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Show TEMPERATURES Salt LAk i Portland Seattle . . Sab Ran., 1 Xs Angeles M St J ft 1 T SS 7 t IS 5 Laa Vegas 11 71 Phoeatx 11 Denver IS- 5 Chicage ... IS SS New York VS. St AtUnU . . . SI CLOUDINESS thb, afternoon -and. tonight withV ' rain showers or thunder storms north portion and locally else ' where. Wednesday partly cloudy Cooler today and tonight. (SIXTY-SECOND YEAR, NO. 12 PROVO. UTAH .COUNTY. UTAH. TUESDAY-JUNF 17. 1947 PRICE FIVE CENTS Orem TQueens 'Roll Steel' 1 iX 9 f t 4" :-x-...: v. ... 'y: yyyy -r. fyy mmmll - s X v Miss Lorna Anderson, . center, qaeen of the-Orem- Centennial festival, tries the controls in the Toller's seatbf the GenevaSteel slab mill. Carol Memmott, left, and Jacqueline Faulkner, attendants, at-tendants, offer advice. The celebration commemorates the first anniversary of U. S. Steel's purchase pur-chase of the steel plant. Jordan Narrows Syphon Bids - Open July 10 The Bureau of Reclamation announced an-nounced today bids will be opened, open-ed, in fProvo JulyJQ. ior, completion com-pletion of the Jordan Narrows lyphon and pumping plant of the Provo river project. The bids will be opened at 10 a. m. in the office of L. R. Dunkley, project construction engineer. One part of the syphon ias already been completed. The new portion includes construction af steel and concrete pipes for the syphon and penstock and installation in-stallation of pnmping equipment. This unit of the project Is designed de-signed to handle the increased capacity of the Provo reservoir :anal in taking water under the Jordan river to lands on the west side of the river between Magna and Utah lake. Dunkley said every effort would be made to have the syphons and pumping plant com pleted in time for use during the 1948 irrigation season. State Asks Cut In Gas Rates SALT LAKE CITY, June 17 OJ.R) The general rate case hearing against the Mountain Fuel Supply Co. continues today in Salt Lake ciiy. In an opening statement, yesterday. yes-terday. Calvin ' L. Rampton, as sistant attorney general acting as state public service commission counsel, recommended a reduction of $1,305,000 annually in gas rates charged by the company. ' Hampton's proposal would cut the company s annual income in half. He based his recommendation recommenda-tion on a commission accounting study. The study set the original cost of the company's . plant at $19,835,000. He said the company hould be entitled to a five per cent return on this investment. He explained that while the company received a net income of $1,801,000 last year, a fair net return would be $991,000. Western Badman Shot to Death In Hold-Up NEW STORK, June 17 (U.P) A i . " : i x wesiern Daaman was snoi w by a New York transit patrolman who beat him to the draw. Fernando Lacasse, w, uoise, Ida., ducked into the subway sta tion to evade police after hoi ling up a taxicab driver and escaping y.vith $15. "Get back against the wall" Lacasse shouted at. Patrolman John Keegan. "I'm hot and I'm ready to kill." - Just then a subway train roar ed up. Lacasse turned his head to look and Keegan reached for Miis service pistol in a flashing draw. Police said the Idaho gunman fired four shots. All missed. Keegan, an ex-army officer, pulled the trigger twice. Lacasse died . instantly as both bullets scored direct hits. Orem-Geneva Festival Parade To Attract Crowds Wednesday Ushering in the Orem-Geneva Centennial festival a celebration celebra-tion spotlighting the Mormon pioneers pio-neers and the advent of steel in Utah"couhty a public reception honoring Orem's Centennial queen. Miss Lorna Anderson, and her attendants, Jackie Fauikner and Carol Memmott, was scheduled sched-uled today from 3 to 6 p. m. at the Scera lounge. A wrestling and boxing carnival carni-val sponsored by the .Orem Lions club at the city park at 8 p. m. tonight to-night will wind up the first day's New Attempt Made to End Shipping Strike NEW YORK, June 17 U.R Top Iabor trouble-shooters acting on overnment orders opened a new attempt today to end the two-day-old maritime sitdown strike which has tied up more than -700 American flag ships on the three U. -S. coasts. , Assistant Secretary of Labor John Gibson,- who flew to New York from Washington to intervene, inter-vene, in the unique CIO nation wide shipping sitdown, announced he had arranged a joint meeting with ship owners and President Joseph Curran of the CIO National Na-tional Maritime union. Nathan B. Feinsinger, special representative of Secretary of Labor La-bor Lewis B. Schwellenbach, was in San Francisco after a transcontinental trans-continental air trip to open nego tiations for a final settlement of the west coast phase of the strike. Gibson said cautiously after hours-long session with ship operators op-erators and NMU leaders that "it appears there is sufficient basis for future meetings." Wednesday's Events 10:00 a. m. Parade north on highway 91 from Scera. 11:30 a. m Riding- exhibition at Orem city park. 12 noon Flower show at Scera, to continue all day. 1 p .m. Sports. 7:15 p. m. Pioneer dances at Orem city park. 8 p. m. Indian war dances, snake dance, sun dance, etc. 9 p. m. Softball same between all-star teams. WASHINGTON, June 17 (U.R) The Association of American Railroads today clamped a gen eral embargo on all rail freight shipments to ports for export or coastwise shipment on American flag vessels. The AAR said the action was necessary "to guard against undue (Continued on Pace Two) activities, clearing the decks for a full day of celebration events Wednesday. i Headlining the . Wednesday program pro-gram wil lbe a mammoth parade at 10 a. m., featuring ox teams, SenofeGets Vcol Price SupporiyBill Bill Wins Passage In House Despite Strong State Department Fight WASHINGTON, June n (UP) The controversial wool price support bill was headed for senate passage, to day, despite the militant opposition op-position from the state and agriculture departments. The bill won house approval yes terday. It would authorize tariff increases up to 50 per cent of quota limitations on imported rwool whenever such action was found necessary to protect domes tic wool growers. Emergency relief for the flood devastated areas of the Midwest moved a step nearer congressional approval. The senate public works committee com-mittee approved a specific bill authorizing the army engineers to spend $15,000,000 for repairing, restoring and strengthening le vees and other flood control works, The bill already has passed the nouse. benate approval is expected ex-pected soon. The house has tacked a $12,000,000 appropriation for flood relief on a deficiency bill. The bill approved by the senate committee authorizes the spending, spend-ing, but does not provide - the money. With most congressional attention atten-tion centered on the house vote sustaining President Truman's tax veto the first time in history his-tory a chief executive vetoed a tax bill and made it stick there were these othef congressional developments: Unification Marine Brig.-Gen. Brig.-Gen. Merritt A. Edson told congress con-gress the unification legislation now proposed "opens the door toward to-ward a potential gestapo." He said it would establish a perma nent national general staff "of the most Prussian character." Labor Bill Administration leaders in the senate, were pessi mistte about their chances of sus Indians, covered wagons, beiuti ful floats, and other units. The parade will begin at the Scera auditorium and go north on highway 91 to the ' city hall where it will disband. dis-band. Crowds are expected to line the highway over the entire coarse of the-, parade-to parade-to witness the spectacle. Besides Orem's queens, it Is expected State Queen Calleen Rpbinson and County Queen Na- ( Continued on Page Two) Maw Proclaims July 5 Holiday SALT LAKE CITY, June 17 (U.R) Utahns were jubilant today over an unexpected holiday proclaimed by Gov. Herbert B. Maw . The governor has declared July 5 as s state holiday which will mean a three-day holiday starting with July 4, which falls on a Friday this year. All public employes will be entitled to the vacation and banks will close. Other private businesses however, . will make their own decisions concerning the holiday, .on July 5. SALEM, Ore., June 17 (U.P.) . Gov. Earl Snell today proclaimed July 5 as legal holiday in Oregon, thus giving - most Oregonians a three-day vacation over the 4th of July weekend. Of Tun Cut taining a. veto -of 4he Taft-Hartley levee atf ea'dy wea' union control bill. Mr. Truman was not expected to announce his decision on the bill until shortly before the Friday deadline. Senate Sen-ate Democrats must pick up seven or eight votes to sustain a veto. Postmasters Republican senators sena-tors pressed for a vote on a resolution reso-lution authorizing a $35,000 investigation in-vestigation of charges that postmaster post-master appointments have been made on the basis of poi'ticaffsome time tomorrow. Hundreds of connections rather than civil service ratings. GOP leaders claimed they had the vote to sanction a probe. But Sen. Scott Lucas, D., 111., said he would continue con-tinue his floor fight against what, he calls a "smelling investigation." investiga-tion." - Surplus Property Rep. Ross Rizley, R., Okla., chairman of a house executive expenditures subcommittee sub-committee investigating surplus property disposal, charged that the armed forces are "hoarding" at least $22,000,000,000 in American Amer-ican real estate. ' The "hoarding," he said, is going on . in 25 states but California suffers most from the policy of the armed services. Voice of America Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich., .announced .an-nounced that the senate will conduct con-duct what he called an "adequate and complete" investigation of the state department foreign broadcast broad-cast program, probably this summer. sum-mer. RFC The senate banking committee com-mittee voted to continue the Reconstruction Re-construction Finance Corp. for 12 months beyond its present June 30 expiration date and meanwhile to make a "complete investigation" investiga-tion" of the big lending agency. Freight Cars A house subcommittee subcom-mittee ' opened hearings on the freight car shortage. Chairman Wilson D. Gillette, R , Pa., said the group would make every effort ef-fort to find ways to get more cars. But he added that investigation investi-gation may show that legislation would -,harm, rather than help, the situation. Newsprint A Rochester, N. Y., Catholic pUblisher testified ar the house newsprint inquiry that the newsprint shortage is now so serious seri-ous that it must be met either by (Continued on Page Two) Former Charges Against Garsson Brbughf Out WASHINGTON, June 17 (U.R) The prosecution - - in the May-Garsson May-Garsson corruption trial brought out today that Or. Henry M. Gars-son Gars-son once was accused but later acquitted of taking a bribe while working for the treasury department. depart-ment. Garsson's past difficulties were aired while a defense character witness was on the stand. The witness, a Batavia, 111., bank president, said the defendant's reputation was "good." Garsson and his brother, Murray, Mur-ray, are accused of bribing former for-mer congressman Andrew J. May to help their multi-million dollar munitions combirt get , govern ment contracts during the war. They are accused of paying May, and he is accused of accepting, more, than $53,000 while he was chairman of the house military: affairs committee. Today's renewal of the trial after a four-day recess was marred mar-red by the collapse of, Joseph F. Freeman, a former defendant who was ordered acquitted by Judge Henry Schweinhaut. Freeman, wartime Washington representative of the Garssons, was called to the witness stand by the defense but was excused because be-cause of a throat malady which made it hard for him to speak. Shortly after leaving the stand, he collapsed and was taken, to a hospital. JUs attorney, Austin F. Canfield, said he was in "very bad shape." When he left the courtroom. Freeman was breathing, breath-ing, with difficulty and sweating profusely. s I The discussion of Henry Gars- -1 son's bribery trial took place after Charles J. Margiotti, counsel for the. brothers, called Charles V.I Newlin, president of the First National Bank of Batavia to the stand as" character witness. In cross-examining Newlin, assistant' as-sistant' prosecutor John T. M. Reddan asked if the witness had ever heard that Garsson was indicted in-dicted in the southern district of New Yof. Margiotti objected. He said that if the government was going into that, he wanted the Jury to know that - it occurred more than 20 years ago and his client had been Acquitted. Gars-son Gars-son had -been accused of taking a bribe and ' had been fired from his treasury Job.. A fetieral grand Jury indicted him in New York, but in the trial which followed, he ' was acquitted: Weatherman Proves Quick Change Artist Provoans decided today that the only thing predictable predict-able about this June weather is its inconsistency. After a period of heavy rains, people Sweltered yesterday yes-terday as the mercury hit 91 degrees. It looked like another an-other hot day early this morning, mor-ning, but by 11 o'clock straw hats and sun suits were being be-ing exchanged for rain coats as a slow drizzle hit the city. Yesterday's heat wave sent temperatures up to 92 in Salt Lake City, and in Southern Utah the maximum approached ap-proached the 100 mark. The weatherman has predicted pre-dicted mostly-cloudy weather for the greater part of the tstate tonight with some rain. Fresh Surgg of Flood Waters Is Predicted BY UNITED PRESS An official of the U. S. army engineers warned today that a fresh surge of potentially destructive destruc-tive flood waters would hit a 150-mile stretch of the central Mississippi river within 24 hours. Col. W. N. Leaf of the army engineers at Rock Island, 111., said the . danger area stretches from Wapello, Ia to ClarkesvUIe, Mo. Surrounding the area are nearly 400,000 .acres , of rich farmland, Vallece Calls week's flood, - Rich bottomland farms stood deserted for 100 miles along the central reaches of the Mississippi today, as the river slowly rose toward flood stage. Hundreds of stragglers still in the area were warned to evacuate evacu-ate their farms. U. S. army engi-needs engi-needs said the flood would begin spilling over Mississippi levees men sand-bagged the earthen and sand dikes protecting the towns. Farmers fled, taking with them their furniture, chickens and livestock. Red Cross disaster dis-aster units were alerted and the coast guard moved flood rescue equipment from Iowa and Nebraska points south- ward to the danger area. The area extended from Keokuk, Keo-kuk, la., at the mouth of the Des Moines river, to Clarksville, Mo.,, army engineers said. On the (Continued on page two) For 3rd Party Protest Move Foreign Policy Of President Truman Attacked By Wallace By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff . Correspondent WASHINGTON, June 17 (UP) Democratic election prospects for 1948 were shadowed shad-owed darkly today by Henry A. Wallace's call for a third party protest movement against President Truman's foreign policy. He said Mr. Truman must chance it or else. Wallace spoke last night at the government -owned Watergate ampmineater ust beyond the White House grounds. "If: both parties insist on mir suing the present suicidal .course toward war and depression,' he aiu, mere win oe a inira party, even if it has no chance of elec tion success in 1948." If Wallace means it, President Presi-dent Truman will find his 1948 presidential, campaign under fire of the left wing Kamikaze who expect to lose while ' doing what damage they can. They, could do con-; con-; siderable. First major sten ' In such S A... .. - . -'- protected from., the jriyflLJIJiW "SWpjewoyW.. he ikened by last - j-miiuuers from, next, year's Democratic national convention. A bolt would be timely for third party purposes pur-poses at the moment the conven tion, sought to adopt a platform endorsing administration foreign policy. Earlier Wallace told a National Youth Lobby audience here that the election laws of the states are calculated to keep a third party from the presidency. But he was not discouraged. "I think Sen. Wayne Morse (Oregon Republican) would go aiong wun us on a third party," Wallace told the young people. "The Democratic politicians think I'll probably come around and be a good boy, but they're NOT sure. If the Democratic party is NOT a liberal party, I am convinced that the sentiment in the United, States is such that there will have, to be .a third party."' (In Washington, Senator Morse said Henry Wallace is (Continued on Page Two) Truman Renews Appeal for Universal Military Training BY MERRTMAN SMITH PRINQETON, N. J., June 17 (U.R) President Truman made his strongest appeal for universal military training today with a solemn declaration that the United States must be powerful enough to reassure peace-loving nations in their fight against "totalitarian pressures." "We must not let friendly nations na-tions go by default," the president told a graduating class at the bicentennial bi-centennial observance of Princeton Prince-ton university. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree, his 10th since entering the White House. Mr. Truman also took occasion to reiterate that the United States cannot undertake the rehabilitation rehabilita-tion of Europe singlehandedly. "It is a job for all nations to-do together," he said. . Supporting his plea for military training, the president said: '"Weakness on our part Would start fear among small nations that we were giving up our world leadership. It would seem to them that we lacked the will to fulfill our pledge to aid free and independent inde-pendent nations to .maintain their freedoms, or our commitments to aid in restoring war-torn economies." econo-mies." "In such an atmosphere 'of uncertainty," un-certainty," he cautioned, "these nations might not be able to resist, re-sist, the encroachments of totalitarian totali-tarian pressures." Mr. Truman hailed the universal uni-versal military training program of his advisory commission as-"the most democratic, and most economical eco-nomical and - the most effective method of maintaining the military mili-tary strength we need." The program, which is how before be-fore congressional committees, calls for six months of continuous training" for Tall youths and an other six months in any of several sev-eral optional services. iSucn a program, the president said is needed to support United States foreign policy "untiPsuch time as the growing" authority of the. United Nations wiU make such strength unnecessary." Listening to his address, along with the Princeton graduating class, were such national figures as Fred M. Vinson, chief justice of the United States; Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, army., chief: of staff; Eugene Cardinal Tlsserant; Warren R. 'Austin, the American j delegate to the 'United Nations; Bernard M. BarucK, adviser to presidents since the first world war; and Serge Kossevitsky, conductor con-ductor of the Boston symphony. In all, Princeton awarded 38 'honorary 'hon-orary degrees on the occasion ot its bicentennial. Two Republicans Give 2 - Vote Edge To Administration The vote was 268 to Override and 137 to Uphold the President; Action Kills Any Chance of Tax Relief at this Session By REX CHANEY United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, June 17 (UP) By a two-vote margin, the house today sustained President Truman's veto of the $4,000,000,000 Republican income tax reduction bill. This killed any chance of tax relief this year. Two Republicans gave the administration its margin of victory. They were. Rep. Merlin Hull, Wis., a former Progressive party member, mem-ber, and Rep. H. Carl Anderson, R., Minn. The vote confirmed con-firmed by an unusual double roll call was 268 to override and 137 to uphold the President. The party break-down on the voting showed that 35 Democrats joined 233 Republicans in favor of overriding. Voting to uphold were the two Republicans, 134 Democrats Demo-crats and one minor party member mem-ber Rep. Vito Marcantonio, ALP, N. Y. With 409 members voting, 270 votes a two-thirds majority would have been necessary to override the veto. The fateful decision came after perhaps the tensest balloting bal-loting session since 1940 when the house voted peace-time., draft law'hy a single "vote? A bill must be passed by a two-thirds two-thirds majority of both the house and senate to be enacted- over a veto. Since the house failed to override, the senate will not even take a vote. After the first roll call in the house today, Speaker Joseph W. WASHINGTON, June 17 (U.R) Representatives from the intennountain states today to-day followed party lines as the house surprisingly voted to sustain President Truman's veto of the Republican tax reduction bill. Among the "Republicans voting to override the veto were DAWSON OF UTAH, D'Ewart of Montana and Goff and Sanborn of Idaho, GRANGER OF UTAH and Manfield of Montana joined the - Democrats in voting against overriding .the veto. Martin announced the vote as 268 for overriding and 137 against. He said the veto was sustained. But Republican Leader Charles A. Halleck Immediately demanded a recapitulation. The clerk of the house then went through the list again t6 check each. vote. The re-check showed no changes from the vote as originally original-ly announced. Martin, apparently sensins that defeat was imminent for the GOP bill, told reporters a few mirutes before the balloting that "This will be the last say on taxes this year." He said the Republican -con trolled congress "may have to wait until there is a Republican president" before trying to do anything, further about reducing taxes. - -t , ' - , . But- Mr. . Truman promised yesterday In vetoing -the bill that he '- would - recommend "the right kind of fax legislation legisla-tion at the right time." . Republicans have said that the ."right time'! for - Mr. Truman would be 1948 presidential elcc tion. year. The defeat today was a bitter pill for, the '.Republicans, whehad (Continued on page two I . Jewish Underground Serves Ultimatum- Over Executions JERUSALEM, June 17 (U.PJ The Jewish underground served public notice on the -British today to-day that the restive truce during the United Nations hearings here might explode. in a. new wave of violence if the death sentences of three Jewish youths were not commuted soon. ; The Irgun Zvai Leumi, warned that if the British intended to wait until the UN committee left Palestine to execute three youths condemned yesterday, the underground under-ground would not withhold reprisals. re-prisals. : , At the same time -the Stern group circulated word that unless the British were called upon to respect the UN appeal for a truce, "we shall be compelled to adopt the most drastic measures." "The UN inquiry committee, meeting' for the second day of its search for a solution of the Palestine Pal-estine -problem, decided to exclude ex-clude public spectators -but to admit ad-mit the" press Jo hear, the Jewish agency's presentation of the Jew- The committee, received formal notification that the "Arabs would have no . part oftbe hearing. It was relayed by Trygve Lie, secretary-general of the UN. House, Senate Groups Set to Fight it Out By ROSEMARIE MULLANY United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, June" 17 (U.P.) Senate and house conferees on the interior department appropriations appropria-tions bill today faced a tug-of-war session over the $54,000,000 difference between their versions of the controversial measure,, . " Seven senate' conferees, under' Sen. Kenneth Wherry, R., Neb.v were reported determined to try to keep the bill at their $215,530,-, 353 level. Rep. Robert Jones, R., O., said house conferees would fight for their $161,413,513 version 45 per cent below President Truman's budget request of $296,135,420. Wherry and Jones are chairmen respectively of senate sen-ate and house appropriation subcommittees on the interior department. The higher figure approved by the senate included $104,730,532 for reclamation construction, compared com-pared with $68,137,600 voted by the house for the big western projects. The senate appropriations appropria-tions committee report stated, however, that the senate "program" "pro-gram" was only $14,448,122 higher than the house "program." ' Counting an $85,000,000 carry- ' over in reclamation funds, the house report stated that its appropriation ap-propriation of new nroney would provide a "total program of $146,-526,767:" $146,-526,767:" Senate subcommittee members learned that only $56,- 244,357 of the' carryover was free money, not. ''uigated by contract. They made up the difference be tween $56,000,000 and $85,000,000 on the basis of making good the "house , r program," then added $14,000,000 more. . ' Jones answer to that procedure was that his subcommittee was well aware of the difference between be-tween "unobligaJed" and "unexpended" "un-expended" funds. He told a reporter re-porter the house made no miscalculation. mis-calculation. He indicated he would not ac-. (Continued on Page Two) , - , -X - Rent Cctntrol ' Bill Approved : - WASHINGTON," June 17 M-? The house i today . approved -m A compromise bill to. continue modi- ' fled, rent controls for eight more if months: , . " The . bill, drafted , by house- - senate conference committor!, now -''. goes to'tbe 'senate where passage i expected ' tomorrow . or.. Thurs- ; aay. ine nouse approvea we measure by a standing vote of I - 163 to. 73. - ' . ' . v.. Previously the house by 4,V standing vote of 114 to 87 defeaO- ed'an effort to send the bill back to the banking committee with,', instructions to "strengthen" the measure., , -,;, Passage came amid claims by supporters that the legislation; would spur ncr.v. rental construe- -tion and arguments by opponents V,: that it would give . landlords a . 'club" to force tenants to agree to rent increases. .':". The bill would continue rent- J- ceilings t" rough Feb. 19, 1S48. But v it would permit tenants and land- Av lords to agree. on Voluntary 15 per cent increases IT, the . , landiora grants a lease through Dee. 31, -1948, ; f ' " 4-r |