destroyed a
theater, a department store and
a paint store.
French had announced they
would seek barriers to Anglo-
American investment in Europe.
M.icmillan told the British peo
ple not to be discouraged.
nt inusi iciy on uur own (ic-
termination and vigor," he said.
"Is this gloomy or grim?" he
asked. "Not at all. It is Ihe kind
ol situation in which we have al
ways done brilliantly in the past
and so we will do again."
Ho said France seems to think
that one nation can dominate
Europe and that Europe can live
alone without Iricnds and allies.
"Of course, we must cooperate
with the rest of the world with
Ihe Commonwealth, with the
United States, In an equal and
honorable partnership, and that
la why we in Rritain are deter
mined lo stand by the Atlantic
alliance." he laid.
TU 4-8111 No. 7053
Propose!
i
'Urgent'
proach" establishment of recrea
tional areas and hoped that con
gress would authorize the system
or their development. He noted
that Rep. Thomaa G. Morris, D-
N.M., will head the national parks
subcommittee Uus year. He said
the department "will, be -breath
ing heavily" on Morris' neck
seeking approval for new recrea
tional areas.
Tlie secretary said Uk adminis
tration was "still interested in
wilderness bill" and hoped that
one could pass Umgrcss Uus
year. Modified wilderness legisla
tion last year died in the House
committee after receiving Senate
approval.
There is plenty of controversy
to satisfy everyone, in wilder
ness matters, tlie secretary said.
Repudiation
Reply Slated
OTTAWA IUPD - Prime Min
istcr John Dicfcnbakcr today re
plies to tlie U.S. government's
repudiation of his nuclear weapons
policy.
Dicfcnbakcr Wednesday night
promised a statement today on the
Kennedy Macmillan Nassau
agreement which triggered spec
ulation tlie Issue could topple the
minority government or prompt
tlie prime minister to call an elec
tion on the issue.
Social Credit leader Robert N.
Thompson, said the U.S. state
ment on the agreement could
bring about "the fall of the gov
ernmcnt or the calling of an elec
tion." Liberal Opposition leader Les
ter B. Pearson and New Demo
crat leader T. C. Douglas noted
the U.S. statement differed from
the prime minister's account of
current U.S.-Canadian nuclear ne
gotiations and about Canada's fu
ture role in the Western alliance.
The U.S. State Dspartmcnt re
lease denied Diefcnbaker'i state
ment of last Friday that Canada's
nuclear role jn NATO had been
put in doubt by the Kennedy-
Macmillan Nassau agreement in
December to attempt to set up a
multi-lateral nuclear force in
NATO.
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CHICAGO UPD - Traffic
deaths reached an all-time high
of 41.000 last year, tlie National
Safety Council said Wednesday.
The number of deaths per 100
million vehicle miles across tin
nation rose from 5 2 in 1961 to 5.3
last year.
Howard Pylc, Council president,
said the toll was a "tragic and
wastclul loss." He called for sup
port of a national program to cut
back on highway fatalities.
Weather
Klamath Falls, Tulelake ind
Lakevlew Mostly cloudy tonight
and Friday. Continued mild with
periods of rain tonight and most
of Friday. Lows tonight 32-35.
High on Friday 42. Southerly
winds 8-18 tn.p.h.
Legislature
Given Plen
or Offsets
SALEM (UPD-A bill to relieve
the property tax by 10 per cent
through offsets provided by state
income and excise taxes was in
troduced today by Rep. Richard
Eymann, D-Mohawk, chairman of
the House Taxation Committee.
Co-sponsor of the bill was Sen.
Boyd Overhulse, D-Madras, chair
man of the Senate Taxation Com
mittee. The bill also carried the
signatures of 11 other representa
tives and senators.
"This proposal will funnel a
portion of income tax receipts
back to the county, school and
city tax districts," Eymann said.
It is so drawn that local tax
districts will not be encouraged
increase their tax levies be
cause the six per cent limitation
ill still be against them.
If enacted, about one dollar
out of every ten spent by the
county, the schools and the cities
ill come from state income
taxes instead of local property
taxes.
Transfer Costa
It is In line with the move to
transfer more of the costs of local
government to an ability - to - pay
principle," Eymann said.
Tile bill provides that the state
will collect a supplemental income
tax amounting to 20 per cent of
each taxpayer's tax. This will be
distributed to the counties on the
basis of tlie county's assessed val
uation.
Each county's share would be
split into three shares, he said,
one for the county, one for ail
the cities In the county, and one
or all the school districts in the
county. Each share would be cal
culated on each group's portion
of tin tax levies made.
The money will apply as a di
rect offset on each property tax
levied, Eymann said, "and the
amount of saving made by each
taxpayer will be shown on his
property tax bill."
Other Highlights
Liberty Amendment A bill sub
mitted by Rep. Edward Elder, R
Eugene, memorializes Congress to
amend the U.S. constitution to
prohibit federal income, estate or
gift taxes, and irohibiting the fed
eral government from engaging in
any business enterprise. Elder
said he did not support the idea.
but introduced K so it could get a
hearing.
Consolidation A bill submitted
by Rep. Bob Chappel, R-Portland,
proposes amending the Oregon
constitution to authorize consolida
tion of any county containing a
Ity of over 100,000 population.
Bidding A bill Introduced by
Rep. Edward Whelan, D-Portland,
would permit public officials to
give preference to bidders propos
ing to furnish or use materials
made in the U.S.. if his bid is
no more than S per cent higher
than the lowest bid.
Boating - A bill by W 1 1 1 ! a m
Holmstrom, D Gearhart, would
consolidate boat licenses with cer
tificates of number, modifies reg
istration, and seta boat speed lim
its near swimming and launching
area$.
Public Notice A bill by Rep.
Gerald Detering, R Harrisburg,
would permit publication of legal
notices in newspapers published
not only in the county but any
where In a city any part of which
is in tlie county where a proceed
ing Is pending, or Is to be com
menced, or in which a notice.
summons or other legal publica
tion is required to be given.
Hoffa Invited
To Back Charge
WASHINGTON (UPD-A House
committee today Invited teamster
President James R. Hoffa to back
up his charges that the Kennedy
administration used pressure to
deny his union surety bonds re
quired by federal law.
The House Labor Committee
agreed to hear Hoffa, AUy. Gen.
Kohert F. Kennedy, Labor Secre
tary Willard WirU or any repre
sentatives they choose at a
closed-door meeting Friday.
Hoffa charged In letters to the
House and Senate Labor commit
tees earlier this week that the
Justice and Labor departments
put pressure on bonding compan
ies to refuse to underwrite Team
sters Union officials. Under the
Landrum-Grlffin Law, all union
officials who handle members'
funds must be bonded.