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Preparesto Kill Assessment Law LINCOLN (-Acting at the request of Gov. Robert Crosby, the Nebraska Legisiature Tuesday got ready to reverse itself and the 50 per cent assessment law enacted early this month. With it will go the law providing for of real estate annually every two years. assessment. This also is slated for junking at Crosby's request.

His are not working," Gov. Crosby toid the Legislature in an unscheduled appearance Tuesday. Immediately after Crosby finished his talk, Sen. Burney of Hartington, clerk's desk dropped to 8 raise motion his two on died Poet cent sales tax bill which had in committee. MOTION DEFEATED.

Before the Legislature directed its Revenue Committee to come in with a repealer on the assessment measures, the senators slapped down Burney's motion and Burney said the action ended any further sales talk in this session. It was the Revenue Committee that had killed his bill. The vote on Burney's motion was 16 for the bill and 22 against raising it. "We've got to do something about taking the state out of the property tax field," Burney as- Third Spring Atomic Blast Termed 'Weak' LAS VEGAS, Nev. (-An atomic explosion, relatively weak as judged veteran observers here but packing a strong wallop at the Atomic Energy Commission's proving ground 75 miles northwest, flared over the Nevada at 5 a.m.

Tuesday. The flash was less brilliant than either of the two preceding shots of the spring test series. The usual fast-rising white cloud from the blast, almost always seen here, was not visible. And no shock wave was felt here, also unusual. But the AEC reported device, touched off from a tower observers at the Yucca Flat test site the most severe jolting they've had this year.

SHOCKS FELT Two strong shocks were felt, and there were continuing reverberations after the blast, the AEC said. The AEC did not describe the device detonated Tuesday. and no explanation for the efgave fects noted in the control tower and the lack of effects noted here. The AEC has explained previously, however, that explosion effects, as felt at a given time and place, are dependent on atmospheric conditions of the moment. Shock waves skip freakishly, sometimes hitting harder distant points.

There were no troops in foxholes on the proving ground this time. Twenty-five vehicles, including two buses, were exposed to the explosion. The AEC said these same defense March 17. Animals, machines were, used in the civil mostly mice, were also exposed for bio-medical studies. Red Cross Fund Totals $12,143 As March Ends A total of $12,143.11 collected for the Red Cross during March was reported by Ronald Cope, fund campaign chairman, as the month drew to a close.

March, Mr. Cope pointed out, is set aside each year for the drive for Red Cross funds, but donations will be received at any time during the coming months in an effort to reach the quota of $15,381. Ninty-eight rural schools in the now reported complecounty, their drives. Districts reporting the past few days are District 18, north of Gibbon, with Mrs. Leo Mayfield in charge, reporting District 30, of Gibbon, Kenneth Puttergill, District 77, west of Riverdale, Carl C.

Jacobson, 26, souths of Pleasanton, George Schake, 50; and District 90, east of Miller, Eldon Lee, $11. Final reports have not yet been received from Elm Creek, Gibbon, Pleasanton, Ravenna and Shelton, but as the campaign was carried on in these towns early in the month, their added contributions are not expected change the total to any great extent. Army Reservists Being Classified OMAHA (P The Nebraska Military District is now classifying Army reservists under the Armed Forces Act of 1952. The law divides reservists into "ready" and "standby" forces. Col.

John Flemming, acting chief of the military district, said that "by so doing it removed most of the past uncertainties and confusion of reserve service." Members of the armed services now have an eight-year service obligation, two years of active duty and six years in the reserves. After active service, Col. Flemexplained, reservists are placed in the ready reserve three years and may be recalled to active duty in an emergency proclaimed by the President. After the reservists may request transfer to standby service, the colonel said. In that classification only an act of Congress can recall them to duty This normally would be a declaration of war.

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, STATE CAPITOL NEWSPAPER LIBRARIAN LINCOLN 9. EARNEY DAILY serted, "or this pull back and forth on the county assessors will never stop. For Crosby it was the second time inside of two months that he has hurried before the Legislature to discuss the state's confused tax situation. first time, early in February, he had asked for prompt action to guide the assessors in view of the approaching March 10 asessment date, and had suggested the 50 per cent bill and, the annual real estate assessment bill, and tax limit bill still pending, as a solution. SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY Tuesday, Sen.

Lee, Fremont, prinAfter the governor's appearance cipal introducer of the 50 per cent bill, said "as far as I am concerned, it. will be satisfactory to me to repeal it." 'Later, in discussion of his motion directing the Revenue Committee to prepare the repealer, commented: "I rose to the governor's defense this morning, but that's not what I'm going to say to him privately. As introducers we were entitled to some consideration." Lee's co-introducers were Sens. Carmody of Trenton and Bridenbaugh of Dakota City. His remark was taken as an indication the governor had not consulted the introducers on the repeal proposal.

The Fremont lawmaker told of his surprise at Crosby's appearance and declared "I want to say that the governor knew no more about the introduction of LB 272 than I knew, or Sen. Carmody or Sen. Bridenbaugh knew, that he was going to come in this morning and ask us to repeal it." To add to the confusion, the Legislature turned down a bill by Sen. Carpenter of to repeal the 50 per cent assessment law before finally asking Revenue Committee to bring in a repealer. Several senators said they still considered the 50 per cent assessment law "a good bill" despite the governor's assertion it was a failure.

Weeks Reveals Standards Chief Has 'Resigned' WASHINGTON UP- Secretary of Commerce Weeks said Tuesday Dr. Allen V. Astin "has resigned" as director of the Bureau of Standards but declined to say whether Astin is leaving the $15,000 a year post by request. Asked whether he fired Astin because of dissatisfaction with bureau operations, Weeks told reporters: "I've said all I'm going to say at this time. You will have wait for statement on the Hill (Capitol Hill)." He was due to deliver a statement the Senate Small Business Committee during the afternoon.

Dr. Astin has been with the Bureau since 1932 and became director last June 12. succeeding Dr. Edward V. Condon.

The Commerce Department said that Weeks would have for the Senate committee "an important statement regarding new policy established with respect to the National Bureau of Standards, favorable to small business, and significant developments that will result from the long disputed battery additive A battery additive is a substance which is aimed to increase the life or performance of a storage battery. The Standards Bureau has for some time been at cross conclusions with some other testing agencies over an additive called AD-X2. This was developed by a California business firm, Pioneers, Inc. The Standards Bureau reported that AD-X2 did not, as claimed, restore life to jaded batteries. The Senate committee had a test made and the findings were that it did.

President's First Revamping Move Gets Approval WASHINGTON In -President Eisenhower's first reorganization plan to transform the Federal Security Agency into a Cabinet Department of Health, Education -has won easy congressional approval. The new department, which will be the 10th of Cabinet rank, will become a reality 10 days after the President signs the resolution of approval on which the Senate voted Monday. Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, Texas Democrat who now heads FSA, is the President's choice to be secretary of the new department. She will get $22,500 a year as a Cabinet officer, a $5,000 raise.

Her agency has 37,000 employes. The department will have jurisdiction over social security including all federally-aided public assistance programs, health activities, education programs, children's programs and the Food and Drug Administration. with members on the The Senate, acted by voice vote floor. The House voted its approval! two weeks ago, 291 to 85. Nelsen Approval Likely WASHINGTON (P Lt.

Gov. Ancher Nelsen of Minnesota appeared today to be a safe bet for Senate confirmation as administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration. He was nominated by President Eisenhower Monday ch recomI mendation of Sen. Thye Sixty-Fourth Year, Number 134 KEARNEY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1953 Home of Kearney State Teachers College Weather Daily 'Report Received By The Kearney Chamber of Commerce 11 A. M.

2 p. m. 41. 8 a.m. 37; noon 40 Extremes last 24 hours, 60, 37.

High, low year ago, 66, 31 Rainfall .01 Weatherman's Ditty: March ends, just when we like it better, For getting quite a little wetter. Box score: 24 hits, six errors. KEARNEY FORECAST: Cloudy with drizzle and light rain this afternoon, cooler with high in low 40's. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, occasional showers Wednesday. Low near 34 tonight, high near 50 Wednesday.

Light variable winds, mostly northerly this afternoon and tonight, becoming fresh northerly Wednesday. FIVE-DAY FORECAST: Fre- quent temperature changes, mostly 1 minor with average temperatures near to slightly above normal. Normal maximum 56, minimum 30. Precipitation .10 to .30 of an inch, occurring as showers Wednesday or Thursday and again Saturday or Sunday. March Leaves Like Lamb But Dampened March, which was supposed to go out like a lamb Tuesday, was doing so, only the lamb was slightly dampened.

total of .26 of an inch of rain had fallen here by noon, with drizzling rain in the forecast. The moisture is badly needed in the area, and farmers nope this is a preview of more April showers. The added moisture brought the precipitation total for March to 1.18 inches, falling mostly as rain. the month was the two The only measurable crowd durians inch fall on March 1, which resulted in .36 of an inch moisture. The total moisture compares with 1.37 inches during March year ago.

However, last year's March precipitation came as 11.1 inches of snow, nearly five times as much white stuff as fell during this past month. The high temperature for March of 1953 was recorded on the afternoon when spring officially arrived. The mercury climbed to degrees that day. The low was degrees on March 3. GLOOMY FADEOUT Over the -state, the Associated Press described the month's fadeout as "gloomy." April will come in on something same note, forecasters said.

Partly cloudy skies, a chance scattered showers the east and central portions, and cooler weather in the west. portion are Wednesday's agenda. Rain in the 24 hours ending 6:30 a. m. Tuesday amounted .11 of an inch at Imperial and North Platte, .10 at Sidney and .01 at Omaha.

Lexington's 60 was the high temperature reported Monday. Chadron had the overnight low of 31. SNOW, RAIN Reports from Denver said and rain were moving slowly eastward out of Colorado and Wyoming Tuesday after soaking parched farmlands in eastern, Colorado. The only precipitation reported area was, heavy falling Tuesday in the Colorado Wyoming the Limon section of east-central Colorado where spring plantings wheat and other grains were dire need of moisture. The Weather Bureau also ported thunderstorms some vere-in southeast Kansas and southern Missouri.

War Quiets to Patrol Activity SEOUL (-A mere handful of Communist patrols probed Allied lines along the 155-mile Korean battlefront Tuesday in the wake of bloody fighting on the western end of the line. The day's biggest explosion was provided by a 15-car Communist ammunition caught in the open by an American bomber. Storm skies curtailed aerial warfare, but some warplanes roared out at- dawn to. pound Red communications and frontline positions. The Eighth Army reported light probing attacks in the Punch Bowl area on the Eastern front and in the White Horse Mountain sector of Central Korea.

All were turned back easily, the Army said. No activity was reported on the Western Front where Marines on bloody Vegas Hill broke up two Chinese stabbing attacks Monday. Orson Smith Rites Set Funeral services for Orson M. Smith, who died at Miller Sunday evening, will be held Thursday at 2. p.m.

from the Anderson-Johnson Mortuary. The Rev. Don Miller, pastor of the Miller E.U.B. Church, and Miss Mamie Young, retired pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Miller Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Frank Combs, Dean Moore, Jess Baker, Jpe Cherry, Harry Simmon and L. C. Berkheimer, Queen Mary Buried in Ancient Tomb of British Royal Family WINDSOR, England (P) Queen Elizabeth II cast symbolic earth upon the coffin of her grandmother Queen Mary Tuesday, and saw the body committed to the ages in the ancient tomb of British royalty. The 85-year-old dowager queen was buried beneath St. George's chapel of Windsor Castle, beside the king-husband she survived for 17.

years. The Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England, spoke the committal rites of the 40-minute Church of England service. SPRINKLES EARTH The royalty of 13 nations and that prince of commoners, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, watched as the reigning queen, almost 60 years junior to the dead Queen grandmother, paid her homage by sprinkling the earth upon the coffin-just as she had done 13 months ago for Elizabeth's father, George VI. A moment later eldest son, The Duke of Windsor -he who much heartbreak-came forward. caused.

Mary so much joy and sol He stood for silent seconds reflectling beside the opening in the floor the chapel into which of his mother had been lowered. Then he bowed deeply and walked out into the sunshine with shoulders stooped. Queen Mary's body was borne 25 miles in the early dawn from in historic Westminster Hall for London on where it had lain in state Italian Reds Fail in Strike, Win EDC Delay ROME (P) Italy's big, tough Communist Party lost its strike protest against the government's election law but appeared, certain Tuesday to have delay in Italian ratification of the Europpean Defense Community Treaty. The worst in five years flared over the entire Italian Peninsula Monday, hand in hand with a Communist-called general strike. The strike apparently was a failure, with most workmen staying on the job.

But riots virtually ended hopes that the high-priority treaty might be ratified before the Italian general election, expected in June, At least 2,000 demonstrators were arrested during the outbursts. Hundreds were injured in clashes with police. one death was reported, however a policeman killed when his jeep overturned. Both the strike and the riots were part of a Communist counterattack on an election law approved Sunday by the Italian Senate. The Communists complained it was made to order to keep Premier Alcide de Gasperi in office.

The law gives 65 per cent of the seats In the Italian Parliament to any party or group of parties winning at least 51 per cent of the popular vote in an election. Despite the seeming failure of the strike, it was apparent that Italy had virtually no chance to ratify the EDC Treaty as early as the government had planned. A source in De Gasperi's office said: "It is almost certain that ratification is off until, after the election. You can definite." The reaction of the Communists and their fellow-travelling Socialists to the election bill was so violent it was obvious that the EDC Treaty could not get through both houses of Parliament before the election. BARBARA HOUSTON Photo by Mattson two days while 120,000 mourners filed past.

As the brief service began, the dull tolling of the funeral bell atop the chapel told the people of ancient Windsor town that Queen Mary was nearing her final rest. Many bared their heads and crowds numbering several hundreds stood reverent and hushed Windsor's townfolk knew Queen years to Queen Mary and her husband, King George V. well. She often stayed at Windsor Castle and through the years had prayed in the chapel. Throughout the service, the Duke of Windsor stood at the foot of his mother's coffin while the catafalque rested in the choir of the chapel.

Beside him were the other royal dukes Edinburg, Gloucester and Kent. There no sermon. The archbishop, Bras Geoffrey Fisher, had only one assistant, the Dean of Windsor. Among the mourners was Oscar Humfrey, 78, chauffeur for 35 Clerk Charged With Murder Of Six Women Christie, known to his neighbors LONDON (P) John grubby Notting Hill as "the perfect gentleman," Tuesday night was charged with murder in an investigation of the strangulation of six women. Scotland Yard had picked up Christie, 55-year-old trucking clerk, earlier Tuesday.

Christie had been the object of Britain's biggest manhunt in history since the strangler's victims were discovered a week ago in the ground floor apartment in which he had lived for many years in the sleazy Notting Hill tenement district. A Scotland and Yard spokesman said the slim, bespectacled man was challenged by a policeman on his beat and agreed to go to a police station in Putney, a suburb London. Detectives there began questioning him immediately. Christie's wife was one of the strangler's victims. As Christie was picked up, pretty girl policewomen in off duty clothes stalked London's back streets as live bait for the fugitive strangler, believed by police to be a sex maniac.

The little clerk had been last seen in the Notting Hill neighborhood about March 20, several days before the first gruesome find was made in the flat he had occupied for 15 years. Board Formally Accepts Buildings Kearney's three new elementary schools were formally accepted by the Board Education in a special meeting held Monday evening. Although the schools were put into use last fall and dedicated in November, formal acceptance of the buildings had been delayed until all work was completed on the structures. With the acceptance, the board approved the final payment to the McMichael Construction Comeral pany, North Platte, for the gencontract for the three buildings. The final payment to Helleberg and Helleberg, Kearney, for architectual service for the buildings, also was approved.

CHARLOTTE ALLEN Barbara Houston, Charlotte Allen Named to Girls State Two Kearney High School girls were announced Tuesday as ing Kearney delegates to the annual Girls State Lincoln. They are Barbara Houston, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. J. A.

Houston, 2623 Central, and Charlotte' Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Allen, 401 W.

26th. Announcement of the selections was made by Mrs. George Munro, of the American Legion Auxiliary committee. The girls are sponsored by the Auxiliary. Barbara is secretary of the Student Advisory Board at High School; was a member of the cast junior class play; is a member of the girls' quartet, and Pentagon Official Says M'Carthy Efforts OK Unless Policy Hurt Red Chinese POW Offer Is Sent to U.N.

UNITED NATIONS, N. (P) Red China's offer to settle the Korean prisoner of war issue was delivered formally Tuesday to U. N. General Assembly President Lester B. Pearson.

The offer, contained in a message from Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai, arrived here Tuesday morning with a request that it be distributed among the U.N. delegations. Pearson said at first glance the message, appeared to be similar broadcast from Peiping Monday, The request that the message be circulated to all delegations specically exempted Nationalist China, but a U.N. spokesman said that it would be circulated promptly to all U. N.

members. Thus it would be dispatched to Nationalist China in spite of Chou En-lai's request. A U.N. source said that the message probably would be dispatched to Gen Mark W. Clark, U.N.

commander, for his consideration and for his use in resumed talks at Panmunjom. It was addressed to the president of the General Assembly and is being handled by him Earlier U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge conferred with chief British Delegate Sir Gladwyn Jebb and V. K. Krishna Menon, India, on the Communist Chinese move.

First Known Atomic Power Plant Operating WASHINGTON P- The world's first known version of an atomic has power been plant placed to propel a operation, submarine Atomic Energy Commission announced Tuesday, The device- a working model of one that eventually will power the Navy's atomic sub, the USS Nautilus was set in operation on dry land at the AEC's testing station in Arco, Idaho. The AEC said the "prototype" power plant--that is, the landlocked version of a seagoing type has "successfully entered its first phase of operation" and will eventually be brought to "full power." This was the first word that atomic scientists had actually achieved power in a reactor of the type that is expected to allow a submarine to travel many thousands of miles without refueling and to stay submerged for great lengths of time. The commission said the atomic power plant had entered a phase known as "criticality" -that is, the atomic fuel used in it has been brought to a point where it is sustaining a chain reaction and yielding atomic energy that can be harnessed for propulsion of a submarine. Aiken Named to In Civil WASHINGTON Defense UP) Agency, Aitken, 44, who left his job as Nebraska state engineer for a Civil Defense Administration post, has been appointed executive assistant administrator of that federal agency. Aitken will take office April 1, succeeding Justice M.

Chambers. Chambers will become assistant administrator. Aitken, a native of Cambridge, was appointed to the Nebraska engineer's job by then Gov. Val Peterson. Peterson is now Civil Defense Administrator.

From 1931 to 1946, Aitken was associated with the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. Council to Consider Four New Ordinances An adjourned meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday evening, to consider four new ordinances, which redefine existing codes. Ordinances to be considered include No.

1104, the building code; 1105, zoning ordinance; 1106, fire limit designations, and 1107, the city planning ordinance. All four ordinances are up for third reading at the session, scheduled for 7:30 o'clock. Interested persons are being invited to attend. Broadcasting Corp. Files for TV Channel The Central Nebraska Broadcasting Corporation, which operates radio station KGFW here, applied Tuesday to the Federal Communications Commission for authority for a television station in Kearney.

The filing was on Channel 13. The Bi-States Company of Holdrege applied for the same channel for Kearney last week. Presumably, a hearing date will be set by the FCC, after which a decision will be reached on the assignment of the channel. (Hub SPOKES NORMAL were back to normal when Mr. and Mrs.

Gust Hahn of Sumner were dinner guests at the home of a nephew in Broken Bow, recently. dinner honored the Hahns on their 49th wedding anniversary. For the past 12 years, with the exception of 1952, Mr. and Mrs. Hahn have received a beautiful, the bouquet anniversary, in remem- with a card signed "A They have no idea who the mysterious might be, and they were especially happy to receive the bouquet this year.

When the bouquet failed to arrive last year, the Hahns feared their unidentified friend might have passed away. FISHING The yen of five youngsters to explore resulted in a fishing expedition by Kearney police and Water Department members, Monday evening. seems that the youngsters crawled into a storm sewer opening Railroad and First and at least one of them crawled through the gas-filled pipe under Railroad toward the Union Pacific depot. After retrieving five boys, from the sewer, the officials hope that five were all that entered the pipe. DECORATORS.

Kearney was invaded by a new "Industry" Monday, supposedly a home improvement firm. men were the "wheels" of the firm, and described themselves as interior and exterior decorators. After a day of operation, the men were called "paper the paper they "hung" was in the form of bogus checks which were passed at several business places. The pair apparently left town late Monday. 17-Gun Salute to Mark Retirement Of Gen.

Van Fleet WASHINGTON The crash of a 17-gun salute at dusk today signals the the 38-year military career of Gen. James A. Van Fleet -one the nation's most successful and most controversial combat soldiers. The 61-year-old warrior steps into retirement less than 24 hours before a Senate armed services subcommittee is due to open an inquiry into his disputed claims that a serious and sometimes critical shortage of ammunition existed during all the 22 months he commanded the U. S.

Eighth in Korea. Army chiefs have denied that, shortages hampered the Army in its mission. Several senators had appealed to Secretary of the Army Stevens to keep Van Fleet in uniform although his retirement normally would be compulsory because of his 60 years of age, 35 years of Army service, and five years in the grade of major But Stevens held that Van Fleet would not be ruled an exception to the policy which went into effect while President Eisenhower was Army chief of staff. DROUTH HITS ASIAN AREA TOKYO (P -Vast areas of China, Manchuria and Inner Mongolia are in the grip of a severe drought, the Communists' Peiping Radio said Monday night. Senator to Seek Settlement With Secretary Dulles WASHINGTON (P) A top Pent.

gon official told Sen. McCarthy (R- Wis) Tuesday his efforts to curb Western trade with Red China "would meet with applause" from the military unless he undercut overall government policy. This testimony by Frank C. Nash, assistant secretary of defense, came on the heels of a blast from Harold E. Stassen, Mutual Security director, who said day McCarthy's work was "under.

mining" the administrations effort to deal with the Red trade problem. As Nash began his testimony before McCarthys Senate Investigations Subcommittee, the senator announced he had arranged a meeting for Wednesday with Secretary of State Dulles to seek an amicable settlement of the COntroversy. EXPECTS IKE BACKING McCarthy said he's sure he will get President Eisenhower's backing if the President "is given the facts." The Wisconsin senator got into a publicly-aired row Monday with Stassen over McCarthy's announcement that his subcommittee has obtained agreements from Greek owners of 242 ships to quit hauling goods to Red China, North Korea, or between Communist ports. McCarthy said he is halting negotiations now in progress in London with the Greek owners of 150 or more other vessels, until after the talk with Dulles. Nash told the subcommittee Tuesday that even one ship taken out of trade with the Reds is a help, that "242 ships would be 242 times the amount of that Nash emphasized that he does not know, how the McCarthy group's agreements with the Greek ship owners affects overall policy, but that unless its activities upset something bigger the government is planning the agreements "would meet with applause" from the military.

NO WORD FROM DULLES There was no immediate word from the State Department on McCarthy's report of a meeting with Dulles. At one point during Stassen's testimony Monday, McCarthy told him his subcommittee had "accomplished what you and Dulles couldn't accomplish." McCarthy said then that he would go right on signing agreements with shipowners unless it could be proved he was hurting the U.S. program. Stassen didn't show he was doing this McCarthy said. Railroaders' Strike Closes Steel Plants PITTSBURGH (P) An unauthorized railroaders' strike forced United States Steel Corp.

to close its four big steel plants in the Pittsburgh area Tuesday. More than 30,000 production workers will be idled by the time the last iron a and steel making ed furnace is cooled and sealed late Tuesday afternoon. About 4,500 employes of the subsidiary Union Railroad Co. struck, bringing furlough orders to all big steel workers in plants served by the railroad. An official of the Brotherhood of Railroad trainmen said the walkout, called over the suspension of two conductors, was unauthorized.

There have been no disclosed plans for a conference between railroad and strikers aimed at ending the I strike. Taber Raises Budget-Cutting Sights; Says Billion Cut Now His Target WASHINGTON (P) Rep. Taber (R-NYY) raised his budget-cutting sights today and said Eisenhower administration agency heads were being a little modest in their own estimates of what they can save. UNSPENT FUNDS Taber, chairman of. the key House Appropriations Committee, set a new budget reduction goal of billion dollars, a boost of billions over his original target.

Taber said his billion dollar goal includes not only reductions in new money requested cancellation of money voted previously by Congress but not yet spent. New funds for the Defense Department alone, he said, can safely be reduced by from to eight billions without jeopardizing national defense. Secretary of Defense Wilson said 110 days increase ago in there the definitely 46-billion will dollar defense budget recommended by former President Truman for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Wilson said, too, he believes the military budget can be cut, but that he knows of no specific areas where large savings can be made. Taber said a cut of the size he proposes in defense appropriations won't necessarily mean' a reduction of the same amount '1954 be reflected future savings." fiscal year, spending but "it will always did better than that," he said, referring to the 31 per cent cut Secretary of Labor Durkin said his departmental budget could stand.

Durkin told a Senate appropriations subcommittee the new appropriation requested by Truman for the Labor Department could be trimmed 400.000. CUT ESTIMATES Previously, the Justice Department said the Truman requests for it could be cut $7,450,000 from the $191,900,000 originally sought, and the Agriculture, and Commerce Departments volunteered cuts of 130 millions and 169 millions respectively. In all- Truman recommended to Congress spending at billions in the fiscal year starting July 1. He proposed that Congress vote nearly 73 billions in new funds, the rest would come from previous years' appropriations. A Lenten Prayer the mixed chorus; assistant editor of Bearcat the Echo; a member of the Boosters and Y-Teens.

She served as secretary of her class as a sophomore. She won a superior rating in the declamatory contest held here recently. Charlotte is a member of the mixed chorus, the Drama Club, is a member of girls' quartet, the Bearcat Boosters, and served as production manager for the junior class play. She was elected by the junior class as a delegate to County Government Day, She also won the superior rating in the declamatory contest. Girls State will be held in coln, June 9-15.

Almighty God, who through Thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: 'We humbly beseech Thee that, as by Thy special grace directing us Thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by Thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect: through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (From the Presbyterian Book of Common Worship). Rev. Ralph Hamilton, Pastor First Presbyterian Church.